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IN RE GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS 88-9 (MIA)

No. 90-5232 Non-Argument Calendar.

899 F.2d 1039 (1990)

In re GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS 88-9 (MIA). Appeal of Jerald NEWTON, John Doe.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 6, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Furstman, Santa Monica, Cal., for Jerald Newton.

Ira A. Loewy, Bierman, Shohat & Loewy, P.A., Miami, Fla., for John Doe.

Mark D. Seltzer, Linda Collins Hertz, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, Fla.

Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, JOHNSON and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges.

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

In this recalcitrant witness case, we affirm, in part, the district court's finding of contempt of court against a lawyer who refused to testify, as ordered, before a grand jury seeking information regarding the identity of the lawyer's client and the receipt of fees.1

FACTS

On July 19, 1989, a federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida issued...

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