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IN RE MICHAEL

No. 38.

326 U.S. 224 (1945)

66 S.Ct. 78

90 L.Ed. 30

IN THE MATTER OF MICHAEL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 5, 1945.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert T. McCracken, with whom Messrs. Stanley F. Coar and D.H. Jenkins were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Robert M. Hitchcock, with whom Acting Solicitor General Judson, Messrs. W. Marvin Smith, Robert S. Erdahl and Miss Beatrice Rosenberg were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

A Federal District Court, after a hearing, adjudged that the petitioner was guilty of contempt on findings that he had given "false and evasive" testimony before a Grand Jury which "obstructed the said Grand Jury in its inquiry and the due administration of justice." A sentence of six months imprisonment was imposed. The Circuit Court of Appeals reviewed the evidence, found that the petitioner had not been "contumacious...

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