Legal Opinion
Gelbard v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 26, 1972No. 71-110PublishedCited by 482 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
These cases present challenges to the validity of adjudications of civil contempt, pursuant to 28 U. S. C. § 1826 (a),1 of witnesses before federal grand juries *43who refused to comply with court orders to testify. The refusals were defended upon the ground that interrogation was to be based upon information obtained from the witnesses’ communications, allegedly intercepted by federal agents by means of illegal wiretapping and electronic surveillance. A provision of Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, 82 Stat. 211, as amended, 18 U. S. C. §§ 2510-2520, directs…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Costello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- United States v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Shillitani v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Lawn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by482 opinions
- United States v. CalandraSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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- Bartnicki v. VopperSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- United States v. HubbardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
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