Giles v. Town of Elsmere

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• holding that a court cannot compel self-incriminating testimony in the absence of a grant of immunity to the witness
• holding that a court cannot compel self-incriminating testimony in the absence of a grant of immunity to the witness
• holding that “District Courts are without power to compel a civil deponent to testify over a valid assertion of his Fifth Amendment right, absent a separate grant of immunity”
• holding “that a deponent’s civil deposition testimony ... without duly authorized assurance of immunity at the time ... may not be compelled over a valid assertion of his Fifth Amendment privilege”
• finding the purpose of the immunity statute, which includes § 6002, is to provide the government with an evidence gathering tool
• finding the purpose of the immunity statute, which includes § 6002, is to provide the government with an evidence gathering tool

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