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United States v. Benjamin Franklin Collins

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided December 3, 1959No. 25695_1PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

J. JOSEPH SMITH, District Judge.

This is an appeal from conviction' on two counts of perjury on trial to the jury. The allegedly perjurious statements were made to a grand jury investigating possible violations of the laws of the United States penalizing wiretapping, labor racketeering, obstruction of justice and conspiracy. The grand jury was looking into acts of Teamsters Union Local 299 of Detroit which had occurred in New York and which related to a Congressional investigation in Detroit in the spring of 1953. The grand jury questioned Collins about the preparation of certain minutes of…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. United States v. DotterweichSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Weiler v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  3. United States v. CoplonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950
  4. United States v. WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1840
  5. United States v. CoplonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. United States v. Martha Stewart and Peter BacanovicCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
  2. United States v. Joseph MayburyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
  3. United States v. Louis A. Marchisio, John H. Seiter and W. Ward WhippleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
  4. United States v. BufalinoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
  5. United States v. Samuel StoneCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970

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