Opinion

Harry Sacher v. United States

252 F.2d 828
102 U.S. App. D.C. 264
1958 U.S. App. LEXIS 3783

Court: Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Filed: Jan 31, 1958
Status: Published
Author: Washington
On the bench: Bazelon, Edgerton, Prettyman, Miller, Baze-Lon, Fahy, Washington, Danaher, Bas-Tían, Burger
Cited by: 7 cases

Reversed on other grounds by Sacher v. United States, 356 U.S. 576 (1958)

The opinion

WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge

(dissenting) .

I think one of the main thrusts of Watkins was this: that the courts should not sanction the criminal conviction of a person who refuses to answer questions which touch upon First Amendment rights and which appear designed to produce “public self-condemnation,” in Judge Fahy’s phrase, unless there is shown clear legislative authority, within the framework of the constitutional responsibilities of the Congress. So viewed, I think this conviction cannot stand.

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