Legal Opinion
United States v. Williams
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 23, 1951No. 26PublishedCited by 134 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice Frankfurter, joined by The Chief Justice, Justice Jackson and Justice Minton
In 1947 a Florida corporation employed a detective agency to investigate thefts of its property. The inquiry was conducted by one Williams, the head of the agency, and among the participants were two of his employees and a member of the Miami police force detailed to assist in the investigation. Certain of the company’s employees fell under suspicion; and Williams and his collaborators, without arresting the suspects, took them one by one to a shack on the company’s premises. There the investigators subjected them to the familiar “third-degree” which, after blows, kicks, threats, and…
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