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· 2/4/1983

United States of America and Rodney J. Krysztof v. Bobart Travel Agency, Inc., and Lois C. Parish, and Robert L. Bennett, Intervenor-Appellant

Citations

  • 699 F.2d 618
  • 51 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 671
  • 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 30750

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  • recognizing \contempt is an area of the law in which counsel's advice is often indispensable\
  • noting that the court may weigh the “credibility” of a party’s assertions during contempt proceedings
  • noting that courts may weigh the “credibility” of a party’s assertions during contempt proceedings
  • defendant entitled to counsel in civil contempt proceeding for failure to produce records that resulted in his incarceration
  • contempt is an area of the law in which counsel's advice is often indispensable
  • “To guide a client between the Scylla of contempt and the Charybdis of waiving his Fifth Amendment privilege requires not only a lawyer but an astute one.”

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Judges: Oakes, Van Graafeiland Meskill

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