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Wheeler v. United States, 226 U.S. 478 (1913)
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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.
Wheeler v. United States, 226 U.S. 478 (1913)
Wheeler v. United States Nos. 658-661 Submitted December 4, 1912 Decided January 6, 1913 226 U.S. 478
ERROR TO AND APPEALS FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
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An officer of a corporation is not subjected to an unreasonable search or seizure by a subpoena to produce without ad testificandum clause the books and papers of that corporation, nor is he subjected to self-incrimination by such subpoena and an order to produce thereunder or deprived of his liberty without due process of law by being committed for contempt for failure to comply with such order. Wilson v. United States, 221 U.S. 361.,
Books of a corporation are not the private books of any of the officers, and do not become so by the dissolution of the corporation and the transfer of the books to one of such officers.
The facts, which involve the validity under the due process and search and seizure provisions of the Constitution of a subpoena duces tecum to an officer of a corporation to produce books and papers of the corporation, are stated in the opinion.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Wheeler v. United States, 226 U.S. 478 (1913) in 226 U.S. 478 226 U.S. 482. Original Sources, accessed July 1, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=M2LDTCZ58ZQFDVJ.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Wheeler v. United States, 226 U.S. 478 (1913), in 226 U.S. 478, page 226 U.S. 482. Original Sources. 1 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=M2LDTCZ58ZQFDVJ.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Wheeler v. United States, 226 U.S. 478 (1913). cited in 1913, 226 U.S. 478, pp.226 U.S. 482. Original Sources, retrieved 1 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=M2LDTCZ58ZQFDVJ.
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