Legal Opinion
United States v. Peace Information Center
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 8, 1951No. Crim. 178-51PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLTZOFF, District Judge.
The defendant Peace Information Center has been indicted on a charge of violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act, 1 in failing to register as an agent of a foreign principal. The individual defendants are charged in their capacity as officers and directors of Peace Information Center with failure to cause the latter to register. The defendants move to dismiss the indictment on the ground that the statute is unconstitutional, and on the further ground that the indictment is defective.
The Foreign Agents Registration Act requires every agent of a foreign principal…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Gibbons v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Thomas v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Kovacs v. CooperSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Attorney General v. Irish Northern Aid CommitteeDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1972
- NATIONAL ASS'N FOR ADVANCE. OF COLORED PEOPLE v. PattyDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1958
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