Legal Opinion
Fremont Energy Corporation v. The Seattle Post Intelligencer, the Hearst Corporation, John E. Moss, Chairman, Movant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 28, 1982No. 81-4567PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRILL, Circuit Judge:
John E. Moss appeals from an order of the district court for the Eastern District of California adjudging him in contempt of court for failure adequately to respond to the directions of a subpoena duces tecum.
Moss is a former member of Congress and the former chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. In December 1978, that subcommittee issued a report on uranium lode mining claims on federal lands. The report apparently was critical of the activities of the Fremont Energy Corporation, and two…
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