Legal Opinion

United States v. Di Re

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided February 3, 1947No. 160, Docket 20455PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

DiRe appeals from a judgment convicting him of knowingly having in his possession counterfeit gasoline ration coupons.1 The only question necessary to discuss upon this appeal is whether the documents upon which his conviction was based, were obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment. The facts, which are substantially undisputed, were as follows. One, Reed, informed O’Donnell, an “investigator” of the Office of Price Administration, that a man, named Buttitta, was selling counterfeit gasoline coupons, and that he would sell them to Reed on the afternoon of April…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Gouled v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
  2. United States v. PeoniCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1938
  3. United States v. FalconeSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  4. Bruno v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  5. Cogen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1929

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. United States v. Di ReSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  2. United States v. Carmine TramuntiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
  3. United States v. Benjamin MallahCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
  4. Poliafico v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1956
  5. United States v. PagliaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951

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