Brown v. United States
Is it still good law? What later courts have actually done to this case.
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The separate description of the grand jury as an appendage of the court continues to be cited. All 34 flagged citations have been read.
34 later cases cite Brown v. United States; 34 of those citations sat close to treatment language and were flagged for reading, and all of them have been read. Citations that did not sit near treatment language were not flagged and were not read one by one, so a court that weakened this case without using any of that language would not appear here.
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Treatments
Overruled
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The Supreme Court overruled Brown's summary criminal contempt rule and required the ordinary notice and hearing procedure for a grand jury witness's refusal to answer.
Harris v. United States · Supreme Court of the United States · filed
We overrule Brown v. United States, supra, and reverse and remand this case for proceedings under Rule 42 (b).
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