IN RE LONG VISITOR

No. 75-1744.

523 F.2d 443 (1975)

In re Grand Jury: In re Ivis LONG VISITOR, Witness. In re Angie LONG VISITOR, Witness. In re Joanna LeDEAUX, Witness.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 6, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth E. Tilsen, St. Paul, Minn., for appellants.

Richard Hurd, Asst. U. S. Atty., Sioux Falls, S. D., for appellee.

Before BRIGHT, WEBSTER and HENLEY, Circuit Judges.


WEBSTER, Circuit Judge.

Appellants Ivis Long Visitor, Angie Long Visitor, and Joanna LeDeaux were found in civil contempt by the District Court1 for refusing to give testimony before a federal grand jury which was investigating the death of two FBI agents and an Indian resident on the Pine Ridge Reservation on June 26, 1975. The District Court ordered appellants to be confined until they should purge themselves of contempt.

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