United States v. Germann’s Empirical Analysis
370 F.2d 1019 · 1967
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 18 later decisions — most recently December 1987
13 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 401
Relies on Levine v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“* * * [T]he power to administer an oath and question a witness would be hollow indeed if it did not include as well the power to continue the appearance and questioning of the witness until his testimony had been completed or the need for his presence had terminated. On many occasions the questioning of a witness cannot be completed at one sitting because of the complexity of the inquiry or because the witness must consult records or otherwise refresh his memory. That was the situation with Germann's appearance. In such cases it is customary for the foreman of the grand jury to direct the witness to return for further examination at a later session of the grand jury. * * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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