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IN RE GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS

No. 80-2585.

654 F.2d 268 (1981)

In re GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS (Wright II), Honorable Robert A. Wright, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the Thirty-Second Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1981.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 4, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howland W. Abramson (argued), Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Peter F. Vaira, U. S. Atty., Walter S. Batty, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Robert L. Hickok (argued), Asst. U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee, U. S. A.

Carmen P. Belefonte (argued), Kassab, Cherry, Curran & Archbold, Media, Pa., for appellee, George Neagle.

Before ADAMS and GARTH, Circuit Judges, and FISHER, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied August 4, 1981.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ADAMS, Circuit Judge.

This controversy, which is before us for the second time, centers on the district court's innovative procedure for deciding whether confidential federal grand jury materials should be disclosed to a state criminal defendant. Finding that the district judge had the power to implement the contested procedure, and that his decision to adopt it did not constitute...

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