United States v. Sells Engineering, Inc.

Supreme Court of the United States

Argued March 2, 1983
Decided June 30, 1983

Full case name

United States v. Sells Engineering, Inc.

Docket nos.

81-1032

Citations

463 U.S. 418 (more)

Argument

Oral argument

Opinion Announcement

Opinion announcement

Court membership

Chief Justice Warren E. Burger

Associate Justices William J. Brennan, Jr. · Byron White Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun Lewis F. Powell, Jr. · William Rehnquist John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor

Case opinions

Majority

Brennan, joined by White, Marshall, Blackmun, and Stevens

Dissent

Burger, joined by Powell, Rehnquist, and O'Connor

Laws applied

Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (or relevant rules of a circuit court)

United States v. Sells Engineering, Inc., 463 U.S. 418 (1983), was a United States Supreme Court case concerning whether United States Department of Justice Civil Division attorneys were required to show particularized need in order to obtain disclosure.

Opinion of the Court

In an opinion delivered by Justice Brennan ruled in favor of Sells Engineering.

External links

Full text of the case at FindLaw

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