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Supreme Court· 2/10/1941

Gorin v. United States

Citations

  • 312 U.S. 19
  • 61 S. Ct. 429
  • 85 L. Ed. 488
  • 1941 U.S. LEXIS 1033

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that “intent or reason to believe” scienter requirement imposed a subjective “bad faith” standard
  • prosecuting under 18 U.S.C. § 794 for sending “secret national defense information” to a foreign officer
  • unlawful to convey information under Espionage Act if “reason to believe” information transfer will injure United States
  • describing the oral transmission of the substance of reports

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Judges: Reed, Murphy

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Cites

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