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DENNIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 502.

384 U.S. 855 (1966)

86 S.Ct. 1840

16 L.Ed.2d 973

DENNIS ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 20, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Telford Taylor argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Nathan Witt and George J. Francis.

Nathan Lewin argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Marshall, Assistant Attorney General Yeagley, Kevin T. Maroney, George B. Searls and Sidney M. Glazer.

Gerhard P. Van Arkel, Charles F. Brannan, John F. O'Donnell, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., Eugene Cotton, Melvin L. Wulf, Jacob Sheinkman, Joseph M. Jacobs and John Ligtenberg filed a brief for the American Civil Liberties Union et al., as amici curiae, urging reversal.

MR. JUSTICE FORTAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The six petitioners and eight others were indicted in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado on a charge of violating the general conspiracy statute, 18 U. S. C. § 371 (1964 ed.).1 The single-count indictment alleged a conspiracy fraudulently to obtain the services of the National Labor Relations Board on behalf of the International Union of Mine, Mill and...

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