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|procedural_history=At the trial, the defendants' attorneys refused the IRS subpoenas. The attorneys claimed their clients' 4th (no search and seizure) & 5th (self-incrimiation clause) Amendment rights under the [[US Constitution]]. | |procedural_history=At the trial, the defendants' attorneys refused the IRS subpoenas. The attorneys claimed their clients' 4th (no search and seizure) & 5th (self-incrimiation clause) Amendment rights under the [[US Constitution]]. | ||
|holding=When the agent of a party is being asked to turn over a record, the party isn't compelled to do anything. In other words, the attorneys aren't being asked to give testimony. | |holding=When the agent of a party is being asked to turn over a record, the party isn't compelled to do anything. In other words, the attorneys aren't being asked to give testimony. | ||
|reasons=According to the Court, turning over a document that already exists isn't a compulsion. At the time when the tax returns were being created and filed, the defendants did create those records voluntarily. | |reasons=According to the Court, turning over a document that already exists isn't a compulsion. At the time when the tax returns were being created and filed, the defendants did create those records voluntarily. | ||
|comments=*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5xeO5RvVwc Quimbee video clip of Fisher v. US] | |comments=*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5xeO5RvVwc Quimbee video clip of Fisher v. US] | ||
