Boske v. Comingore

Boske v. Comingore
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 9, 1900
Full case name	Boske v. Comingore
Citations	177 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
Majority	Harlan, 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.

External links

• Text of Boske v. Comingore, 177 U.S. 459(1900) is available from: Cornell Findlaw Justia