Legal Opinion
In re the issuance of a subpoena upon Stern
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 12, 1964PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEINFELD, District Judge.
These are motions by two contemnors, husband and wife, to vacate and set aside orders which adjudged them in contempt of this Court and fine4 each $25,000 for failure to appear before a Special Grand Jury in this District, in response to subpoenas served upon them in Mexico City, Mexico.
*681The movants, American citizens then resident in Mexico, were served .with the subpoenas in February 1957, commanding their appearance before the Grand Jury in March 1957 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1783, which then provided:
Ҥ 1783. Subpoena of witness in foreign country
“(a) A court of the…
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