FLAXER v. UNITED STATES

No. 12027.

258 F.2d 413 (1958)

Abram FLAXER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 3, 1958.

Writ of Certiorari Granted June 9, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. David Rein, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Joseph Forer, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

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

Before EDGERTON, Chief Judge, and PRETTYMAN, WILBUR K. MILLER, BAZELON, FAHY, WASHINGTON and DANAHER, Circuit Judges, sitting Circuit Judges BASTIAN and BURGER took no part in the hearing or decision of this case.


Writ of Certiorari Granted June 9, 1958. See 78 S.Ct. 1149.

PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

In 1956 we affirmed the conviction of Flaxer for contempt.1 The Supreme Court vacated our judgment and remanded2 "for consideration in the light of Watkins v. United States".3

In Barenblatt4 upon similar remand we held that the Supreme Court in Watkins...

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