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APPLICATION OF U. S. SENATE PERM. SUBCOM. ON INVES.

Nos. 80-2382 & 81-1037.

655 F.2d 1232 (1981)

In the Matter of the Application of the UNITED STATES SENATE PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS. Appeal of William CAMMISANO.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 13, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce C. Houdek, Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

Charles Tiefer, Asst. Senate Legal Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom Michael Davidson, Senate Legal Counsel, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before WRIGHT and WILKEY, Circuit Judges, and CORCORAN, Senior District Judge.

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge J. SKELLY WRIGHT.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

The appellant, William Camisano, who is currently serving a prison sentence for extortion, was summoned to testify about organized crime before a Senate subcommittee. After he refused to testify despite a grant of immunity, the District Court cited him for civil contempt and imposed a sentence. In this appeal Cammisano argues that the District Court erred in approving...

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