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IN RE LOCHIATTO

Nos. 74-1096, 74-1097, 74-1102.

497 F.2d 803 (1974)

In re Barbara LOCHIATTO, Appellant. In re Patrick LOCHIATTO, Appellant. In re John E. DUNN, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 31, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry D. Katz, Boston, Mass., for Barbara Lochiatto and others, appellants.

Lawrence C. Weisman, Boston, Mass., for John E. Dunn, appellant.

Joel M. Friedman, Sp. Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, with whom James N. Gabriel, U. S. Atty., and Gerald E. McDowell, Sp. Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, were on brief, for appellee.

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

COFFIN, Chief Judge.

The appellants were held in contempt after refusal to answer questions proposed before a special grand jury investigating the making and financing of extortionate credit transactions.1 When first brought before the grand jury each witness refused to testify, invoking his or her Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination. They were then separately brought before district courts where the United States Attorney...

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