Legal Opinion
United States v. Willis
District Court, M.D. Georgia
Decided January 26, 1955No. Civ. A. 542PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOOTLE, District Judge.
The claim of protection under the Fifth Amendment comes belatedly in this case. It is not asserted until in the written brief filed January 14, 1955, after the hearings of December 20 and December 28, 1954, and after the records were delivered into Court on the latter date.
The right of a lawyer not to disclose the confidential communications of his clients and the right against self-incrimination are different rights. Grant v. United States, 227 U.S. 74, 33 S.Ct. 190, 57 L.Ed. 423.
The facts here in this regard are as they were in United States v. Johnson, D.C., 76…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Hoffman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Hale v. HenkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Rogers v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Michigan Central Railroad v. VreelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Shapiro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by11 opinions
- United States v. Harold JudsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
- State Ex Rel. Sowers v. OlwellWashington Supreme Court · 1964
- United States v. BoccutoDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1959
- State v. JenningsNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1972
- United States v. FratelloDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1968
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