GRAND JURY SUBPOENA OF FORD v. UNITED STATES

No. 938, Docket 85-6019.

756 F.2d 249 (1985)

In the Matter of the GRAND JURY SUBPOENA OF Jean FORD, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 25, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter J. Avenia, New York City (Mark B. Gombiner, and Gombiner & Avenia, New York City, on the brief), for appellant Jean Ford.

John F. Savarese, Asst. U.S. Atty., New York City (Rudolph W. Giuliani, U.S. Atty., and Stuart E. Abrams, Asst. U.S. Atty., New York City, on the brief), for appellee.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, TIMBERS and CARDAMONE, Circuit Judges.


TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:

The essential question presented on this appeal — one of first impression in this Circuit — is whether the district court correctly held in civil contempt a grand jury witness who, relying on a claim of privilege against adverse spousal testimony, refused to testify where his wife was a target of the grand jury investigation, despite assurances by the government, which the district court found were sufficient, that the witness...

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