IN RE GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS

No. A-1268.

418 U.S. 1301 (1974)

94 S.Ct. 3197

41 L.Ed.2d 1132

IN RE GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS (LEWIS, APPLICANT).

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided July 4, 1974.


MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, Circuit Justice.

Applicant asks for release on bail or a stay of the execution of the District Court's order committing him for contempt pending decision of his case on the merits by the Court of Appeals. He had given the FBI copies of certain tapes and documents delivered to him by an underground group but refused to deliver the originals. So far as I am advised, he was held in contempt for that refusal. Substantial First Amendment claims are...

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