ANONYMOUS v. BAKER

No. 378.

360 U.S. 287 (1959)

ANONYMOUS NOS. 6 AND 7 v. BAKER, JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 15, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raphael H. Weissman argued the cause and filed a brief for appellants.

Denis M. Hurley argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Michael A. Castaldi and Michael Caputo.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellants have been convicted of contempt for refusal to answer pertinent questions put to them as witnesses summoned in a state judicial Inquiry into alleged improper practices at the local bar. The sole issue before us is whether this conviction offended the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution by reason of the fact that the justice in charge of the Inquiry had required...

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