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RUSSELL v. UNITED STATES

No. 13529.

280 F.2d 688 (1960)

Norton Anthony RUSSELL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 18, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph A. Fanelli, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. J. H. Krug, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

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

Mr. Harold D. Rhynedance, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before WASHINGTON, BASTIAN and BURGER, Circuit Judges.

WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

This is a contempt of Congress case, under Section 192 of Title 2 U.S.C.A.

Appellant was convicted, after trial by jury, on three counts of an indictment charging him with refusal to answer certain questions propounded by a subcommittee of the Committee on Un-American Activities of the House of Representatives. This appeal followed.1

The first contention advanced by appellant is that he was subpoenaed...

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