Does a subpoena power extend to individuals who are not targets of an investigation?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from N.L.R.B. v. Bakersfield Californian, 128 F.3d 1339 (9th Cir. 1997):

Id. at 797 (quoting 15 U.S.C. 49). We indicated that this subpoena power extends " 'not only to those who are not targets of an investigation, but also to those who ... can never be targets.' " Id. at 798 (quoting FTC v. Rockefeller, 441 F.Supp. 234, 240 (S.D.N.Y.1977)).

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