Legal Opinion
In Re Grand Jury
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 25, 1997No. 97-7018PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Chief Judge.
On this appeal we must consider whether the government’s grant of use and derivative use immunity (use-fruits immunity) to the spouse of a witness is sufficient to defeat the witness’s privilege against adverse spousal testimony. This is a question of first impression for this court in the context in which it is presented.
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A witness before a grand jury who asserted her privilege not to testify as a witness against her husband in a criminal proceeding appeals from the contempt order entered by the district court. The witness is the wife of John Doe 2,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Kastigar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Trammel v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Ullmann v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- United States v. Wilfried Van CauwenbergheCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- In Re Grand JuryCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1997
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3Cited by10 opinions
- United States v. SquillacoteCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2000
- United States v. WellsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2017
- In Re Grand JuryCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1997
- United States v. YerardiCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
- In re a Grand Jury SubpoenaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
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