Power to compel testimony
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From 211 U.S. 407 - Harriman v. Interstate Commerce Commission · 1908Most cited · 284 citing opinions
The power to require testimony is limited, as it usually is in English-speaking countries, at least, to the only cases where the sacrifice of privacy is necessary,—those where the investigations concern a specific breach of the law.