IN RE WEISS

No. 79-1192.

596 F.2d 1185 (1979)

In re Stephen J. WEISS, Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Hirsch, Reed L. von Maur, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, D. C., on brief for petitioner.

Justin W. Williams, Asst. U. S. Atty., Nash W. Schott, Asst. U. S. Atty., Alexandria, Va., on brief for the government.

Before BUTZNER, RUSSELL and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Stephen J. Weiss, an attorney, petitions the court for a writ of mandamus directing the Honorable Albert V. Bryan, Jr., United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, to vacate his order of March 20, 1979, compelling Weiss to testify before the grand jury in the matter of United States v. John Doe # 228. The government moved the district court to compel Weiss to testify after he had invoked the attorney-client privilege in response...

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