Legal Opinion
In Re Grand Jury Witness Chanie Weiss
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 18, 1983No. 1219, Docket 83-6026PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEARSE, Circuit Judge:
Chanie Weiss appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Thomas C. Platt, Judge, adjudging her to be in contempt of court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1826(a) (1976) for her refusal to give truthful and nonevasive answers to questions posed by a federal grand jury after being ordered to do so by the court, and ordering her imprisoned for so long as her refusal shall continue. Appellant chailenges the contempt order principally on the grounds that (1) § 1826(a) authorizes a contempt adjudication only with respect to witnesses…
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