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La Poma v. United States

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
Apr 15, 1958
255 F.2d 903 (D.C. Cir. 1958)

Opinion

No. 14117.

Argued February 20, 1958.

Decided April 15, 1958. Petition for Rehearing In Banc Denied May 27, 1958.

Mr. John K. Pickens, Washington, D.C., with whom Messrs. Jerry N. Griffin, Donald S. Dawson and M. Joseph Stoutenburgh, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. William Hitz, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U.S. Atty., and Lewis Carroll, Asst. U.S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before REED, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, retired, and PRETTYMAN and BAZELON, Circuit Judges.

Sitting by designation pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 294(a).


This appeal, like Brewster v. United States, No. 14,145, 102 U.S.App.D.C. ___, 255 F.2d 899, is from a conviction for contempt of Congress, 2 U.S.C.A. § 192, and involves the question of the jurisdiction of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Government Operations. On the authority of Brewster the judgment of conviction herein is reversed and the case is remanded to the District Court with directions to dismiss the indictment.

So ordered.

REED, Associate Justice, retired, dissents for the reasons stated in No. 14,145 — Brewster v. United States of America.


Summaries of

La Poma v. United States

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
Apr 15, 1958
255 F.2d 903 (D.C. Cir. 1958)
Case details for

La Poma v. United States

Case Details

Full title:Nugent LA POMA, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee

Court:United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

Date published: Apr 15, 1958

Citations

255 F.2d 903 (D.C. Cir. 1958)
103 U.S. App. D.C. 151

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