Legal Opinion

In Re Meckley

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania

Decided May 26, 1943PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WATSON, District Judge.

In a presentment by the Grand Jury, I. Walter Meckley (hereinafter called the Defendant) was charged with having obstructed the administration of justice by giving obstructive, perjurious, evasive, and contumacious answers to questions propounded to him while he was being examined before the Grand Jury. A full hearing was had on the merits and a brief was submitted by the Defendant.

The Defendant denies the charges contained in the presentment and interposed as a further defense that the Grand Jury is improperly constituted, and that the subpoena served upon him was not…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Ex Parte HudgingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
  2. United States v. McGovernCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
  3. In Re BlackCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
  4. Blim v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1934
  5. Schleier v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1934

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. United States Ex Rel. McCann v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
  2. State v. BlythSupreme Court of Iowa · 1975
  3. United States v. AnzelmoDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1970
  4. United States v. StironeDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1957
  5. United States v. Johns-Manville CorporationDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1962

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