Needelman v. United States

After hearing oral argument, and further study of the record, we conclude that the record does not adequately present the questions tendered in the petition. Accordingly the writ is dismissed as improvidently granted.

Mr. Justice Frankfurter, whom Mr. Justice Clark and Mr. Justice Harlan join.

Considering the volume of cases which invoke the Court's discretionary jurisdiction — as of today 1,091 such cases have been passed on during this Term — it would be indeed surprising if in each Term there were not two or three instances of petitions which, after passing through the preliminary sifting…