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IN RE GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS

No. 418, Docket 85-6258.

776 F.2d 1099 (1985)

In re GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS. A GRAND JURY WITNESS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 14, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter J. Avenia, Mark B. Gombiner, Gombiner & Avenia, New York City, for appellant.

David E. Brodsky, Asst. U.S. Atty., S.D.N.Y. (Rudolph W. Giuliani, U.S. Atty. for the S.D.N.Y., David N. Lawrence, Warren Neil Eggleston, Asst. U.S. Attys., New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, LUMBARD and WINTER, Circuit Judges.

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Ralph Hubert "Sonny" Barger is a member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club ("HAMC"). Judge Leisure held Barger in contempt for refusing to answer certain questions before a grand jury that is investigating criminal activity by members and associates of the HAMC. Barger claims that the First Amendment creates a privilege against his testifying before the grand jury about the membership, funding, and organizational structure of the...

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