Concurrence Reed | End date 1956 | |
Full case name Ullmann v. United States Citations 350 U.S. 422 (more)76 S. Ct. 497; 100 L. Ed. 511; 1956 U.S. LEXIS 1631; 53 A.L.R.2d 1008 Majority Frankfurter, joined by Warren, Reed, Burton, Clark, Minton, Harlan Dissent Douglas, joined by Black | ||
Ullmann v. United States, 350 U.S. 422 (1956), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that a person given immunity from prosecution loses their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, thus upholding the Constitutionality of the Immunity Act of 1954.[1]
The Court stated, "This command of the Fifth Amendment ('nor shall any person . . . be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself. . . .') registers an important advance in the development of our liberty -- 'one of the great landmarks in man's struggle to make himself civilized.'"
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