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EMSPAK v. UNITED STATES.

No. 9.

349 U.S. 190 (1955)

EMSPAK v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Reargued April 4-5, 1955.

Decided May 23, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Scribner argued the cause for petitioner on the original argument. With him on the reargument was Frank J. Donner. With them on the brief were Arthur Kinoy and Allan R. Rosenberg.

Robert L. Stern, then Acting Solicitor General, argued the cause for the United States on the original argument. With him on the brief were Assistant Attorney General Olney and John R. Wilkins. Robert W. Ginnane argued the cause for the United States on the reargument.

Ernest Angell, Osmond K. Fraenkel, Arthur Garfield Hays and Herbert Monte Levy filed a brief for the American Civil Liberties Union, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a companion case to Quinn v. United States, ante, p. 155. Challenged in each proceeding is a conviction under 2 U. S. C. § 192 in the District Court for the District of Columbia.1 The two cases arose out of the same investigation by the Committee on Un-American Activities of the House of Representatives. Because...

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