Legal Opinion
In Re Berman
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 2, 1930No. Docket No. 1940PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON (IRA F.), J.
The petitioner was ordered confined in the county jail of Los Angeles County for contempt of court in refusing to answer twenty-five questions asked of him upon the taking of his deposition in a cause pending in the Superior Court, the confinement to continue until he should purge himself of the contempt by making answers to the interrogatories. The reason assigned for his refusal was that to answer the questions might tend to incriminate him.
Testimony was given by the former president of the board of directors of the Julian Petroleum Corporation to the effect that…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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- Mason v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- People Ex Rel. Taylor v. . ForbesNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
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3Cited by23 opinions
- People v. KynetteCalifornia Supreme Court · 1940
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- State v. DeColaSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1960
- Ikeda v. CurtisWashington Supreme Court · 1953
- People v. BartgesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1954
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