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IN RE WOMACK

No. 71 GJ 600.

333 F.Supp. 479 (1971)

In re John Alexander WOMACK and James Andrew Robinson, Witnesses before the Special February, 1971 Grand Jury.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

October 27, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Bauer, U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for Grand Jury.

Antonio M. Gassaway, Edward J. Calihan, Jr., Chicago, Ill., for both witnesses.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTION TO VACATE JUDGMENTS OF CONTEMPT AND COMMITMENT

ROBSON, Chief Judge.

These two witnesses before the Special February 1971 Grand Jury move to vacate judgments of contempt and commitment entered against them by this court on May 25, 1971. For the reasons stated below, this court is of the opinion the motion should be denied.

These witnesses invoked the Fifth Amendment in refusing to testify before the grand jury, even...

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