Legal Opinion
Armstrong v. Guccione
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 27, 2006No. Docket Nos. 04-5448-PR(L), 05-0280-PR(CON)PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge SOTOMAYOR concurs in a separate opinion.
JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Circuit Judge.
It has been said that a civil contemnor who is incarcerated to compel compliance with a court order holds the key to his prison cell: Where defiance leads to the contemnor’s incarceration, compliance is his salvation. In this case, petitioner-appellant Martin A. Armstrong principally argues that the key to his freedom comes at the cost of his Fifth Amendment right against compelled self-incrimination.
Armstrong, a corporate officer, refuses to fully comply with valid turnover orders, under which he has been…
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