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CAESAR v. MOUNTANOS

No. 74-2271.

542 F.2d 1064 (1976)

George R. CAESAR, M.D., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louis P. MOUNTANOS, as Sheriff of the County of Marin, State of California, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

September 13, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kurt W. Melchior (argued), of Severson, Werson, Berke, & Melchior, San Francisco, Cal., for petitioner-appellant.

James D. Hammond (argued), of Bacon, Stone, O'Brien, & Hammond, San Francisco, Cal., for respondents-appellees.

Before KOELSCH and HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judges, and JAMESON, District Judge.

JAMESON, District Judge:

Petitioner, Dr. George R. Caesar, a licensed psychiatrist practicing in California, has appealed from an order denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus seeking to set aside a contempt adjudication and sentence in the California Superior Court, Marin County.1 He was adjudged in contempt for refusing to obey an order directing him to answer questions relating to communications with a former patient, based on...

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