finality
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From 309 U.S. 323 - Cobbledick v. United States · 1940Most cited · 2,977 citing opinions
Whatever right a witness may have requires no further protection in either case than that afforded by the district court until the witness chooses to disobey and is committed for contempt. At that point the witness' situation becomes so severed from the main proceeding as to permit an appeal.