Legal Opinion
United States v. Hvass
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 3, 1958No. 92PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Whittaker
The question for decision is whether a willfully false statement of a material fact, made by an attorney under oath during the District Court’s examination, under its local rule, into his fitness to practice before it, constitutes perjury within the meaning of 18 U. S. C. § 1621.
Acting under 28 U. S. C. §§ 1654, 2071, and Rule 83 of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, authorizing federal courts to prescribe rules for the conduct of their business, the District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa promulgated local rules governing practice in those courts. Their Rule 3, in…
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