# Harry Sacher v. United States

> Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · January 31, 1958 · 252 F.2d 828

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9446059

## Case

- **Full name:** Harry SACHER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
- **Decided:** January 31, 1958
- **Citations:** 252 F.2d 828; 102 U.S. App. D.C. 264; 1958 U.S. App. LEXIS 3783
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Washington
- **Judges:** Bazelon, Edgerton, Prettyman, Miller, Baze-Lon, Fahy, Washington, Danaher, Bas-Tían, Burger
- **Cited by:** 7 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Red flag:** Reversed on other grounds by Sacher v. United States, 356 U.S. 576 (1958).
- Negative treatments: 1
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9446059

## Opinion text

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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