Legal Opinion

Anderson v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 9, 1920No. 5336PublishedCited by 6 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of South Dakota; James D. Elliott, Judge. Orville Anderson was convicted of an offense, and he brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

Mr. Orville Anderson, the defendant below and so styled hereafter, was indicted, tried, and convicted of willfully attempting to cause disloyalty, insubordination, and refusal of duty in the military forces of the United States, to the injury of the United States, in violation of section 3 of the Espionage Act of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. c. 30, p. 219, Comp. St. 1918, Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, § 10212c), and was sentenced to imprisonment for the term of four years, and to pay a fine of $1,000. He seeks a reversal of this judgment on three general grounds: (1) That the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Debs v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
  2. Seebach v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1919

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Tinsley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1930
  2. Caldwell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1929
  3. United States v. Montgomery Ward & Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1945
  4. United States v. PelleyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1942
  5. Wild v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1923

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