Case Name: SCALES v. UNITED STATES
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1957-10-14
Citations: 355 U.S. 1
Docket Number: No. 3
Parties: SCALES v. UNITED STATES.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 355
Pages: 1–1

Head Matter:
SCALES v. UNITED STATES.
No. 3.
Argued October 10-11, 1956. — Restored to the docket for reargument June 3, 1957.
Decided October 14, 1957.
Telford Taylor argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.
Solicitor General Rankin argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Assistant Attorney General Tompkins, Harold D. Koffsky, Kevin T. Maroney, William F. O’Donnell and Philip T. White.
Barent Ten Eyck filed a brief for the American Civil Liberties Union, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Upon consideration of the entire record and the confession of error by the Solicitor General, the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is reversed. Jencks v. United States, 353 U. S. 657.