Legal Opinion
McCrone v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 17, 1939No. 660PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black
The Court of Appeals dismissed petitioner’s appeal from a judgment of contempt for failure to obey a District Court’s order to testify before an Internal Revenue official. This dismissal was proper if the contempt proceeding was civil and not criminal. A notice of appeal was filed and a bill of exceptions signed. But petitioner’s appeal was not, as appeals from civil judgments were required-to be, applied for or allowed by the trial judge or a judge of the Court of Appeals.
The facts disclose:
On April 21, 1938, an Internal Revenue agent, acting under 26 U. S. C., § 1514 (copied in the margin),…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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