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SARNO v. ILLINOIS CRIME COMM'N

No. 70-7.

406 U.S. 482 (1972)

SARNO ET AL. v. ILLINOIS CRIME INVESTIGATING COMMISSION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 22, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank G. Whalen argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioners.

Joel M. Flaum, First Assistant Attorney General of Illinois, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were William J. Scott, Attorney General, and Jayne A. Carr, Assistant Attorney General.

Melvin L. Wulf filed a brief for the American Civil Liberties Union as amicus curiae urging reversal.

PER CURIAM.

Petitioners were ordered to testify before the Illinois Crime Investigating Commission under a grant of immunity conferred pursuant to Ill. Rev. Stat., c. 38, § 203— 14 (1969). The occasion for granting the writ in this case was to consider whether Illinois must demonstrate to petitioners, prior to an adjudication for contempt for refusal to answer the Commission's questions, that immunity as broad in scope as the protection of the privilege...

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