Legal Opinion
Sherwin v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 25, 1925No. 379PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brandeis
delivered tKe opinion of the Court.
Sherwin and Schwarz were indicted in the federal court for northern Texas, under § 215 of the Criminal Code, for using the mails in consummation of a scheme to defraud; and also, under § 37, for a conspiracy to commit the offense. They filed in bar a plea of immunity under § 9 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, September 26, 1914, c. 311, 38 Stat. 717, 723. Their claim was that the indictment rested upon information which the'Commission had' compelled them to give. There was a replication; issue was joined; a trial was had upon the plea; and under…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Hale v. HenkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Counselman v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Brown v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Federal Trade Commission v. American Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Heike v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by14 opinions
- People v. Crawford Distributing Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1973
- Gerson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1928
- Berthold Goodman v. United States of America. Melvin Crown v. United States of America. E. F. Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1960
- Federal Trade Commission v. Scientific Living, Inc.District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1957
- Goldberg v. BattlesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1961
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