Legal Opinion
Webb v. Rosenstiel
New York Supreme Court
Decided February 5, 1970PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArnold L. Fein, J.
Plaintiff requests that defendants Jack Amiel and Linda Burns be. directed to answer approximately 100 questions which Burns refused to answer on her examination before trial on the ground that her answers might tend to incriminate her. It was stipulated that Amiel would make the same responses, if examined.
A party to a civil action may be required to appear and answer questions on an examination before trial. However, he is entitled to rely on the privilege against self incrimination and to refuse on that ground to answer questions put to him, where the danger of self incrimination exists…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Brown v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- People Ex Rel. Taylor v. . ForbesNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- United States v. WeismanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
- People v. . CassidyNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Thompson v. McLaughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
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3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. Carey Resources, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- Mahne v. MahneSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1974
- Mahne v. MahneSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1974
- Schermerhorn v. ContardiCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1974
- Slater v. SlaterNew York Supreme Court · 1974
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