Legal Opinion
United States v. Knowles
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 2, 1957No. 1211-56PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLTZOFF, District Judge.
The defendant, Mary Knowles, is under indictment on a charge of contempt of Congress. The specific accusation is that she unlawfully refused to answer certain pertinent questions when testifying as a witness before a Subcommittee created by the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate, to investigate the administration of the Internal Security Act, 50 U.S.C.A. § 781 et seq. and other internal security laws. The questions in issue related to alleged contacts and connections between the witness and the Communist party and Communist-front organizations.
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2Cases cited16 opinions
- Hale v. HenkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- United States v. WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Dennis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Frazier v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- United States v. SmythDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1952
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Billie Sol Estes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
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- Novosel v. HelgemoeSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1978
- United States v. AnzelmoDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1970
- United States v. BakerDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1966
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