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· 10/1/1979

Louisiana v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Citations

  • 444 U.S. 879

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • acknowledging that “[t]imely notice [that the defendant intended to invoke his Fifth Amendment privilege] at least was informally given”
  • declining to find a waiver of the Fifth Amendment privilege because there was no showing that the defendant was guilty of “procedural gamesmanship and dilatory tactics” or merely invoking the privilege as an “afterthought.”
  • “Such an objection, like any claim of privilege, must be set forth in a timely manner.”
  • finding no prejudice from late assertion

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Judges: Consideration, Petitions, Took

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