United States v. Levy’s Empirical Analysis
137 F.2d 778 · 1943
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 12 U.S.C. § 213 · 12 U.S.C. § 248 (§ 11 of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913) · 12 U.S.C. § 95 · 12 U.S.C. § 95A · 31 U.S.C. § 327
Relies on 30 F. Supp. 466 - Murphy v. Cady · Shepherd v. . the People · 5 F. Supp. 156 - Campbell v. Chase Nat. Bank of City of New York · Kong Din Quong v. Haff · Farber v. United States
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Sec. 5. Holding of gold coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates. — After 30 days from the date of this order no person shall hold in his possession or retain any interest, legal or equitable, in any gold coin, gold bullion, or gold certificates situated in the United States and owned by any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, except under license therefor issued pursuant to this Executive order; provided, however, that licenses shall not be required in order to hold in possession or retain an interest in gold coin, gold bullion, or gold certificates with respect to which a return need not be filed under section 3 hereof. “Sec. 9. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and empowered to issue such regulations as he may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this order. * * * “Sec. 10. Whoever willfully violates any provision of this Executive order or of any license, order, rule, or regulation issued or prescribed hereunder, shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $10,000, or, if a natural person, may be imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both; * * The Gold Reserve Act of 1934, reads in part as follows: “441. Gold Coin and Bullion Transferred to United States; Accounts; Custody. Upon the approval of this Act (Jan. 30, 1934) all right, title, and interest, and every claim of the Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), of every Federal Reserve bank, and of every Federal Reserve agent, in and ”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Turning to appellant’s second point, we are clear that the six bars of melted scrap jewelry held by him were gold bullion within the terms of the authorizing act and the Presidential order. The jewelry was not of pure gold, some being gold plate, some gold filled, and some solid gold. It cannot reasonably be contended that Congress intended a general exemption of this scrap gold, once melted, since that would substantially weaken the effectiveness of the Act in preventing gold hoarding and exporting. * *• * And there was convincing expert testimony that melted scrap gold is generally considered gold bullion. * -* -x- “* * * And at the trial one expert testified that the gold content of bullion need be no more than one-tenth of one per cent. * * * But in any event, there was expert testimony that the bars here were within- this definition. And although other expert testimony was to the contrary, the question was for the jury; and its finding of guilt settles the matter.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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