particularized need
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 384 U.S. 855 - Dennis v. United States · 1966Most cited · 2,542 citing opinions
grand jury disclosure
problems concerning the use of the grand jury transcript at the trial to impeach a witness, to refresh his recollection, to test his credibility * * * are 'cases of particularized need where the secrecy of the proceedings is lifted discretely and limitedly.
How often courts cite the cases defining “particularized need”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “particularized need” — 3,989 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1959–1966
- ORIGINAL
The burden is on the defense to show that 'a particularized need' exists for the minutes which outweighs the policy of secrecy.