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Levine v. United States

361 U.S. 860 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1959-10-19 Docket No. 164 English

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p. 860
No. 164.
Levine v. United States.
■ Myron L. Shapiro and J. Bertram Wegman for petitioner. Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Wilkey and Robert S. Erdahl for the United States.

Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Secorid" Circuit granted limited to Questions No. 1 and No. 2 presented by the petition which read as follows:

“1. Whether the secrecy of the proceedings, including the adjudication and sentence for contempt under Rule 42 (a) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, deprived petitioner of Due Process of Law in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United -States Constitution.

“2. Whether the secrecy of the proceedings and of the adjudication and sentence of petitioner for criminal contempt under Rule 42 (a) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure deprived - petitioner of a public trial as required by the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution.”

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