UNITED STATES v. C.I.O.

No. 695.

335 U.S. 106 (1948)

UNITED STATES v. CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 21, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jesse Climenko argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Perlman, Assistant Attorney General Quinn, Robert S. Erdahl and Beatrice Rosenberg.

Charles J. Margiotti and Lee Pressman argued the cause for appellees. With them on the brief was Frank Donner.

Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed by J. Albert Woll, Herbert S. Thatcher and James A. Glenn for the American Federation of Labor; Jerome Y. Sturm for the International Association of Machinists; Osmond K. Fraenkel, Arthur Garfield Hays and Burton A. Zorn for the American Civil Liberties Union; and Irving R.M. Panzer for the American Veterans Committee.


MR. JUSTICE REED delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal presents a problem as to the constitutionality of § 313 of the Federal Corrupt Practices Act of 1925, as amended by § 304 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947. Section 313 of the Federal Corrupt Practices Act now reads as stated in the margin.1

An indictment was returned at the January 1948 term in the...

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