UNITED STATES v. KEMBER

Nos. 80-2329 to 80-2332.

648 F.2d 1354 (1980)

In Re UNITED STATES of America, v. Jane KEMBER and Morris Budlong, Mary Sue Hubbard, Henning Heldt, Richard Weigand, and Gregory Willardson, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 24, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard B. Boudin, New York City, with whom Michael Lee Hertzberg, Roger E. Zuckerman, Roger C. Spaeder, Washington, D. C., Philip J. Hirschkop, and Leonard S. Rubenstein, Alexandria, Va., were on the brief, for appellants.

Judith Hetherton, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, Raymond Banoun, and Katherine Winfree, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before McGOWAN, EDWARDS and GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.


Opinion PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM:

Appellants, subpoenaed by the prosecution to testify in a criminal trial currently in progress in the District Court and granted use immunity for that purpose, refused to testify and were held by the District Court to be in civil contempt. They appeal that judgment and challenge its validity on a number of grounds. For the reasons hereinafter appearing, we find none of their contentions to be availing, and we affirm.

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