MORTENSEN v. UNITED STATES

No. 559.

322 U.S. 369 (1944)

MORTENSEN ET UX. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 15, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Eugene D. O'Sullivan, with whom Mr. Thomas W. Lanigan was on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. Robert L. Stern, with whom Solicitor General Fahy and Assistant Attorney General Tom C. Clark were on the brief, for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE MURPHY delivered the opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari in this case to review the judgment of the Circuit Court of Appeals affirming the conviction of petitioners under § 2 of the White Slave Traffic Act, popularly known as the Mann Act.1 139 F.2d 967.

Following their conviction by the jury in the District Court, petitioners filed a notice of appeal to the Circuit Court...

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