· 6/5/1978
National Ass'n of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO Branch No. 421 v. United States Postal Service
Citations
- 490 F. Supp. 1033
- 1978 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17405
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- holding that reliance on advice of counsel is no defense where contemnors refused to testify in criminal trial despite being given immunity
- “[I]n order to cite a person for contempt, it must be shown that the alleged contemnor had knowledge of the order which he is said to have violated and that order must be specific and definite.”
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Judges: Suttle
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