EISLER v. UNITED STATES

No. 9582.

170 F.2d 273 (1948)

EISLER v. UNITED STATES

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided June 14, 1948.

Writ of Certiorari Granted November 8, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. David Rein, of Washington, D. C., and Abraham J. Isserman, of New York City, with whom Mr. Joseph Forer, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. William Hitz, Assistant United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. George Morris Fay, United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Sidney Sachs, Assistant United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Mr. Belford V. Lawson, Jr., of Washington, D. C., filed a brief on behalf of the National Lawyers Guild as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

Before CLARK, PRETTYMAN, and PROCTOR, Associate Justices.


Writ of Certiorari Granted November 8, 1948. See 69 S.Ct. 130.

CLARK, Associate Justice.

Appellant is an Austrian national who arrived in this country in 1941 as a political refugee, by virtue of a transit visa. On January 24, 1947, appellant was yet a temporary resident in this country and was on that date summoned by authority of the House of Representatives, through its Committee on Un-American Activities,1 to appear as a witness...

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