Legal Opinion
Wellman v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 18, 1955No. 12237PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Circuit Judge.
Following a trial by jury, which commenced on October 29, 1953 and ended on February 19, 1954, the appellants were convicted of conspiring to violate the Smith Act, which prohibits the advocacy of the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence. Sees. 2385 and 371, Title 18, U.S.Code. Each received a sentence of a fine of *760$10,000 and imprisonment ranging from four to five years.
The Smith Act, enacted June 28, 1940, 54 Stat. 670, defined the substantive offenses in Section 2, Title I, and by Section 3 thereof made it unlawful for any person to…
2Cases cited74 opinions
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Pinkerton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Olmstead v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Yates v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- United States v. Larry KnohlCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- United States v. HoffaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
- Saul L. Wellman v. Summer G. Whittier, Individually and as Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, United States Veterans AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
- United States v. GilboyDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1958
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