Burroughs v. United States

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Burroughs v. United States
George Sutherland

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Burroughs v. United States 290 U.S. 534 (1934) is a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States which upheld as constitutional the financial disclosure and reporting requirements of the Federal Corrupt Practices Act. The court also held that certain counts incorporated by description in other counts of an indictment may be considered in determining the adequacy of the original certain counts. Warning: template has been deprecated.

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290 U.S. 534

Burroughs v. United States

Argued: Dec. 5, 1933. --- Decided: Jan 8, 1934

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Mr. Robert H. McNeill, of Washington, D.C., for petitioners.

[Argument of Counsel from pages 536-540 intentionally omitted]

The Attorney General and Mr. J. Crawford Biggs, Sol. Gen., of Washington, D.C., for the United States.

Mr. Justice SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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