Federal Courts--Discovery--Stay of Discovery in Civil Court To Protect Proceedings in Concurrent Criminal Action--The Pattern of Remedies

Authors

Michigan Law Review, University of Michigan Law School

Abstract

The federal criminal discovery rules were a carefully weighed compromise between the parties' needs for information and the defendant's need for protection from inquisatorial investigation. This balance may be upset when the more liberal discovery rules in a concurrent, related civil action permit information to be obtained which is not discoverable under the criminal rules. Two recent cases, United States v. Simon and United States v. American Radiator &- Standard Sanitary Corp., illustrate the difficulty of protecting the integrity of the criminal discovery rules in such a situation.

Recommended Citation

Michigan Law Review, Federal Courts--Discovery--Stay of Discovery in Civil Court To Protect Proceedings in Concurrent Criminal Action--The Pattern of Remedies, 66 Mich. L. Rev. 738 (1968).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol66/iss4/6