Legal Opinion
United States v. Yarus
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 28, 1961PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUGARMAN, District Judge.
On August 15, 1955, Martin Yarus appeared before a subcommittee of the House Un-American Activities Committee after being served with compulsory process.
He was asked certain questions and refused to answer them.
Thereupon he was indicted under 2 U.S.C.A. § 192, for deliberately and intentionally refusing to answer thirteen of these questions.
From the evidence adduced, I find that the defendant was duly summoned to give testimony by authority of the House of Representatives upon a matter under inquiry by a Committee of the House of Representatives, to wit, the Committee…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Costello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Barenblatt v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Watkins v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- United States v. Peter SeegerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
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- People v. ColonCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1988
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