Legal Opinion
Rosenberg v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 19, 1953No. 687PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*277Mr. Chief Justice Vinson
delivered the opinion of the Court.*
A Special Term of the Court was convened upon the Attorney General’s application to review a stay of execution in this case, issued by Mr. Justice Douglas.
Our action was unusual. So were the circumstances which led to it. The Court’s action should be considered in the context of the full history of the proceedings which have marked this case.
On August 17, 1950, the defendants were indicted for conspiring to commit espionage in wartime, in violation of the Espionage Act of 1917, 50 U. S. C. §§ 32 (a), 34. After a lengthy jury trial…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- United States v. Borden Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Gavieres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Scripps-Howard Radio, Inc. v. Federal Communications CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Ex Parte QuirinSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
19 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by136 opinions
- Whitmore Ex Rel. Simmons v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- United States v. BatchelderSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Demosthenes v. BaalSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- People v. PetrellaMichigan Supreme Court · 1986
- The Wilderness Society v. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
131 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.