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CRAMER v. UNITED STATES

No. 13.

325 U.S. 1 (1945)

CRAMER v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Reargued November 6, 1944.

Decided April 23, 1945.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Harold R. Medina, with whom Mr. John McKim Minton, Jr. was on the brief, for petitioner.

Solicitor General Fahy, with whom Mr. Chester T. Lane was on the brief on the reargument and Assistant Attorney General Tom C. Clark, Messrs. Chester T. Lane, Robert S. Erdahl, Edward G. Jennings and Walter J. Cummings, Jr. were on the brief on the original argument, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE JACKSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

Anthony Cramer, the petitioner, stands convicted of violating Section 1 of the Criminal Code, which provides: "Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason."1

Cramer owed allegiance to the United...

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