Legal Opinion
Knapp v. Schweitzer
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 30, 1958No. 189PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Frankfurter
Petitioner is a partner in a New York manufacturing firm engaged in interstate commerce, some of whose employees have been organized by a local union of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Petitioner was subpoenaed to appear before a New York grand jury conducting an inquiry regarding bribery of labor representatives, conspiracy and extortion, constituting crimes under state law. Petitioner, duly sworn, was asked a question concerning the union’s representation in certain wage negotiations with petitioner’s firm; he refused to answer on the ground that his answer might tend to…
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