IN RE GRAND JURY MATTERS

No. 84-1556.

751 F.2d 13 (1984)

In re GRAND JURY MATTERS, Appeal of UNITED STATES of America.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 19, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Lynn, First Asst. U.S. Atty., Concord, N.H., with whom W. Stephen Thayer, III, U.S. Atty., Concord, N.H., was on brief, for appellant.

Charles R. Nesson, Cambridge, Mass., for appellees Nancy Gertner, Albert Cullen, and John Wall.

Robert A. Stein, Concord, N.H., with whom Steven M. Gordon, Gregory T. Martin, and Shaheen, Cappiello, Stein & Gordon, Concord, N.H., were on brief, for appellee Steven M. Gordon.

Richard McNamara, Manchester, N.H., with whom Kelly M. Bird and Wiggin & Nourie, Manchester, N.H., were on brief, for appellees New Hampshire Bar Association.

Harry C. Mezer, Boston, Mass., with whom Alan Ellis, Philadelphia, Pa., H. Jonathan Meyer, Manchester, N.H., John Reinstein, Andrew Good, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for amicus curiae National Ass'n of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union, Civil Liberties Union of Mass. and Mass. Ass'n of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, COWEN, Senior Circuit Judge, and BREYER, Circuit Judge.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

The United States appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire, 593 F.Supp. 103 granting motions to quash five federal grand jury subpoenas. These subpoenas had been issued to attorneys who, in state criminal prosecutions, were then serving as defense counsel for the same persons the federal grand jury was investigating.

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