MILLER v. UNITED STATES

No. 14057.

259 F.2d 187 (1958)

Arthur MILLER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 7, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Lloyd K. Garrison, New York City, and John Silard, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant. Mr. Daniel H. Pollitt, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

Mr. William Hitz, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., Lewis Carroll and Harold D. Rhynedance, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. John D. Lane, Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, Chief Judge, PRETTYMAN, WILBUR K. MILLER, BAZELON, FAHY, WASHINGTON, DANAHER, BASTIAN and BURGER, Circuit Judges, sitting en banc.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant was convicted for unlawfully refusing to answer a question put to him by a Committee of the House of Representatives, 2 U.S.C.A. § 192. The question asked appellant to name the persons present with him at a meeting of "Communist writers" in 1947.1 The record shows the witness urged the Chairman not to press the direction to answer the question and requested him to defer it until a later time. The Chairman agreed...

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