Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Cox v. Hauberg
381 U.S. 935
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1965-06-01
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- United States attorney who refused to prepare and sign indictment voted by grand jury held by district court in civil contempt; court of appeals reverses order of civil contempt
- “[As] an incident of the constitutional separation of powers, ... the courts are not free to interfere with the free exercise of the discretionary powers of the attorneys of the United States... ”
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C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.