Interstate Commerce Commission v. Brimson
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brewer,
with whom concurred
The Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Jackson, dissenting. •
I dissent from the opinion and judgment of the court in this case. I notice, as a .preliminary matter, a practice which I think is not to be commended and ought not to be pursued. The application to punish the three appellees was denied by the Circuit Court. The reason given for the decision was the unconstitutionality of that portion of the interstate commerce act which requires a court to treat and punish as a contempt of its authority the refusal of a witness before the commission to answer…
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