Hale v. Henkel

Hale v. Henkel
Argued January 4–5, 1906
Decided March 12, 1906
Full case nameEdwin F. Hale, Appt., v. William Henkel, United States Marshall
Citations201 U.S. 43 (more)
26 S. Ct. 370; 50 L. Ed. 652
Case history
PriorAppeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the southern District of New York
Court membership
Chief Justice
Melville Fuller
Associate Justices
John M. Harlan · David J. Brewer
Henry B. Brown · Edward D. White
Rufus W. Peckham · Joseph McKenna
Oliver W. Holmes Jr. · William R. Day
Case opinions
MajorityBrown, joined by Harlan, White, Peckham, McKenna, Holmes, Day
ConcurrenceHarlan
ConcurrenceMcKenna
DissentBrewer, joined by Fuller
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amends. IV, V

Hale v. Henkel, 201 U.S. 43 (1906), was a major United States Supreme Court case in which the Court established the power of a federal grand jury engaged in an investigation into corporate malfeasance to require the corporation in question to surrender its records.