Legal Opinion
In re Presentment by Grand Jury of Ellison
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided April 15, 1942No. 44PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATSON, District Judge.
'Upon a presentment by the Grand Jury a 'rule was entered on March 6, 1942 on James Austin Ellison to show cause why he should not be adjudged in contempt of court. James Austin Ellison filed a motion to quash and set aside said rule to show cause. Argument was had on the motion. Briefs were filed by both sides, and the matter is now before the Court for disposition.
The presentment of the Grand Jury recites that while testifying before the said Grand Jury Ellison gave evasive, perjurious, and contumacious answers to questions propounded -to him and in so doing wilfully…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Clark v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Nye v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- SavinSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Warring v. ColpoysCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
- O'CONNELL v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
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3Cited by8 opinions
- MacInnis v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1951
- Carlson v. United States (Three Cases)Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1954
- Farese v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1954
- In re Presentment by Grand Jury of EllisonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1943
- The United States of America, the Honorable Nicholas Deb. Katzenbach, Acting Attorney General of the United States, and the Honorable Robert E. Hauberg, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi v. Honorable W. Harold Cox, United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, the Honorable Robert E. Hauberg, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, and the Honorable Nicholas Deb. Katzenbach, Acting Attorney General of the United States v. Honorable W. Harold Cox, United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
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