Boske v. Comingore

Boske v. Comingore
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 9, 1900
Full case nameBoske v. Comingore
Citations177 U.S. 459 (more)
Holding
An officer of an executive agency may exercise executive privilege to deny a subpoena from a federal court, and the head of that agency may issue a regulation requiring any such disclosure to be approved by that agency head.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Melville Fuller
Associate Justices
John M. Harlan · Horace Gray
David J. Brewer · Henry B. Brown
George Shiras Jr. · Edward D. White
Rufus W. Peckham · Joseph McKenna
Case opinion
MajorityHarlan, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Housekeeping Statute

Boske v. Comingore, 177 U.S. 459 (1900), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that an officer of an executive agency may exercise executive privilege to deny a subpoena from a federal court, and the head of that agency may issue a regulation requiring any such disclosure to be approved by that agency head.[1][2]

See also

  • United States ex rel. Touhy v. Ragen

References

  1. ^ Boske v. Comingore, 177 U.S. 459 (1900).
  2. ^ Hartman, Jr., Donal F. "Departmental Executive Privilege: A Bar to Disclosure When Dealing With the IRS". Gonzaga L. Rev. 11: 931, 945–46.
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