The Supreme Court on Jan. 21 refused to hear a case on whether federal judges have the authority to disclose secret grand jury material in extraordinary circumstances.
The top court rejected a request to review (pdf) an appeal brought by an 82-year-old researcher who is seeking grand jury materials related to the 1956 disappearance of Columbia University scholar Jesús de Galíndez. Stuart McKeever, who devoted 40 years investigating the disappearance, argues that the Galíndez case is historically significant and that there is a strong public interest for the release of the secret information.
