UNITED STATES v. TOBIN

Cr. No. 986-60.

195 F.Supp. 588 (1961)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff v. Austin J. TOBIN, Defendant.

United States District Court District of Columbia, Criminal Division.

June 15, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Hitz, Asst. U. S. Atty., and John C. Keeney, Attorney, Department of Justice, with whom Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., at the time of argument, was on the brief, for plaintiff.

Roger Robb, Washington, D. C., and Sidney Goldstein, General Counsel, The Port of New York Authority, New York City, pro hac vice by special leave of court, with whom Daniel B. Goldberg, Rosaleen C. Skehan, Joseph Lesser, Isobel E. Muirhead, and Michael Zarin, New York City, were on the brief, for defendant.

David D. Furman, Atty. Gen., State of New Jersey, Burrell Ives Humphreys, Dept. Atty. Gen. State of New Jersey, Daniel M. Cohen, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of New York, each pro hac vice by special leave of court, with whom Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., State of New York, was on the brief, amici curiæ by special leave of court for States of New Jersey and New York.

Woodson D. Scott, Attorney for the New York Chamber of Commerce, pro hac vice by special leave of court (Harry A. Inman, Washington, D. C., of counsel) amicus curiæ.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., State of Florida, filed a brief on behalf of that State and other States, as amici curiæ by special leave of court.*


YOUNGDAHL, District Judge.

This is a contempt of Congress prosecution against Austin J. Tobin, Executive Director of the Port of New York Authority.1 The Authority is an agency established by the States of New Jersey and New York pursuant to Congressionally-approved interstate compacts.

The charge is brought by the Government under 2 U.S.C.A. § 192, which provides that one

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