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IN RE GRAND JURY EMPANELING OF SPECIAL GRAND JURY

No. 98-6415.

171 F.3d 826 (1999)

In re THE GRAND JURY EMPANELING OF THE SPECIAL GRAND JURY.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 19, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Plaisted (Argued) Christopher M. Farella, Walder, Sondak & Brogan, Roseland, N.J., for Appellants.

Faith S. Hochberg, United States Attorney, George S. Leone, Holly K. Kulka (Argued), Assistant United States Attorneys, Newark, N.J., for Appellee.

Before: SLOVITER, McKEE and RENDELL, Circuit Judges

OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.

Three witnesses appeal from the final order of the District Court holding them in civil contempt and ordering them confined for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating their father. The witnesses justify their refusal to testify on religious grounds and contend that the District Court failed to follow the procedures mandated by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act ("RFRA"), 42 U.S.C. §§...

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