lefkowitz turley argued october decided november new york statutes require public contracts provide contractor refuses waive immunity testify concerning state contracts existing contracts may canceled shall disqualified transactions state five years require disqualification contracting public authorities upon person failure waive immunity answer questions respecting state transactions appellees new architects summoned testify grand jury investigating various criminal charges refused sign waivers immunity whereupon various contracting authorities notified appellees conduct attention called applicable disqualification statutes appellees thereafter brought action challenging statutes violative constitutional privilege compelled district declared statutes unconstitutional fourteenth fifth amendments held fifth amendment privilege inapplicable simply issue arises context official inquiries job performance public contractor ordinary rule privilege available witnesses called grand jury appellees state legitimate interest maintaining integrity civil service transactions independent contractors like state concerns override requirements fifth amendment pp state compel testimony immunized waiver sought state threat loss contracts less compelled direct request testimony without resort waiver device garrity new jersey gardner broderick sanitation men sanitation constitutional distinction terms compulsion threat job loss cases threat contract loss contractor pp proper accommodation interest state fifth amendment state require employees contractors respond inquiries offers immunity sufficient supplant fifth amendment privilege kastigar pp white delivered opinion burger stewart blackmun powell rehnquist joined brennan joined separate qualifying opinion douglas marshall joined post brenda soloff assistant attorney general new york argued cause appellants brief appellants lefkowitz et al louis lefkowitz attorney general pro se samuel hirshowitz first assistant attorney general separate brief filed appellant tutuska richard robinson argued cause filed brief appellees justice white delivered opinion new york general municipal law new york public authorities law require public contracts provide contractor refuses waive immunity answer questions called testify concerning contracts state subdivisions existing contracts may canceled shall disqualified transactions state five years addition specifying contract terms statutes require disqualification contracting public authorities upon failure person waive immunity answer questions respect transactions state subdivisions issue case whether sections consistent fourteenth amendment insofar makes applicable fifth amendment privilege compelled appellees two architects licensed state new york summoned testify grand jury investigating various charges conspiracy bribery larceny asked refused sign waivers immunity effect waive right compelled criminal case witness excused district attorney directed law notified various contracting authorities appellees conduct called attention applicable disqualification statutes appellees thereupon brought action alleging existing contracts future contracting privileges threatened asserted pertinent statutory provisions violative constitutional privilege compelled district convened declared four statutory provisions issue unconstitutional fourteenth fifth amendments supp wdny noted probable jurisdiction state appealed pursuant affirm judgment district ii fifth amendment provides person shall compelled criminal case witness amendment protects individual involuntarily called witness criminal prosecution also privileges answer official questions put proceeding civil criminal formal informal answers might incriminate future criminal proceedings mccarthy arndstein squarely held privilege ordinarily dependent upon nature proceeding testimony sought used applies alike civil criminal proceedings wherever answer might tend subject criminal responsibility gives privilege protects mere witness fully one also party defendant background room urging fifth amendment privilege inapplicable simply issue arises context official inquiries job performance public contractor surely ordinary rule privilege available witnesses called grand juries appellee architects hale henkel true state strong legitimate interest maintaining integrity civil service transactions independent contractors furnishing wide range goods services new york interest sufficiently strong override privilege suggestion state able interrogate employees contractors job performance without regard fifth amendment discharge refuse answer waive privilege waiving immunity otherwise entitled use incriminating answers obtained subsequent criminal prosecutions claims overriding interests unusual fifth amendment litigation fared well mccarthy arndstein supra insisted strong public interest marshaling distributing assets bankrupts fifth amendment protect bankrupt official examinations mandated bankruptcy act position prevail bankrupt testimony afforded sufficient immunity supplant privilege long mccarthy arndstein recognized without compelled testimony knowledgeable perhaps implicated witnesses enforcement transportation laws become impossible nevertheless proceeded basis witnesses must granted adequate immunity evidence compelled brown walker similarly enforcement antitrust laws private corporations stake hale henkel supra immunity essential command testimony individual witnesses also difficult overestimate importance interest enforcement ordinary criminal laws price incriminating answers witnesses sufficient immunity satisfy imperatives fifth amendment privilege compelled finally almost context involved recently held employees state forfeit constitutional privilege may compelled respond questions performance duties answers used subsequent criminal prosecutions garrity new jersey gardner broderick sanitation men sanitation iii garrity new jersey certain police officers summoned inquiry conducted attorney general concerning fixing traffic tickets asked questions following warnings answer removed office anything said might used criminal proceeding immunity kind offered available state law questions answered answers later used objections prosecutions conspiracy held protection individual fourteenth amendment coerced statements prohibits use subsequent criminal proceedings statements obtained threat removal office extends whether policemen members body politic also held context threats removal office act responding interrogation voluntary effective waiver privilege conceding however might situations one anxious make clean breast whole affair volunteers information issue gardner broderick supra whether state might discharge police officer summoned grand jury testify performance official duties advised right compulsory refused waive right requested state conceding appellant discharged refusing answer questions performance official duties required waive immunity held officer terminated refusing waive constitutional privilege although garrity waiver executed may invalid answers elicited inadmissible evidence state purport recognize much instead attempted coerce waiver penalty loss employment testimony demanded grand jury part might used prosecute solely purpose securing accounting performance public trust hence state statutory provision requiring dismissal refusal waive immunity stand companion case sanitation men sanitation supra effect public employees officially interrogated advised refusal answer sign waivers immunity lead dismissal held state presented employees choice surrendering constitutional rights jobs although clearly subject dismissal refuse account performance public trust proper proceedings involve attempt coerce relinquish constitutional rights cases predecessors ultimately rest reconciliation policies behind privilege murphy waterfront need state well federal government obtain information assure effective functioning government white concurring immunity required rational accommodation imperatives privilege legitimate demands government compel citizens testify kastigar sense immunity statutes become part constitutional fabric ullmann agree district garrity gardner sanitation men control issue us state sought interrogate appellees transactions state require furnish possibly incriminating testimony demanding waive immunity disqualifying public contractors refused seems us state intended accomplish garrity specifically prohibited compel testimony immunized waiver sought state threat loss contracts less compelled direct request testimony without resort waiver device waiver secured threat substantial economic sanction termed voluntary already noted garrity specifically rejected claim effective waiver policemen case face possible discharge proceeded answer questions put holding implicit gardner sanitation men state nevertheless asserts whatever may true state employees different rule applicable public contractors architects independent contractors may depend entirely transactions state livelihood suggested disqualification contracting official agencies period five years neither compulsion within meaning fifth amendment forbidden penalty refusing answer questions put job performance agree district plaintiffs disqualification public contracting five years penalty asserting constitutional privilege violative fifth amendment rights fail see difference constitutional magnitude threat job loss employee state threat loss contracts contractor argument cost contractor small comparison cost employee losing job premise must harder state employee find employment private sector architect architect lives contracting fees surely state employee lives salary fees salaries may equally hard come private sector sanctions taken state sense plight architect may worse new york statutes may firm employs thereafter also subject contract cancellation disqualification significant infringement constitutional rights justified speculative ability affected cover damage iv make clear however said although due regard fifth amendment forbids state compel incriminating answers employees contractors may used criminal proceedings constitution permits testimony compelled neither fruits available use kastigar supra furthermore accommodation interest state fifth amendment requires state means disposal secure testimony immunity supplied testimony still refused recognized power courts compel testimony grant immunity use civil contempt coerced imprisonment shillitani also given adequate immunity state may plainly insist employees either answer questions oath performance job suffer loss employment like token state may insist architects involved case either respond relevant inquiries performance contracts suffer cancellation current relationships disqualification contracting public agencies appropriate time future state may insist appellees waive fifth amendment privilege consent use fruits interrogation later proceedings brought rather state must recognize cases hold answers elicited upon threat loss employment compelled inadmissible evidence hence answers required circumstances must offer witness whatever immunity required supplant privilege may insist employee contractor waive immunity affirmed footnotes orloff willoughby doctor inducted army denied commission officer refusing divulge whether communist required loyalty certificate prescribed commissioned officers instead asserted federal constitutional privilege called upon answer question holding government justified refusing commission failure answer occasion consider whether orloff exposed criminal prosecution stated member communist party case differs significantly one us since state asks architects affirmatively expose criminal prosecution waiving privilege garrity threat criminal prosecution apparent nature proceeding absence applicable state immunity statutes kimm rosenberg also inapposite held alien whose deportation ordered ineligible discretionary order permitting voluntary departure failed establish affiliated communist party petitioner imminent departure country whether voluntary compelled obviously made threat criminal prosecution basis answer remote garrity succinctly put option lose means livelihood pay penalty antithesis free choice speak remain silent contract disqualifications apply person refuses waive immunity also firm partnership corporation member partner director officer justice brennan justice douglas justice marshall join join opinion respects one view immunity permits testimony compelled neither fruits available use criminal proceedings satisfy privilege believe fifth amendment privilege requires jurisdiction compels man incriminate grant absolute immunity laws prosecution transaction revealed testimony piccirillo new york brennan dissenting