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McCRONE v. UNITED STATES

No. 660.

307 U.S. 61 (1939)

59 S.Ct. 685

83 L.Ed. 1108

McCRONE v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 17, 1939.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. H. Lowndes Maury for petitioner.

Mr. Paul A. Freund, with whom Solicitor General Jackson, Assistant Attorney General Morris, and Messrs. Sewall Key and Earl C. Crouter were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Court of Appeals dismissed petitioner's appeal from a judgment of contempt for failure to obey a District Court's order to testify before an Internal Revenue official.1 This dismissal was proper if the contempt proceeding was civil and not criminal. A notice of appeal was filed and a bill of exceptions signed. But petitioner's appeal was not, as appeals from civil judgments were...

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