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Legal Citation: 406 U.S. 441 (1972)

Petitioners
Charles Joseph Kastigar, Michael Gorean Stewart

Respondent
United States

Petitioners' Claim
That the petitioners were correct to refuse to testify because only transactional immunity, which was not granted, would satisfy the Fifth Amendment with respect to self-incrimination.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioners
Hugh R. Manes

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Erwin N. Griswold

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, Warren E. Burger, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. (writing for the Court), Potter Stewart, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
William O. Douglas, Thurgood Marshall (William J. Brennan, Jr., and William H. Rehnquist did not participate)

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
22 May 1972

Decision
The U.S. Supreme Court...