Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Robinson v. Henderson

429 U.S. 940

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1976-11-08
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • using the § 40 factors to uphold a Grand Jury subpoena served on a nonresident alien even though the very act of his testifying violated Cayman Island law
  • the involuntary nature of one's participation in a conspiracy to monopolize is no defense; an antitrust conspirator can be liable although participation is involuntary
  • Attorney General must retain discretion in “controlling government litigation and in determining what is in the public interest”
  • plaintiff entitled to injunctive relief despite failure to prove causal connection necessary to support claim for damages
  • the government’s action was transferred pursuant to Section 1404 from the Western District of Texas
  • intervention after judgment is unusual and not often granted
  • treaty considered in litigation involving no parties of foreign nationality
  • no Sixth Amendment right to counsel in civil cases

Citator

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C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.