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Bellis Vs. United States

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  • US Supreme Court
  • May 28, 1974

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  1. United States Vs. Fleischman US Supreme Court · May 08, 1950
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  2. Griswold Vs. Connecticut US Supreme Court · Jun 07, 1965
  3. Guthrie Vs. Harkness US Supreme Court · Oct 30, 1905
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  4. Bellis v. United
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  5. States - 417 U.S. 85 (1974) U.S. Supreme Court Bellis v. United
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  6. States, 417 U.S. 85 (1974) Bellis v. United
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  7. United States v. White
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  8. In re Grand Jury Investigation, 483 F.2d 961 (CA3 1973). Relying on this Court's decision in United States v. White
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  9. individual from compelled production of his personal papers and effects as well as compelled oral testimony. In Boyd v. United
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  10. Wilson v. United
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  11. as well as to personal documents containing more intimate information about the individual's private life. Boyd v. United
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  12. Couch v. United
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  13. Hill v. Philpott
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  14. Stuart v. United
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  15. CA5 1969). As the Court explained in United States v. White
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  16. Curcio v. United
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  17. him personally. This doctrine was first announced in a series of cases dealing with corporate records. In Wilson v. United
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  18. records in response to a grand jury subpoena duces tecum directed to the corporation. A companion case, Dreier v. United
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  19. the subpoena requiring production of the corporate books was directed to the individual corporate officer. In Wheeler v. United
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  20. to corporate records even though the corporation had previously been dissolved. And Page 417 U. S. 89 Grant v. United
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  21. of the State to investigate its activities. See, e.g., Wilson v. United
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  22. that the principle formulated in these decisions was limited to corporate records was put to rest in United States v. White
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  23. records of a variety of organizations over individuals' claims of Fifth Amendment privilege. See, e.g., United States v. Fleischman
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  24. Rogers v. United
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  25. McPhaul v. United
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  26. States, 364 U. S. 372 , 364 U. S. 380 (1960) (Civil Rights Congress). See also Curcio v. United
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  27. Amendment privilege is a purely personal one, most recent among them being the Court's decision last Term in Couch v. United
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  28. Id. at 322 U. S. 700 (citations omitted). See also Wilson v. United
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  29. Murphy v. Waterfront
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  30. States, supra at 409 U. S. 327 . See also Griswold v. Connecticut
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  31. United States v. Silverstein
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  32. United States v. Wernes
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  33. F.2d 797, 800 (CA7 1946). See also United States v. Onassis
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  34. from the White rule generally applicable to unincorporated associations is warranted. See, e.g., United States v. Cogan
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  35. petitioner's interest in partnership property is a derivative interest subject to significant limitations. See Ellis v. Ellis
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  36. privilege can be claimed by the custodian of corporate records, regardless of how small the corporation may be. Grant v. United
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  37. Fineberg v. United
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  38. Hair Industry, Ltd. v. United
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  39. George Campbell Painting Corp. v. Reid
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  40. Md.1973). This might be a different case if it involved a small family partnership, see United States v. Slutsky
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  41. do not believe that the Court in Boyd can be said to have decided the issue presented today. See United States v. Onassis
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  42. does not give the custodian of the corporate records any greater claim to the Fifth Amendment privilege. Wheeler v. United
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  43. Grant v. United
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  44. for a number of purposes under the Internal Revenue Code. United States v. Basye
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  45. case. The fact that partnerships are not viewed solely as entities is immaterial for this purpose. See United States v. White
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  46. of such an ownership interest is not, in itself, sufficient to establish a claim of privilege. See also Wheeler v. United
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  47. records were generally open to inspection by the members, 322 U.S. at 322 U. S. 699 -700, relied upon Guthrie v. Harkness
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  48. but the Court today holds that privilege not available to Bellis. I think the case is clearly controlled by Boyd v. United
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  49. U.S. Supreme Court Bellis v. United
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  50. In Boyd v. United
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