HOFFA v. U.S.

No. 794.

382 U.S. 1024 (1966)

HOFFA v. UNITED STATES

Supreme Court of United States.

January 31, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris A. Shenker and Joseph A. Fanelli for petitioner. Morris Levine for Criminal Courts Bar Association of Los Angeles, as amicus curiae, in support of the petition. Solicitor General Marshall, Assistant Attorney General Vinson, Nathan Lewin and Robert S. Erdahl for the United States.


Motion of the Criminal Courts Bar Association of Los Angeles for leave to file a brief, as amicus curiae in No. 794, granted. The petitions for writ of certiorari are also granted limited to the following question:

"Whether evidence obtained by the Government by means of deceptively placing a secret informer in the quarters and councils of a defendant during one criminal trial so violates the defendant's Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights that suppression...

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