Braswell v. U.S. involved the sole shareholder of a company who refused to produce company records that were subpoenaed. To protect himself, he successfully invoked the Fifth Amendment rule against self-incrimination.

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In Braswell v. U.S., the Supreme Court ruled that the sole shareholder of a company could not invoke the Fifth Amendment's protection against self-incrimination to avoid producing corporate documents. This is because the records were considered corporate, not personal, documents.

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