Case: Harris v. United States
Abbreviation: Harris v. United States
Decision Date: 1964-12-14
Docket Number: No. 526
Citation: 379 U.S. 944
Volume: 379
Reporter: United States Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Harris v. United States.
Judges: 
Pages: 944–944

Head Matter:
No. 526.
Harris v. United States.
Moses Polakoff and Daniel H. Greenberg for petitioner. Solicitor General Cox, Assistant Attorney General Miller. Beatrice Rosenberg and Richard W. Schmude for the United States.

Opinion:
Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for. the Second Circuit granted limited to Questions 2, 3 and 4 presented by the petition which read as follows:
"2. Whether petitioner was afforded a proper and fair hearing for criminal contempt under Rule 42 (a) Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and whether Brown v. United States, 359 U. S. 41 should be reconsidered and overruled by this Court.
"3. .Whether petitioner should have been granted a trial by jury on the charge of criminal contempt where he has been sentenced to one year's imprisonment.
"4. Whether the sentence of one year's imprisonment imposed against petitioner in a summary contempt proceeding is constitutionally permissible."