APPEAL OF HUGHES

No. 80-1356.

633 F.2d 282 (1980)

In the Matter of Grand Jury Empanelled October 18, 1979. Appeal of Edwin J. HUGHES and Alfred C. DeCotiis.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1980.

As Amended October 8, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Barry (argued), Frohling, Fitzpatrick & Barry, Newark, N.J., for appellants.

Robert J. DelTufo, U.S. Atty., Mark J. Malone, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Newark, N.J., for appellee.

Before SEITZ, Chief Judge, and GIBBONS and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

These appeals present questions of some delicacy concerning the extent to which, by resort to a grand jury subpoena, the federal government may intrude upon the efforts of defense counsel in their preparation for the representation of potential criminal defendants. The subpoena duces tecum which gave rise to the orders appealed from was addressed to Edwin J. Hughes, a licensed private investigator. It directed...

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