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Curcio v. United States, 354 U.S. 118 (1957)
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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.
Curcio v. United States, 354 U.S. 118 (1957)
Curcio v. United States No. 260 Argued March 28, 1957 Decided June 10, 1957 354 U.S. 118
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
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In the circumstances of this case, the custodian of a union’s books and records, who had failed to produce them before a federal grand jury pursuant to subpoena, could, on the ground of his privilege against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment, lawfully refuse to answer questions asked by the grand jury as to the whereabouts of such books and records, and his conviction of criminal contempt for refusing to answer such questions is reversed. Pp. 118-128.
(a) Though the custodian of the books and records of a corporation or a labor union may not, on grounds of possible self-incrimination, refuse to produce them pursuant to subpoena, he cannot lawfully be compelled, in the absence of a grant of adequate immunity from prosecution, to condemn himself by his own oral testimony. Pp. 122-128.
(b) In the circumstances of this case, the questions which petitioner refused to answer were incriminating. P. 121, n. 2.
234 F.2d 470 reversed and remanded.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Curcio v. United States, 354 U.S. 118 (1957) in 354 U.S. 118 Original Sources, accessed November 25, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=EWA7Y7KZUPEI8BW.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Curcio v. United States, 354 U.S. 118 (1957), in 354 U.S. 118, Original Sources. 25 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=EWA7Y7KZUPEI8BW.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Curcio v. United States, 354 U.S. 118 (1957). cited in 1957, 354 U.S. 118. Original Sources, retrieved 25 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=EWA7Y7KZUPEI8BW.
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