Legal Opinion
Nardone v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 20, 1937No. 190PublishedCited by 387 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Roberts
The importance of the question involved, — whether, in view of the provisions of § 605 of the Communications Act of 1934,1 evidence procured by a federal officer’s tapping telephone wires and intercepting messages is admissible in a criminal trial in a United States District Court, — moved us to grant the writ of certiorari.
The indictment under which the petitioners were tried, convicted, and sentenced, charged, in separate counts, the smuggling of alcohol, possession and concealment of the smuggled alcohol, and conspiracy to smuggle and conceal it. Over the petitioners’ objection and…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Stanley v. SchwalbySupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- United States v. HerronSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- United States v. HoarU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1821
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3Cited by387 opinions
- Ker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Nardone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Silverman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Berger v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. GiordanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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