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IN RE GRAND JURY SUBPOENA DATED APRIL 9, 1996

No. 96-4676, Non-Argument Calendar.

87 F.3d 1198 (1996)

In re GRAND JURY SUBPOENA DATED APRIL 9, 1996, (FGJ 96-02), v. Joan SMITH, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 21, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis G. Kainen, Alan Weisberg, Weisberg and Kainen, Miami, FL, for appellant.

Robert J. Bondi, Linda Collins Hertz, Kathleen M. Salyer, Harriett R. Glavin, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, FL, for appellee.

Before KRAVITCH, EDMONDSON and BARKETT, Circuit Judges.

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

Appellant has been held in civil contempt for refusing to testify before a grand jury on the ground that her testimony would incriminate her in violation of her rights under the Fifth Amendment. We reverse.

I.

Appellant was served with two grand jury subpoenas. One was directed to her in her personal capacity, and the other was directed to the custodian of records for a corporation of which she is the sole officer and director...

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