Legal Opinion

Barsky v. United States

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided March 18, 1948No. 9602PublishedCited by 94 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRETTYMAN, Associate Justice.

The Supreme Court has denied certiorari, 1948,-U.S.-, 68 S.Ct. 609, in United States v. Josephson, 2 Cir., 1947, 165 F. 2d 82. Nevertheless, because of the nature of the question involved and because we have a division of opinion, we state in full the reasons for our conclusion.

These appellants were indicted, tried before a jury, convicted, and sentenced for willful failure to produce records before a committee of the Congress pursuant to subposnas, in violation of Section 192 of Title 2 of the United States Code Annotated.1 The indictment alleged that appellants…

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2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  3. Olmstead v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
  4. Snowden v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  5. Stromberg v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1931

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3Cited by94 opinions

  1. United States v. BryanSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  2. Barenblatt v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  3. Watkins v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  4. Barsky v. Board of Regents of the University of the State of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  5. Bailey v. RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950

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