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WILSON v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 19501-19503.

369 F.2d 198 (1966)

Dagmar WILSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Donna ALLEN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Russell NIXON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 2, 1966.

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 appellants.

Mr. Robert L. Keuch, Attorney, Department of Justice, with whom Asst. Atty. Gen. J. Walter Yeagley, Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., and Kevin T. Maroney, Attorney, Department of Justice, were on the brief, for appellee. Messrs. Frank Q. Nebeker and Allan M. Palmer, Asst. U. S. Attys., also entered appearances for appellee.

Mr. Gregory Hankin, Washington, D. C., filed a brief on behalf of Women Strike for Peace as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

Mr. Oliver Ellis Stone, Washington, D. C., filed a brief on behalf of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), et al., as amici curiae.

Mrs. Selma W. Samols, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for National Committee to Abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee, as amicus curiae.

Before MR. JUSTICE REED, Retired, and DANAHER and LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judges.

LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge.

These are consolidated appeals from convictions, under 2 U.S.C. § 192, for contempt of Congress for refusing to answer any questions at an executive session conducted by a Subcommittee of the House Committee on Un-American Activities on December 7, 1964. The Subcommittee sought to question appellants about their activities in connection with a campaign to persuade the State Department to grant a visa to a Japanese professor for the purpose...

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