Legal Opinion
In Re Ziegler
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided November 2, 1982No. MISC. CR-82-84TPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION
TELESCA, District Judge.
On September 27, 1978, an altercation occurred in the Monroe County Hall of Justice, Rochester, New York, outside of one of its courtrooms. The incident allegedly involved, as later reported in the Rochester Times-Union, two organized crime figures, Thomas Marotta and Angelo Vaccaro. Lou Ziegler, then a reporter for the Times-Union, was standing in the immediate area of this assault, observed it, and later reported on it.
The United States Department of Justice Strike Force has subpoenaed Mr. Ziegler to testify about this incident in front of the Federal Grand…
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