BLAIR v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 763-768.

250 U.S. 273 (1919)

BLAIR v. UNITED STATES. TEMPLETON v. UNITED STATES. PHILLIPS v. UNITED STATES. BLAIR v. UNITED STATES ET AL. TEMPLETON v. UNITED STATES ET AL. PHILLIPS v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 2, 1919.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Martin W. Littleton, with whom Mr. Owen N. Brown was on the brief, for plaintiffs in error and appellants.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Porter, with whom Mr. W.C. Herron and Mr. H.S. Ridgely were on the brief, for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE PITNEY delivered the opinion of the court.

Three of these cases come here on writs of error, the other three on appeals. The writs bring up final orders adjudging plaintiffs in error guilty of contempt of court because of their refusal to obey an order directing them to answer certain questions asked of them before a federal grand jury, and committing them to the custody of the United States marshal until they...

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