TERRITORY OF ALASKA

v.

AMERICAN CAN CO. ET AL.

Citator

Cited By

• Brown v. United States, 359 U.S. 41 (U.S. 1959)
  …ing from his refusal to testify before a federal grand jury. His conviction was affirmed by the Court of Appeals, 247 F. 2d 332. The case was brought here primarily to review the validity of the procedure which resulted in the contempt adjudication. 356 U. S. 926. Other issues relate to the nature and extent of immunity from prosecution conferred by § 205 (e) of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended,1 and the severity of the punishment imposed by the District Court. A grand jury in the Southern District o…
• Territory of Alaska v. Am. CAN Co., 358 U.S. 224 (U.S. 1959)
  …no liability for these taxes had survived the repeal. 137 F. Supp. 181. The Court of Appeals affirmed. 246 F. 2d 493. The case is here by a petition for writ of certiorari which was granted in view of the fiscal importance of the question to Alaska. 356 U. S. 926. Alaska has a general law, saving rights accrued under a statute that is repealed.2 The lower courts, however, held that this case was governed not by that provision but by § 2 (a) of the repealing Act which reads as follows: “Section 1 of this Ac…