Legal Opinion

Clark v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 13, 1933No. 531PublishedCited by 720 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cardozo

The petitioner, Genevieve A. Clark, has been adjudged guilty of a criminal contempt in that with intent to obstruct justice she gave answers knowingly misleading and others knowingly false in response to questions affecting her qualifications as a juror. 1 F.Supp. 747.

The conviction by the District Court was affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, the proceeding being remanded, however, to correct an error in the sentence. 61 F. (2d) 695. A writ of certiorari brings the case here.

In September, 1931, there came on for trial in the United States District Court for the…

2Cases cited34 opinions

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