Legal Opinion

In re McElrath

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided July 5, 1957No. Nos. 13787 and 13808, 13788 and 13809, 13789 and 13810, 13790 and 13811PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EDGERTON, Chief Judge,

with whom Judges Bazelon, Fahy and Washington, concur.

These cases involve an Act of Congress which provides that in certain circumstances a witness may be granted immunity from prosecution and may then be required to give testimony that would otherwise incriminate him. 18 U.S.C. (Supp. IV) § 3486, 68 Stat. 745, Act of August 20, 1954. The Supreme Court has applied subsection (c) of this Act, which deals with witnesses before a court or a grand jury. Ullmann v. United States, 350 U.S. 422, 76 S.Ct. 497, 100 L.Ed. 511.1 We are concerned with subsections (a) and (b) of the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

Ullmann v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956

3Cited by8 opinions

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