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Sacher v. United States, 356 U.S. 576 (1958)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Sacher v. United States, 356 U.S. 576 (1958)
Sacher v. United States No. 828 Decided May 19, 1958 356 U.S. 576
ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES
COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
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Petitioner was convicted of violating 2 U.S.C. § 192 by failing to answer three questions put to him by a subcommittee of the Internal Security Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, and his conviction was sustained by a divided Court of Appeals.
Held: his refusal to answer related to questions not clearly pertinent to the subject on which the two-member subcommittee conducting the hearing had been authorized to take testimony. Therefore, the conditions necessary to sustain a conviction for deliberately refusing to answer questions pertinent to the authorized subject matter of a congressional hearing were wanting. Certiorari is granted, and the judgment is reversed. Watkins v. United States, 354 U.S. 178. Pp. 576-578.
102 U.S.App.D.C. 264, 252 F.2d 828, reversed and remanded.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Sacher v. United States, 356 U.S. 576 (1958) in 356 U.S. 576 Original Sources, accessed November 25, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8JU6SBIMKMJ5IUG.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Sacher v. United States, 356 U.S. 576 (1958), in 356 U.S. 576, Original Sources. 25 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8JU6SBIMKMJ5IUG.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Sacher v. United States, 356 U.S. 576 (1958). cited in 1958, 356 U.S. 576. Original Sources, retrieved 25 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8JU6SBIMKMJ5IUG.
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