Legal Opinion
In re Grand Jury Investigation
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 26, 1970No. Misc. No. 70-140PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TROUTMAN, District Judge.
Presently before the Court is a petition by the United States for an order to hold Stanford Frank, a witness, in civil contempt for refusing to obey an order of this Court granting him immunity from prosecution and directing him to answer questions propounded to him during a Grand Jury inquiry into possible violations of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951 and the Taft-Hartley Act, 29 U.S.C. § 186(b). Mr. Frank challenges the validity of this Court’s original order granting the immunity and compelling him to testify. He contends that the proceedings upon which the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Shillitani v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Ullmann v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Reina v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- James H. Ellis, Jr. v. United States of America, Alfred M. Watkins v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Stevens v. MarksSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Sherrie Bursey and Brenda Joyce Presley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- United States v. Di MauroCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- Martorano AppealSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- In Re Grand Jury Investigation. United States of America v. Frank BergerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
- In Re Grand Jury Investigation. United States of America v. Frank BergerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
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