Legal Opinion
In Re Grand Jury: In Re Ivis Long Visitor, Witness. In Re Angie Long Visitor, Witness. In Re Joanna Ledeaux, Witness
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 6, 1975No. 75-1744PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEBSTER, Circuit Judge.
Appellants Ivis Long Visitor, Angie Long Visitor, and Joanna LeDeaux were found in civil contempt by the District Court 1 for refusing to give testimony before a federal grand jury which was investigating the death of two FBI agents and an Indian resident on the Pine Ridge Reservation on June 26, 1975. The District Court ordered appellants to be confined until they should purge themselves of contempt. 2 It denied their subsequent application for bail pending appeal, holding that such appeal was frivolous and taken for delay, see 28 U.S.C. § 1826(b), and that admission…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- United States v. Boyce Mitchell, United States of America v. Nolan Ray WilliamsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Howard WendyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- In the Matter of the Special April 1977 Grand Jury. Appeal of William J. Scott, WitnessCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
- In Re Grand Jury Proceedings. United States of America v. Anthony R. FieldCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
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