IN RE GRAND JURY

No. 97-7018.

111 F.3d 1083 (1997)

In re GRAND JURY.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed April 25, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Backstrom, Jr. (Argued), Vaira, Backstrom & Riley, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant.

Colm F. Connolly (Argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Wilmington, DE, for Appellee.

Before: SLOVITER, Chief Judge, STAPLETON and ALDISERT, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Chief Judge.

On this appeal we must consider whether the government's grant of use and derivative use immunity (use-fruits immunity) to the spouse of a witness is sufficient to defeat the witness's privilege against adverse spousal testimony. This is a question of first impression for this court in the context in which it is presented.

I.

A witness before a grand jury who asserted her privilege not to testify...

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