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UNITED STATES v. HVASS

No. 92.

355 U.S. 570 (1958)

78 S.Ct. 501

2 L.Ed.2d 496

UNITED STATES v. HVASS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 3, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph S. Spritzer argued the cause for the United States. On the brief were Solicitor General Rankin, Warren Olney, III, then Assistant Attorney General, and Beatrice Rosenberg.

Warren B. King argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief was Charles Alan Wright.

MR. JUSTICE WHITTAKER delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question for decision is whether a willfully false statement of a material fact, made by an attorney under oath during the District Court's examination, under its local rule, into his fitness to practice before it, constitutes perjury within the meaning of 18 U. S. C. § 1621.1

Acting under 28 U. S. C. § 1654, 2071...

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