Legal Opinion

Ullmann v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 26, 1956No. 58PublishedCited by 653 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Frankfurter

On November 10, 1954, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York filed an application under the Immunity Act of 1954, 68 Stat. 745, 18 U. S. C. (Supp. II) § 3486, for an order requiring petitioner to testify before a grand jury. The Immunity Act, in its pertinent portions, provides:

“(c) Whenever in the judgment of a United States attorney the testimony of any witness, or the production of books, papers, or other evidence by any witness, in any case or proceeding before any grand jury or court of the United States involving any interference with or endangering of, or any…

2Cases cited20 opinions

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  3. Hines v. DavidowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  4. Crowell v. BensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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3Cited by653 opinions

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