Legal Opinion

United States v. Kaplan

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided May 10, 1937No. 351PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The defendant was convicted of maintaining a still in a dwelling in the residence section of Brooklyn. No question is, or conceivably could be, made of his guilt; the only complaint is as to the method by which the officers procured the necessary evidence; the case revives a question very actively debated while the Eighteenth Amendment was in existence. The defendant and his wife had rented a one-family dwelling in Brooklyn in April, 1936, complaints against which had reached the ears of revenue officers before August thirteenth of that year. On that day four of them…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Go-Bart Importing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  3. Kelley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1932
  4. In Re Phoenix Cereal Beverage Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
  5. United States v. KindCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1937

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3Cited by24 opinions

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  2. Trupiano v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  3. Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  4. Worthington v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1948
  5. Cheng Wai v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942

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