Legal Opinion
Goldman v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 27, 1942No. Nos. 962, 963, 980PublishedCited by 504 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Roberts
The petitioners and another were indicted for conspiracy 1 to violate § 29 (b) (5) of the Bankruptcy Act2 3by receiving, or attempting to obtain, money for acting, or forbearing to act, in a bankruptcy proceeding. They were convicted and sentenced, and the judgments were affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals.3 The facts are fully stated in the opinion below and we shall advert only to those essential to an understanding of the questions open in this court.
The petitioners were lawyers. One of them, Martin Goldman, approached Hoffman, the attorney representing *131an assignee for the benefit of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Olmstead v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Ex Parte JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- United States v. PolakoffCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
- United States v. Yee Ping JongDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1939
- United States v. GoldmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1941
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3Cited by504 opinions
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. NoblesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Kyllo v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Silverman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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