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MANESS v. MEYERS

No. 73-689.

419 U.S. 449 (1975)

MANESS v. MEYERS, JUDGE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 15, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Walsh argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Stuart M. Nelkin and Michael Anthony Maness pro se.

Joe B. Dibrell argued the cause for respondent. With him on the briefs were John L. Hill, Attorney General of Texas, Larry F. York, First Assistant Attorney General, and Lonny F. Zwiener, Assistant Attorney General.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari to decide whether in a state civil proceeding a lawyer may be cited for contempt for advising his client, a party to the litigation, that the client may refuse on Fifth Amendment grounds to produce subpoenaed material.

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Petitioner is a lawyer. In January 1973 his client was convicted before a Municipal Court in the city of Temple, Texas, of selling seven obscene magazines...

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