Legal Opinion

United States v. Fleish

District Court, E.D. Michigan

Decided March 13, 1964No. Crim. A. 24766PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEVIN, Chief Judge.

Defendant, Louis Fleish, brings this motion under Section 2255 of Title 28 United States Code for vacation of a sentence imposed upon him on April 7, 1939, by the Honorable Edward J. Moinet, then a judge of this Court.

The fundamental question raised by this motion is whether a provision of the National Firearms Act, 26 U.S.C. § 5841, * requiring registration by persons possessing certain weapons, contravenes the self-incrimination clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

A 27-count indictment was returned on June 2, 1938, charging Defendant with three…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Hoffman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
  2. Pollard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  3. United States v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  4. Communist Party of United States v. Subversive Activities Control Bd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
  5. United States v. KahrigerSupreme Court of the United States · 1953

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Haynes v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Galdino Juarez-Casares v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
  3. James Willard Lovelace v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
  4. United States v. Charles Quinn Miller and Carl Joseph O'COnnOrCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
  5. Miles Edward Haynes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967

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