Legal Opinion
Bernard and Odette Port v. Jack Heard, Sheriff of Harris County, Texas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 1, 1985No. 84-2523PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT MADDEN HILL, Circuit Judge:
Found to be in contempt of a Texas court for refusing to testify before a Texas grand jury, fined $500 each, and confined in the Harris County jail, Bernard and Odette Port petitioned the district court for release by habeas corpus. The Ports challenge the contempt judgments on two grounds: that their testimony was privileged by a parent-child testimonial privilege, and that it was privileged under the Fifth Amendment despite the state court’s grant of use immunity. Initially finding that the Ports’ appeal was not mooted by their release from custody, we…
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