Supreme Court· 1/16/1961

Travis v. United States

Citations

364 U.S. 631
81 S. Ct. 358
5 L. Ed. 2d 340
1961 U.S. LEXIS 2044
47 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2393

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holding that statutory venue provisions \should not be so freely construed as to give the Government the choice of 'a tribunal favorable to it\
holding that prosecution was proper only in Washington, D. C., rather than in the defendant's residence in Colorado
holding that prosecution was proper only in Washington, D. C., rather than in the defendant’s residence in Colorado
stating that “[w]hen a place is explicitly designated where a paper must be filed, a prosecution for failure to file lies only at that place”
stating that “[w]hen a place is explicitly designated where a paper must be filed, a prosecution for failure to file lies only at that place”
using the test “[w]here Congress is not explicit” about the appli- cable venue rule

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Judges: Douglas, Harlan, Frankfurter, Clark

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