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Citation: 251 U.S. 385

1. Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States, No. 358, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, Argued December 12, 1919 , January 26, 1920

OVERVIEW: The knowledge gained by the government's own wrong in seizing papers from a company in violation of its owners' Fourth Amendment rights could not then be used to issue subpoenas requiring the owners to produce such papers before a grand jury.


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