MATTER OF GRAND JURY PROCEEDING, CHERNEY

No. 89-1193.

898 F.2d 565 (1990)

In the Matter of GRAND JURY PROCEEDING, Grand Jury 1988-2 David CHERNEY. Appeal of UNITED STATES of America.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 27, 1990.

As Amended March 29, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph M. Friederich, Asst. U.S. Atty., Office of the U.S. Atty., East St. Louis, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Rick Halprin, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Benjamin S. Waxman, Jeffrey S. Weiner, Weiner, Robbins, Tunkey & Ross, Miami, Fla., for amicus curiae.

Before CUMMINGS, WOOD, Jr., and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

David Cherney was informed by the government that he would be subpoenaed to testify before the Grand Jury for the Southern District of Illinois regarding the identity of the individual who paid legal fees to him to represent an individual charged in a drug conspiracy. Cherney filed a motion to quash the subpoena claiming that the fee payer's identity was protected by the attorney-client privilege. After reviewing relevant documents in camera...

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