Legal Opinion
In Re Impounded
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 13, 1999No. 98-6498PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
RENDELL, Circuit Judge.
This case involves the question of when a fear of foreign prosecution implicates the Fifth Amendment privilege after the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Balsys, 524 U.S. 666, 118 S.Ct. 2218, 141 L.Ed.2d 575 (1998). Appellants are immunized witnesses who have refused to testify before a grand jury, claiming that their case, falls within a test articulated in Balsys requiring Fifth Amendment protection.
On October 29, 1997, a special grand jury was impaneled in the District of New Jersey for the purpose of investigating possible…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Zicarelli v. New Jersey State Commission of InvestigationSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- In Re Grand Jury Proceedings. In Re Jacqueline Schofield, WitnessCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- United States v. BalsysSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- In Re Grand Jury Proceedings. Appeal of Jacqueline SchofieldCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- Morris Simkin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
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