Legal Opinion
In the Matter of Frank Kitchen, a Witness Subpoenaed Before the Grand Jury
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 27, 1983No. 1308, Docket 83-6083PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FEINBERG, Chief Judge:
In a little over four months this court has been presented with three different appeals from judgments of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York holding in civil contempt under 28 U.S.C. § 1826(a) (1976) witnesses who claimed not to remember the information sought by a grand jury. In this most recent appeal, as in In re Bongiorno, 694 F.2d 917 (2d Cir.1982) and In re Weiss, 703 F.2d 653 (2d Cir.1983), the witness contends that the government failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that his testimony was false and evasive. Appellant…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Ex Parte HudgingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
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- United States v. Mark Lawrence AlterCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by36 opinions
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