United States v. Wallace & Tiernan, Inc., Robert T. Conner, Charles E. Hough

Appellees were indicted for violations of 18 U.S.C. § 1001. 1 Following their arraignment, at which they entered pleas of not guilty, appellees sought to have the indictment dismissed on the ground, among others, that the grand jury that returned it had not been convened in compliance with Section 2306 of Title 11 of the District of Columbia Code (Supp. IV, 1965) and that, therefore, its actions were a nullity The District Court granted their motions and dismissed the indictment on the theory that the grand jury had not been properly summoned. 234 F.Supp. 780 (D.D.C.1964). The United States…