Supreme Court of the United States, 1957

Scales v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 14, 1957

355 U.S. 1 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Telford Taylor argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner., Solicitor General Rankin argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Assistant Attorney General Tompkins, Harold D. Koffsky, Kevin T. Maroney, William F. O’Donnell and Philip T. White., Barent Ten Eyck filed a brief for the American Civil Liberties Union, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

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Scales v. United States (Supreme Court of the United States 1957)

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Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

Upon consideration of the entire record and the confession of error by the Solicitor General, the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is reversed. Jencks v. United States, 353 U. S. 657.

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