United States v. Irwin Fruchtman

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that an investigation conducted by an attorney for the Federal Trade Commission was a \proceeding\ under section 1505
• agreeing that “proceeding” in § 1505 “is a term of broad scope”
• affirming a conviction where a defen dant objected to the trial court's application of the term “proceeding” in the statute
• “ ‘proceeding’ is a term of broad scope, encompassing both the investigative and adjudicative functions of a department or agency”
• “The definition of ‘proceeding’ as used in the statute was a question of law to be determined by the court rather than the jury.”
• “Simply correcting an obvious clerical error .. . may be harmless error”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).