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YELLIN v. UNITED STATES

No. 35.

374 U.S. 109 (1963)

83 S.Ct. 1828

10 L.Ed.2d 778

YELLIN v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 17, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor Rabinowitz reargued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Leonard B. Boudin.

Solicitor General Cox reargued the cause for the United States. With him on the briefs were Assistant Attorney General Yeagley, Bruce J. Terris, Kevin T. Maroney and Lee B. Anderson.

Osmond K. Fraenkel filed a brief for the American Civil Liberties Union, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN delivered the opinion of the Court.

This contempt of Congress case, stemming from investigations conducted by the House Committee on Un-American Activities, involves, among others, questions of whether the House Committee on Un-American Activities failed to comply with its rules and whether such a failure excused petitioner's refusal to answer the Committee's questions.

Petitioner Edward Yellin...

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