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Argued February 5, 6, 1942.
Decided April 27, 1942.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mr. Osmond K. Fraenkel for petitioners, and Mr. Jacob W. Friedman for petitioners in Nos. 962 and 980. Mr. Jeremiah T. Mahoney was with them on the briefs.
Solicitor General Fahy, with whom Assistant Attorney General Berge and Messrs. Richard H. Demuth, Oscar A. Provost, Richard S. Salant, Henry J. Fox, and Louis B. Schwartz were on the brief, for the United States.
Briefs were filed by Messrs. Abraham J. Isserman and Nathan Witt, on behalf of the National Federation for Constitutional Liberties, and by Mr. Thomas H. Eliot, as amici curiae, urging reversal.
Supreme Court of United States.
MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.
The petitioners and another were indicted for conspiracy1 to violate § 29 (b) (5) of the Bankruptcy Act2 by receiving, or attempting to obtain, money for acting, or forbearing to act, in a bankruptcy proceeding. They were convicted and sentenced, and the judgments were affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals.3 The facts...
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