Supreme Court of the United States, 1959

Levine v. United States

Levine v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 19, 1959
361 U.S. 860; 80 S. Ct. 118 (United States Reports)

Levine v. United States

Opinion of the Court

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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