Legal Opinion

Kasinowitz v. United States. Steinberg v. United States. Dobbs v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided June 1, 1950No. 217_1PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DENMAN, Chief Judge.

These are three appeals from judgments in criminal contempt sentencing each appellant to one year in jail for refusing to answer questions, later considered, in the same grand jury investigation as that in the appeals here in Alexander v. United States, 9 Cir., 1950, 181 F.2d 480.

The three appellants are of a group of thirty persons chosen by the United States Attorney ¡because, he says, he thought he could obtain from them the whereabouts of the membership records of the Los Ange-les County Communist Party. The United States Attorney directed that the thirty subpoenas be…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. United States v. WeismanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
  2. Alexander v. United States and Nine Other TitlesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1950
  3. United States v. ZwillmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
  4. United States v. FosterDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1949
  5. United States v. CussonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Emspak v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  2. In Re NeffCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
  3. Marcello v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
  4. In Re PilloSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1952
  5. Connelly v. United States Dist. Court in and for the Southern Dist. Of California, Central DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1951

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