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Weiss et al. v. United States, 1939 — 307 U.S. 621 · caselaw · US
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Weiss et al. v. United States
307 U.S. 621·Supreme Court of the United States·1939
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Opinion
No. 939.
Weiss et al. v. United States.
June 5, 1939.
Messrs. ' Theodore Kiendl, Lloyd Paul Stryker, and Jacob W. Friedman for petitioners. Solicitor General Jackson, and Messrs.' William W. Barron, George F. Kneip, Fred E. Strine, and W. Marvin Smith for the United States.
[MAJORITY]
Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted, limited to the question whether the trial court properly received in evidence intercepted telephone communications.