Legal Opinion
Matter of Cantazaro
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 20, 1985No. Misc. 85-0087Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
AUBREY E. ROBINSON, Jr., Chief Judge.
On March 21, 1985, Robert Cantazaro appeared before the President’s Commission on Organized Crime pursuant to a subpoena. When he refused to testify based on his privilege against self incrimination, the Commission served him with an order compelling his testimony and expressly granting him use immunity. Can-tazaro continued in his refusal to answer the Commission’s questions and this Court held him in contempt and remanded him to the custody of the Attorney General of the United States or his duly authorized delegate pursuant to 28…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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