Legal Opinion
In Re Corrugated Container Antitrust Litigation. Appeal of John Conboy, Deponent
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 16, 1981No. 81-1960PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order holding a non-party deponent in civil contempt for asserting the Fifth Amendment in response to questions read verbatim from or closely tracking transcripts of the deponent’s previously immunized testimony. The district court ordered the deponent to answer the questions, apparently on the ground that he would not be subject to future criminal prosecution based on this testimony. For the reasons stated herein, we reverse the judgment of the district court.
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John A. Conboy is a former executive of the Weyerhaeuser Company. He was one of…
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