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...First Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered Samuel L. Popkin, assistant professor of Government, to agree to answer three questions before a Boston grand jury investigating the Pentagon Papers case or face penalties for civil contempt...
...same order and memorandum, which was issued Friday, the court refused to grant any stays of sentence while Popkin attempts to seek opinions from a higher court...
Things began moving once again last Friday, as the U.S. Attorney's office filed its long-awaited disclaimer of wiretapping in the case of Samuel L. Popkin, assistant professor of Government. The government's action, which was required by a July 13 ruling by the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals, opened the way for a revision of that court's earlier finding that Popkin was in contempt for refusing to answer three questions before a Boston grand jury...
...Popkin and his attorneys were optimistic about the possibility of a favorable new ruling by the appeals court, based on the Supreme Court's summer decisions dealing with the privileges of the press...
...earlier court decision said that relevance was of no consequence or very little consequence," said William P. Homans '41, an attorney for Popkin. But the Supreme Court in Branzburg vs. Hayes, stressed the importance of relevance in grand jury inquiries. And that, said Popkin, "is what we've been saying all along. We know we have to answer the questions--but they have to be screened carefully...