Supreme Court· 12/8/1969

Bryson v. United States

Citations

396 U.S. 64
90 S. Ct. 355
24 L. Ed. 2d 264
1969 U.S. LEXIS 3129
72 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2833

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concluding that § 1001 agency jurisdiction existed where National Labor Relations Board was granted “explicit statutory authority” to receive the affidavits that contained false statements relating to union member’s affiliations
stating that “[a] citizen may decline to answer the question, or answer it honestly, but he cannot with impunity knowingly and willfully answer with a falsehood”
holding citizen does not have privilege to falsely answer a question that the government should not have asked
rejecting vagueness challenge to underlying statutory provision in the context of a false statement prosecution
rejecting the argument that “a citizen has a privilege to answer fraudulently a question that the Government should not have asked”
rejecting the argument that “a citizen has a privilege to answer fraudulently a question that the Government should not have asked”

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Judges: Harlan, Douglas, Black

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