ABC Freight Forwarding Corp. v. United States

ABC Freight Forwarding Corp. v. United States, 348 U.S. 967 (1955)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: March 28, 1955
Docket: No. 560
Citations: 348 U.S. 96775 S. Ct. 53199 L. Ed. 7531955 U.S. LEXIS 1007

Cited by 36 4 descriptions by later courts

Opinion of the Court

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Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Per Curiam:

The motions to affirm are granted and the judgment is affirmed.

How later courts describe this case

Explanatory parentheticals written by citing courts — 4 in all; the most informative distinct ones are shown.

(court erred in refusing to accommodate religious objection to use of the word "solemnly" in affirmation; "[t]here is no requirement that the word solemnly be used in the affirmation")

Soc'y of Separationists, Inc. v. Herman, 939 F.2d 1207 (5th Cir. 1991)
(error to prevent testimony by member of Harshmanite Church who declined "because of religious scruples, to use the word 'solemnly' in affirming to tell the truth"; "[t]here is no requirement that the word 'solemnly' be used in the affirmation")

Soc'y of Separationists, Inc. v. Herman, 939 F.2d 1207 (5th Cir. 1991)

Cited by 36 cases

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Scott v. State80 S.W.3d 184 (Tex. App.—Waco 2002)
George K. Gordon v. The State of Idaho778 F.2d 1397 (9th Cir. 1985)
Society of Separationists, Inc. v. Guy Herman, Judge of the Travis County Court at Law939 F.2d 1207 (5th Cir. 1991)
United States v. Jimmie Durrell Washington392 F.2d 37 (6th Cir. 1968)
Bisby v. State907 S.W.2d 949 (Tex. App. 1995)
United States v. Wallace Ward989 F.2d 1015 (9th Cir. 1993)

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Griffin v. Harrington915 F. Supp. 2d 1091 (C.D. Cal. 2012)
Scott v. State80 S.W.3d 184 (Tex. App.—Waco 2002)
Bisby v. State907 S.W.2d 949 (Tex. App. 1995)
United States v. Wallace Ward989 F.2d 1015 (9th Cir. 1993)
United States v. Wallace Ward973 F.2d 730 (9th Cir. 1992)
Society of Separationists, Inc. v. Guy Herman, Judge of the Travis County Court at Law939 F.2d 1207 (5th Cir. 1991)

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