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DUNN v. UNITED STATES

No. 77-6949.

442 U.S. 100 (1979)

99 S.Ct. 2190

60 L.Ed.2d 743

DUNN v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 4, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Sears, by appointment of the Court, 439 U.S. 1064, argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioner.

Deputy Solicitor General Frey argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General McCree, Assistant Attorney General Heymann, William C. Bryson, Sidney M. Glazer, and Kathleen A. Felton.

MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

Title IV of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970, 18 U. S. C. § 1623 (1976 ed., Supp. I), prohibits false declarations made under oath "in any proceeding before or ancillary to any court or grand jury of the United States."1 This case turns on the scope of the term ancillary proceeding in § 1623, a phrase not defined in that...

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