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UNITED STATES v. STEVENS

No. 75-1320.

510 F.2d 1101 (1975)

In re Grand Jury Proceedings. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Douglas STEVENS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 28, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Gale, Miami, Fla., Alan E. Weinstein, Miami Beach, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

Marty Steinberg, Sp. Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Miami, Fla., R. H. Wallace, Jr., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEWIN, GOLDBERG and DYER, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 28, 1975.

GEWIN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns the legitimacy of incarceration of a grand jury witness under the district court's civil contempt power, 28 U.S.C. § 1826.1 The witness in question, ruled in contempt and imprisoned because he refused to answer questions after a grant of "use" immunity pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 6002, challenges the district court's order on...

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