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Margolin v. United States, 269 U.S. 93 (1925)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Margolin v. United States, 269 U.S. 93 (1925)
Margolin v. United States No. 254 Argued October 5, 1925 Decided November 16, 1925 269 U.S. 93
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
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1. Section 13 of the War Risk Insurance Act, as amended May 20, 1918, forbids an attorney to charge more than three dollars for any services rendered a beneficiary in respect of a claim under the Act for insurance on the life of a deceased soldier when no action in court is instituted, and makes the violation of this prohibition a misdemeanor. P. 101.
2. So construed, the section is not in conflict with the Fifth Amendment. Calhoun v. Massie, 253 U.S. 170. Id.
3. Disregard of the plain language of a statute cannot be justified by reports of the committees in Congress which recommended the bill, or by communications from the head of a department incorporated in the reports. Id.
3 F.2d 602 affirmed.
Certiorari to a judgment of the circuit court of appeals affirming a sentence imposed by the district court on the petitioner for receiving a fee of $1,500 as compensation for services in preparing and presenting to the Veterans’ Bureau a claim for insurance money under the War Risk Insurance Act.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Margolin v. United States, 269 U.S. 93 (1925) in 269 U.S. 93 269 U.S. 97. Original Sources, accessed July 15, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8QR7ICVYK52TPZ1.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Margolin v. United States, 269 U.S. 93 (1925), in 269 U.S. 93, page 269 U.S. 97. Original Sources. 15 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8QR7ICVYK52TPZ1.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Margolin v. United States, 269 U.S. 93 (1925). cited in 1925, 269 U.S. 93, pp.269 U.S. 97. Original Sources, retrieved 15 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8QR7ICVYK52TPZ1.
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