Pettibone v. United States

Pettibone v. United States, 148 U.S. 197 (1893), is a United States Supreme Court criminal case involving the knowledge requirement in an obstruction of justice case.[1][2]: 1022  It was the first Supreme Court case involving interpretation of obstruction of justice statutes (currently United States Code Section 1503).[2]: 1022  Chief Justice Fuller wrote, "a person is not sufficiently charged with obstructing or impeding the due administration of justice in a court unless it appears that he knew of had notice that justice was being administered in such court".[2]: 1022 

Pettibone v. United States
Argued February 1–2, 1893
Decided March 6, 1893
Full case namePettibone v. United States
Citations148 U.S. 197 (more)
13 S. Ct. 542; 37 L. Ed. 419; 1893 U.S. LEXIS 2223
Court membership
Chief Justice
Melville Fuller
Associate Justices
Stephen J. Field · John M. Harlan
Horace Gray · Samuel Blatchford
David J. Brewer · Henry B. Brown
George Shiras Jr. · Howell E. Jackson
Case opinions
MajorityFuller, joined by Field, Harlan, Gray, Blatchford, Shiras, Jackson
DissentBrewer, joined by Brown

References edit

  1. ^ Pettibone v. United States, 148 U.S. 197 (1893).   This article incorporates public domain material from this U.S government document.
  2. ^ a b c Criminal Law - Cases and Materials, 7th ed. 2012, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business; John Kaplan, Robert Weisberg, Guyora Binder, ISBN 978-1-4548-0698-1, [1]

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