SINCLAIR v. UNITED STATES

No. 748.

279 U.S. 749 (1929)

SINCLAIR ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 3, 1929.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Martin W. Littleton and George P. Hoover for Sinclair.

Messrs. Daniel Thew Wright and Philip Ershler for Day.

Mr. Charles A. Douglas, with whom Messrs. Jo V. Morgan and Frederick C. Bryan were on the brief, for William J. Burns and W. Sherman Burns.

Mr. Owen J. Roberts for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

November 22, 1927, the United States, by their attorney, presented to the Supreme Court, District of Columbia, a written petition for an order requiring appellants Harry F. Sinclair, William J. Burns, W. Sherman Burns, and Henry Mason Day to show cause why they should not be punished for contempt of that court.

This petition alleged: —

That on October 17th, 1927, United States

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