Legal Opinion

Yates v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided July 26, 1955No. 13541PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JAMES ALGER FEE, Circuit Judge.

On July 8, 1952, an order, judgment and certificate of criminal contempt was entered as to Oleta O’Connor Yates upon eleven specifications of refusal to respond to questions put to her on cross-examination after a direction by the court while she was a witness in the trial of the case entitled on the records of that court United States v. Schneiderman, No. 22,131-C.D, D.C., 106 F.Supp. 941. This certificate recited these refusals “were committed in the actual presence of the Court and were seen or heard by the Court.”

After the sentence of five years in the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. United States v. BollenbachCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
  2. United States v. SchneidermanDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1952
  3. Yates v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1955

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Yates v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Yates v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  3. People v. FusaroCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1971
  4. In Re KellerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1975
  5. John Shields Daschbach v. United States of America, Terry Pettus v. United States of America, Herbert J. Phillips v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958

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