Legal Opinion
Frank Grumman v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 1, 1961No. 15747_1PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BASTIAN, Circuit Judge.
Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted of the offense of contempt of Congress because of his refusal to answer a question put to him by a member of a subcommittee of the House Committee on Un-American Activities at hearings held in Washington, D. C., on July 18, 1957^
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Bernard Silber v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961
- Bernard Silber v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961
- United States v. GrummanDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1964