Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Casey v. United States
343 U.S. 808
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1952-06-09
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- accepting the Solicitor General’s confession of error where to do so “would not involve the establishment of any precedent”
- no error in failing to define “radio station” in prosecution for operating radio station without a license
- “To accept in this case [the Solicitor General’s] confession of error would not involve the establishment of any precedent.”
- confession of error by solicitor general accepted because confession would not involve the establishment of any precedent
- vacating conviction based on Government’s confession of error
Citator
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- Cited by
- 43 opinions
The controlling claim in this case is that there was an unreasonable search and seizure of evidence, the admission of which vitiated the convictions. Before determining these issues conflicting views as to the facts in this case and the inferences to be drawn from them would have to be resolved. The Solicitor General confesses error and asks that the judgment below should be reversed as to all the petitioners, leaving of course the way open for a new trial. To accept in this case his confession of error would not involve the establishment of any precedent.
Accordingly we reverse the judgment as to all the petitioners. „ ,
„ Reversed.