Legal Opinion

Browne v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided July 19, 1923No. Nos. 3636, 3637PublishedCited by 36 opinions

In Error to' the District Court for the Southern Division of the Eastern District of Michigan; Arthur J. Tuttle, Judge. Grant Hugh Browne and Lester J. Waterbury were convicted of conspiracy, and respectively bring error.

1Opinion of the Court

DENISON, Circuit Judge.

After the Armistice, vast amounts of material scattered over the country and belonging to the government were left in the possession and control of the Ordnance Division of the War Department. These were to be disposed of by sale. For that purpose the Ordnance Salvage Board was organized, with its general organization in the War Department in Washington, and with 13 districts in the country, each having its local board. In the Detroit district, Lieut. Reamy was chairman of the committee on sales of the local board. Such sales were authorized by the Act of July 9, 1918…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  2. Haas v. HenkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  3. Grimm v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  4. Woo Wai v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1915
  5. Billingsley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1921

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. United States v. KirschenblattCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1926
  3. United States v. PollerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
  4. United States v. SagerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
  5. Herman Krogmann and Emil Klauss v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1955

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