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BROWDER v. UNITED STATES

No. 287.

312 U.S. 335 (1941)

BROWDER v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 17, 1941.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Carl S. Stern, with whom Carol King was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. John T. Cahill, with whom Solicitor General Biddle, Assistant Attorney General Berge, and Messrs. Herbert Wechsler, Raoul Berger, and Robert L. Werner were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE REED delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question is whether the use by an American citizen of a passport obtained by false statements to facilitate reentry into the United States is a "use" within § 2 of the Passport Title of the Act of June 15, 1917,1 and, if so, whether petitioner was properly convicted of a "willful" use. We brought the case here because of its importance...

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