United States v. Nugent

Mr. Justice Frankfurter, whom Mr. Justice Black and Mr. Justice Douglas join,

dissenting.

That so strong a court and one so strong in literary endowment — Swan, C. J., Learned Hand and Frank, JJ.— should rely, as did the Court of Appeals in this case, 200 F. 2d 46, 49-50, on the opinion of a District Judge, impressively attests the persuasiveness of that opinion. Chief Judge Hincks has stated also for me the compelling reasons why the refusal to make available the FBI report on a registrant claiming exemption as a conscientious *11objector invalidates, on any fair construction of the requirements…