Legal Opinion
In Re Paul Perlin, a Witness Before the April 1977 Grand Jury, Paul Perlin
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 15, 1978No. 78-2139PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Per curiam
Paul Perlin refused to testify under a grant of immunity before the Special April 1977 Grand Jury investigating commodities trading in Chicago. He was held in contempt and ordered committed. On appeal he argues that there was so substantial a conflict of interest, or appearance of conflict, in the appearance before the grand jury, as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) attorney who had initially recommended the criminal prosecution that the grand jury was tainted and its termination required. It was therefore, he argues, without power to…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. CalandraSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. Procter & Gamble Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Ullmann v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
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3Cited by36 opinions
- United States v. Phillip TroutmanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
- United States v. Bobbie Stanford, Louis Watson, Janice Davis, Estella Patterson, Doris Beverly, Dorothy Fife, Richard O'rourke, and Dorothy JonesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
- United States v. William R. HooksCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- United States v. St. Michael's Credit Union and Janice SacharczykCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- United States v. Harvey Birdman, United States of America v. William RichmanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
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