No. 526 | SCOTUS | Dec 14, 1964
Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for. the Second Circuit granted limited to Questions 2, 3 and 4 presented by the petition which read as follows:
“2. Whether petitioner was afforded a proper and fair hearing for criminal contempt under Rule 42 (a) Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and whether Brown v. United States, 359 U.S. 41" date_filed="1959-04-20" court="SCOTUS" case_name="Brown v. United States">359 U. S. 41 should be reconsidered and overruled by this Court.
“3. .Whether petitioner should have been granted a trial by jury on the charge of criminal contempt where he has been sentenced to one year’s imprisonment.
“4. Whether the sentence of one year’s imprisonment imposed against petitioner in a summary contempt proceeding is constitutionally permissible.”