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UNITED STATES v. JONES

Nos. 81-2129, 82-1389.

703 F.2d 473 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert C. JONES and Dona Jones, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

March 29, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Brown (Thomas M. Bradshaw, also of Hoskins, King, McGannon, Hahn & Hurwitz, Kansas City, Missouri; and Edward M. Boddington, Jr. of Boddington & Brown, Kansas City, Kansas, with him on briefs) for defendants-appellants.

Murray S. Horwitz (Glenn L. Archer, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Michael L. Paup and William A. Whitledge, and Jim J. Marquez, U.S. Atty., with him on briefs) Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SETH, Chief Judge, and DOYLE and LOGAN, Circuit Judges.

LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

Robert C. Jones and Dona Jones, husband and wife, appeal district court orders holding each of them in contempt of court for refusing to answer questions concerning their assets and financial affairs at separate judgment debtor examinations. The Joneses had asserted their Fifth Amendment privilege against compulsory self-incrimination in refusing to answer the questions. The district court's contempt rulings were based on its conclusion that...

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