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IN RE GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS

No. 77-2745. Summary Calendar.

562 F.2d 334 (1977)

In re GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS. UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Carmine GALANTE, Witness-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 20, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Rosen, Miami, Fla., Saxe, Bacon & Bolan, New York City, for witness-appellant.

Robert W. Rust, U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., Roma W. Theus, II, Sp. Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Organized Crime & Racketeering Sec., Miami Strike Force, Miami, Fla., Atlee W. Wampler, III, Washington, D. C., for petitioner-appellee.

Before AINSWORTH, MORGAN and GEE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from an order of civil contempt by which appellant Galante was committed for refusal to obey an order to respond to questions before a grand jury. The questions concerned Galante's knowledge about and connection with one phase of a suspected extortion plot and possible violations of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (1970). Though most of the major events of the plot supposedly took place...

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