Legal Opinion
United States v. Jones
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 30, 1975No. 75-1990PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:
With this opinion we discharge the obligation that we undertook in our éarlier per curiam Order. There we reversed the judgment of the district court whereby the relators-appellants had been sentenced to jail for civil contempt. The district judge found relators in contempt after they disobeyed his directive to answer certain questions propounded by the Assistant United States Attorney before the grand jury.1 The relators were released on recognizance bonds pending appeal.
Our decision to reverse rests on what we conclude is the proper resolution of a discrete issue…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Hoffman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- United States v. United Shoe MacHinery CorporationDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1950
- Edward E. Colton and Lillian Kaltman v. United States of America, United States of America v. Edward E. ColtonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- Baird v. KoernerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by26 opinions
- In Re Grand Jury Proceedings. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- In Re Grand Jury Proceedings. In the Matter of Andrew C. Pavlick. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Hewes v. LangstonMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
- In Re Grand Jury Subpoena of Harrison T. Slaughter, Jr., in Re Grand Jury Subpoena of Barbara E. EmersonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- In Re Grand Jury Proceedings 88-9 (Mia). Appeal of Jerald Newton, John DoeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
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