STATE EX REL. BUTTERWORTH v. SOUTHLAND CORP.

No. 88-0273-CIV.

684 F.Supp. 292 (1988)

STATE of Florida ex rel. Robert A. BUTTERWORTH on Behalf of the DADE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, etc., Plaintiff, v. SOUTHLAND CORPORATION, d/b/a Velda Farms Dairy, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Florida.

April 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Jerome W. Hoffman, Chief, Antitrust Section Bayard W. Heath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., and James J. Kenny and Richard Alan Arnold, Miami, Fla., for plaintiff.

Claude H. Tison, Jr., Tampa, Fla., for Elmer Bielick.


AMENDED MEMORANDUM OPINION

SCOTT, District Judge.

Plaintiff, State of Florida, moves for an order requiring witness Elmer Bielick to state the basis for refusal to answer questions. In the context of the motion, two legal issues are raised:

(1) Whether a witness must state the specific basis for his objection on the record where he raises a constitutional objection/privilege?

(2) Whether counsel may invoke a witness' privilege against self...

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