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UNITED STATES v. DOE

No. 72-1090.

460 F.2d 328 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America v. John DOE. Appeal of Samuel L. POPKIN.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 3, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Homans, Jr., Boston, Mass., with whom Daniel Klubock and Featherston, Homans & Klubock, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellant.

Warren P. Reese, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Joseph L. Tauro, U. S. Atty., and Richard J. Barry, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on brief, for appellee.

Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, McENTEE and COFFIN, Circuit Judges.

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by Samuel Popkin from an order of the district court holding him in civil contempt for refusing to answer certain questions propounded to him by a federal grand jury in Massachusetts. An assistant professor of government at Harvard University, Popkin has written numerous articles on the war in Indochina.1 He contends first that he should not be forced to respond without a demonstration by the government...

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