Legal Opinion
In re Contempt Proceedings Against Mengel
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 2, 1962No. Civ. A. No. 786PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLSON, District Judge.
This civil action was removed into this court by the United States Attorney pursuant to the provisions of Section 1442 (a) of Title 28 United States Code. One Jesse Mengel, a Field Representative of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Social Security Administration, had been subpoenaed before the Orphans’ Court of Crawford County, Pa. When sworn as a witness he refused to disclose the whereabouts of an individual, in answer to a question, declining to answer on the grounds that Section 1106 of the *688Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1306, prevented him from…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Appeal of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, and William H. Timbers, Its General Counsel, From Oral and Written Orders of District Judge Arthur F. Lederle, Adjudicating William H. Timbers in Contempt and Committing Him to the Custody of the United States MarshalCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1955
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