... Counselman v. Hitchcock, a unanimous Court held that the privilege against self-incrimination applies to grand jury witnesses and that immunity statutes must provide at least as much protection as the constitutional privilege. Coun ...
... Counselman v . Hitchcock.57 In that case , Charles Counselman , a Chicago grain shipper who headed a small com- pany with the assistance of seven employees , was brought before an Illinois grand jury to face direct questioning regarding ...
... v . UNITED STATES . BRANDEIS , J. , dissenting . 477 protection of the Amendment extends to a witness before a grand jury , although he has not been charged with crime , Counselman v . Hitchcock , 142 U. S. 547 , 562 , 586 . but that ...
... Counselman v . Hitchcock , 142 U. S. 547 , 585-586 ( 1892 ) ; Albertson v . SACB , 382 U. S. 70 , 80 ( 1965 ) . The privilege is applicable to state as well as federal proceedings . Malloy v . Hogan , 378 U. S. 1 ( 1964 ) ; Murphy v ...
... Counselman v . Hitchcock ( 1892 ) In Counselman v . Hitchcock , 152 U.S. 547 ( 1892 ) , the U.S. Supreme Court interpreted the Fifth Amendment right against self - incrimination broadly and repeated much of the language in Boyd v ...