Legal Opinion
Williams v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 1, 1946No. 123PublishedCited by 206 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burton
This case turns upon the applicability of the Assimilative Crimes Act, § 289 of the Criminal Code, 54 Stat. 234, 18 U. S. C. § 468, which reads: -
“Whoever, within the territorial limits of any State, organized Territory, or district, but within or upon any of- the places now existing or hereafter reserved or acquired, described in section 272 of the Criminal Code (U. S. C., title 18, sec. 451), 1 shall do or omit the doing of any act or thing which is not made penal by any laws of Congress, but which if committed or omitted within the jurisdiction of the State, Terri tory, or district in…
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