EASTLAND v. UNITED STATES SERVICEMEN'S FUND

No. 73-1923.

421 U.S. 491 (1975)

EASTLAND ET AL. v. UNITED STATES SERVICEMEN'S FUND ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 27, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert J. Miller, Jr., argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief were Nathan Lewin and A. Raymond Randolph, Jr.

Nancy Stearns and Jeremiah S. Gutman argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari to decide whether a federal court may enjoin the issuance by Congress of a subpoena duces tecum that directs a bank to produce the bank records of an organization which claims a First Amendment privilege status for those records on the ground that they are the equivalent of confidential membership lists. The Court of Appeals for the...

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