Legal Opinion
In Re Investigating Grand Jury, Etc.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 31, 1981No. 162 E. D. Misc. Docket 1981PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROBERTS, Justice.
Petitioner Richard Drapczuk was subpoenaed by an investigating grand jury and granted immunity for his testimony. When he refused to testify, the supervising judge, after a hearing, entered an order of civil contempt against him.
Petitioner asserts that his contempt citation should be reversed because, in his view, the record does not support a finding that the grand jury requested the court to initiate contempt proceedings. We reject this theory and affirm.1
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It has never been disputed that
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2Cases cited17 opinions
- Shillitani v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Cobbledick v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Levine v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- In Re Grand Jury Proceedings. In Re Jacqueline Schofield, WitnessCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- McNair's PetitionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
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3Cited by16 opinions
- In Re Investigating Grand JurySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- In Re the Twenty-Fourth Statewide Investigating Grand JurySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
- State v. GonzalezCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1992
- Commonwealth v. JeffersonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- In re County Investigating Grand Jury of June 1, 1979Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
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