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ELKINS v. UNITED STATES

No. 126.

364 U.S. 206 (1960)

80 S.Ct. 1437

4 L.Ed.2d 1669

ELKINS ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 27, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick Bernays Wiener argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief was Walter H. Evans, Jr.

Assistant Attorney General Wilkey argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Rankin, Beatrice Rosenberg and Eugene L. Grimm.

MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioners were indicted in the United States District Court in Oregon for the offense of intercepting and divulging telephone communications and of conspiracy to do so. 47 U. S. C. §§ 501, 605; 18 U. S. C. § 371. Before trial the petitioners made a motion to suppress as evidence several tape and wire recordings and a recording machine, which had...

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