Legal Opinion
In the Matter of Grand Jury Proceedings. United States of America v. Linda Dinsio
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 11, 1973No. 72-2413PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judge:
Dinsio appeals from a contempt order issued when she refused to comply with the district court’s order to furnish finger and palm print exemplars to a federal grand jury. In refusing to submit to the grand jury’s request for the exemplars and to the court’s order, she relied on the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendments. We reverse the order because the procedures anteceding the contempt order deprived her of due process of law secured by the Fifth Amendment. We do not reach the other constitutional issues that she raises on appeal.
No evidentiary hearing was held. To…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Alderman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Dennis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Harris v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Sherrie Bursey and Brenda Joyce Presley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- William Chernekoff, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by15 opinions
- United States v. Mark Lawrence AlterCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Richard Michael King, AKA Richard HansenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
- In re Grand Jury Subpoena, MillerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2005
- In the Matter of Grand Jury Proceedings. United States of America v. John Sun Kung KangCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- In re Grand Jury Subpoena MillerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2005
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