Morrissey v. Morrissey

How courts have described this case

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

• “Before a witness . . . is entitled to remain silent, there must be a valid assertion of the [F]ifth [A]mendment privilege.”
• “A blanket assertion of the privilege by a witness is not sufficient to meet the reasonable cause requirement and the privilege cannot be claimed in advance of the questions.”
• “Once a witness has testified under oath, he risks the possibility of perjury charges in addition to any risk he may face for prosecution for non-perjury offenses suggested by his testimony.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).