1. Shillitani v. United States, No. 412, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, March 2, 1966, Argued , June 6, 1966, Decided ** Together with No. 442, Pappadio v. United States, also on certiorari to the same court.
OVERVIEW: Defendants who were convicted of civil contempt were not entitled to an indictment or jury trial, but their judgments were vacated once the grand jury ceased to exist because then they no longer had an opportunity to purge themselves of contempt.
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