The Supreme Court has issued a temporary administrative stay of contempt sanctions against an unnamed foreign government-owned company fighting a subpoena in a mysterious case believed to be tied to special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, The Hill reported on Sunday.
The company has so far refused to comply with a grand jury subpoena issued in federal court in Washington, according to the Washington Examiner. The challenge reached the Supreme Court after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit last week rejected the company's appeal to quash the grand jury subpoena to turn over records.
The Supreme Court’s stay on the contempt order includes putting a hold on a $5,000-a-week fine against the company.
The case is a mystery because all of the names involved have been sealed from the public. There is widespread speculation that Mueller could be involved both due to the secrecy and similarities to at least one other Mueller subpoena case.
The stay lasts until the court has the opportunity to review a response from the government due on or before December 31.
"So far as we know, the Court has never had a sealed argument before all nine justices," University of Texas School of Law Prof. Steve Vladeck told CNN. "They can keep parts of the record and briefing sealed, and often do, such as in cases implicating trade secrets. But there's no procedure in the court's rules for having the whole case briefed, argued and decided under seal. The only times I'm aware of in which parties tried it, the court denied certiorari," or the review of the case.
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