Justice Frankfurter's opinion for the Court held that § 605 of the Communications Act bars not only intercepted telephone conversations but also evidence derived from unlawful interceptions, subject to independent-source and attenuation principles.
Supreme Court of the United States, 1939
Published opinions from 1939. The case name opens the case page.
1939 opinions
Justice Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court, holding that the bankruptcy court could examine and disallow or subordinate a controlling stockholder’s judgment claim arising from alleged unpaid salary.
The Court modified and, as modified, affirmed the decree protecting individuals against Jersey City's suppression of peaceful speech, literature distribution, and assembly. Roberts, joined by Black, concluded that discussing national legislation was a privilege of United States citizenship enforceable under Judicial…
The Court affirmed the Kansas judgment denying mandamus, holding that the twenty senators who voted against ratification had a sufficient direct interest to invoke Supreme Court review by certiorari.