UNITED STATES v. MURDOCK

No. 38.

284 U.S. 141 (1931)

UNITED STATES v. MURDOCK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 23, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solicitor General Teacher, with whom Mr. Robert P. Reeder was on the brief, for the United States.

Messrs. Edmund Burke and Harold J. Bandy for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellee filed his individual federal income tax returns for 1927 and 1928, and in each year deducted $12,000 which he claimed to have paid to others. An authorized revenue agent summoned appellee to appear before him and disclose the recipients. Appellee appeared but refused to give the information on the ground that to do so might incriminate and degrade him.

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