BROWN

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (16 total)

• Brown v. United States, 356 U.S. 148 (U.S. 1958)
  …. 234 F. 2d 140. Deeming the record to raise important questions regarding the scope of the privilege against self-incrimination and the power of a federal court to make summary disposition of a charge of criminal contempt, we brought the case here. 352 U. S. 908. Argument was had in the 1956 Term and the case set down for reargument in the present Term. 354 U. S. 907. The conduct for which petitioner was found guilty of contempt was her sustained disobedience of the court’s direction to answer pertinent qu…
• Perez v. Brownell, 356 U.S. 44 (U.S. 1958)
  …he had thereby expatriated himself, denied the relief sought by the petitioner. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed. 235 F. 2d 364. We granted certiorari because of the constitutional questions raised by the petitioner. 352 U. S. 908. [*48] Statutory expatriation, as a response to problems of international relations, was first introduced just a half century ago. Long before that, however, serious friction between the United States and other nations had stirred consideration of m…
• The United States v. Lester, 247 F.2d 496 (2d Cir. 1957)
  …ding when a witness is not available for cross-examination or refuses to be cross-examined his entire testimony should be stricken. 5 Wigmore § 1391 (3d Ed. 1940). Cf. Brown v. United States, 6 Cir., 234 F. 2d 140, 144-145, certiorari granted, 1956, 352 U.S. 908, 77 S.Ct. 152, 1 L.Ed.2d 116. In any event, the refusal to testify has reduced Lester’s case to little more than the merely conclusory allegations which Judge Morgan rightly found to be insufficient. However, the majority does not purport to deal…