IN RE GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS (SAMUELSON)

Nos. 84-2604, 84-2629.

763 F.2d 321 (1985)

In re GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS: Robin Jack SAMUELSON, Witness Before the Grand Jury, Appellant. In re GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS: Jay Kenton SAMUELSON, Witness Before the Grand Jury, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 28, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank L. Racek and Jonathan R. Fay, Fargo, N.D., for appellant.

Norman G. Anderson, Fargo, N.D., for appellee.

Before HEANEY, McMILLIAN and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

In 1984, Jay and Robin Samuelson were imprisoned for civil contempt when they refused, after being ordered by the district court, to answer questions put to them by a federal grand jury investigating drug transactions. As the Samuelsons had already been prosecuted and found guilty in federal court for their participation in the transactions, the government argued they could not claim the fifth...

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