Does the Fifth Amendment bar an individual from giving evidence in a civil proceeding where the answer might incriminate him?
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The following excerpt is from In re Adelphia Communications Corp., 317 B.R. 612 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2004):
33 Certain Real Property, 55 F.3d at 82 (citing Lefkowitz v. Turley, 414 U.S. 70, 77, 94 S.Ct. 316, 38 L.Ed.2d 274 (1973), which explains that the Fifth Amendment permits an individual "not to answer official questions put to him in any ... proceeding, civil or criminal, formal or informal, where the answer might incriminate him.").
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