Legal Opinion

Parr v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 11, 1956No. 320PublishedCited by 338 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

Mr. Justice Harlan,

announced by Mr. Justice Burton.

In November 1954 petitioner was indicted in the Corpus Christi Division of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas for willfully attempting to evade federal income taxes by filing false returns for the years 1949, 1950 and 1951.1 In April 1955 the District Court granted petitioner’s motion to transfer the case to the Laredo Division of the Southern District, finding that petitioner, a prominent political figure, could not obtain a fair trial in the Corpus Christi Division because of local…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Cobbledick v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  3. Roche v. Evaporated Milk Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
  4. Berman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  5. Swift & Co. Packers v. Compania Colombiana Del Caribe, S. A.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950

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3Cited by338 opinions

  1. Kerr v. United States Dist. Court for Northern Dist. of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Schlagenhauf v. HolderSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Will v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Digital Equipment Corp. v. Desktop Direct, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1994
  5. United States v. MacDonaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1978

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