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IN RE LEVINSON

Misc. Nos. 891, 895.

219 F.Supp. 589 (1963)

In the Matter of the Refusal of the Witnesses Edward LEVINSON and Edward Torres to Answer Questions Propounded to them before the Federal Grand Jury at Los Angeles, California. In the Matter of the Refusal of the Witnesses Carl COHEN, Aaron Weisberg, Charles Kandel, and Leo Durr to Answer Questions Propounded to them before the Federal Grand Jury at Los Angeles, California.

United States District Court S. D. California, Central Division.

July 11, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adrian B. Fink, Jr., Cleveland, Ohio, Ely, Kadison & Quinn, by Walter Ely, Los Angeles, Cal., for Edward Levinson, Edward Torres and Carl Cohen.

Francis C. Whelan, U. S. Atty. for the Southern Dist. of California, by Timothy M. Thornton, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chief, Special Prosecutions Section, Los Angeles, Cal., for the United States.

A. L. Wirin and Fred Okrand, Los Angeles, Cal., for Aaron Weisberg and Charles Kandel.

Harry E. Claiborne, Las Vegas, Nev., for Charles Turner.

Adrian Marshall, Beverly Hills, Cal., for Leo Durr.

THURMOND CLARKE, District Judge.

On June 18, 1963, EDWARD LEVINSON and EDWARD TORRES appeared before the Federal Grand Jury in Los Angeles, California. Basing their refusals on the Fifth Amendment, these witnesses declined to answer questions concerning whether they were present in Las Vegas, Nevada, or Havana, Cuba prior to ten years ago or had then held an interest in the Havana Riviera Hotel.

On June 25, 1963...

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