PEOPLE EX REL. SCOTT v. WALSH

No. 79-763.

89 Ill. App.3d 831 (1980)

412 N.E.2d 208

THE PEOPLE ex rel. WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THOMAS L. WALSH et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed October 28, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Turner & Shoemaker, and Peter Alexander, both of Martenson, Donohue & Alexander, of Rockford, for appellants.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield (Gerri Papushkewych and L. Kent Sezer, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed and cause remanded.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendants appeal from an order holding them in civil contempt of court for failure to answer questions and to produce documents at a deposition where they claimed their privilege against self-incrimination. The essential question is whether the immunity granted them was sufficient to require their answer.

The State had filed a complaint alleging...

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