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Dennis v. United States
337 U.S. 954·Supreme Court of the United States·1949
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Opinion
Certiorari Granted.
(See also Nos. 43, 386 and 443, supra.)
No. 436.
Dennis v. United States.
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Earl Dickerson and Harry Sacher for petitioner.
Solicitor' General Perlman, Robert S. Erdahl and Beatrice Rosenberg for the United States.
Arthur G. Silverman filed a brief for the National Lawyers Guild, as amicus curiae, supporting the petition.
[MAJORITY]
Certiorari granted limited to the question whether government employees could properly serve on the jury which tried petitioner.
Mr. Justice Burton took no part in the consideration or decision of these applications.