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Argued January 12, 1987
Decided April 21, 1987
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Deputy Solicitor General Cohen argued the cause for the United States. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Fried, Assistant Attorneys General Ginsburg and Willard, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Cannon, Paul J. Larkin, Jr., Robert B. Nicholson, Douglas N. Letter, Anna Swerdel, and Carolyn G. Mark.
Paul R. Grand argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Theodore V. Wells, Jr., Walter Sterling Surrey, Carol M. Welu, and Howard Adler, Jr.*
Supreme Court of United States.
JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court.
In United States v. Sells Engineering, Inc.,463 U.S. 418 (1983), we held that attorneys for the Civil Division of the Justice Department may not automatically obtain disclosure of grand jury materials for use in a civil suit, but must instead seek a court order of disclosure, available upon a showing of "particularized need." We explicitly left open the "issue concerning...
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