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United States v. Williams, 341 U.S. 70 (1951)
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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.
United States v. Williams, 341 U.S. 70 (1951)
United States v. Williams No. 26 Argued January 8, 1951 341 U.S. 70
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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After one of the respondents had been convicted and the others acquitted of substantive offenses under what is now 18 U.S.C. § 242 -- i.e., beating or aiding and abetting the beating of certain suspects until they confessed to a theft -- they were convicted in the Federal District Court for a violation of what is now 18 U.S. C. § 241. The indictment arose out of the same facts, and alleged that, "acting under the laws of . . . Florida," they
conspired to injure the free exercise and enjoyment of the rights and privileges secured to him and protected by the Fourteenth Amendment.
The Court of Appeals reversed their conviction on this conspiracy indictment.
Held: the judgment of the Court of Appeals is affirmed. P. 82.
(a) MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER, joined by THE CHIEF JUSTICE, MR. JUSTICE JACKSON and MR. JUSTICE MINTON, was of the opinion that § 241 only covers conduct which interferes with rights arising from the substantive powers of the Federal Government, and that including an allegation that the defendants acted under color of state law in an indictment under § 241 does not extend the protection of the section to rights which the Federal Constitution merely guarantees against abridgment by the States. Pp. 71-82.
(b) MR. JUSTICE BLACK concurred in the result on the ground that trial under this conspiracy indictment was barred by the principle of res judicata. Pp. 86-86.
179 F.2d 644 affirmed.
MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, joined by MR. JUSTICE REED, MR. JUSTICE BURTON, and MR. JUSTICE CLARK, dissented. P. 87.
A conviction of respondents for violation of what is now 18 U.S.C. § 241 was reversed by the Court of Appeals. 179 F.2d 644. This Court granted certiorari. 340 U.S. 849. Affirmed, p. 82.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," United States v. Williams, 341 U.S. 70 (1951) in 341 U.S. 70 341 U.S. 71. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=BHHK6THYJF8EERB.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." United States v. Williams, 341 U.S. 70 (1951), in 341 U.S. 70, page 341 U.S. 71. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=BHHK6THYJF8EERB.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in United States v. Williams, 341 U.S. 70 (1951). cited in 1951, 341 U.S. 70, pp.341 U.S. 71. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=BHHK6THYJF8EERB.
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