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Eugene Brunner

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:California
Support
Communism Labor Organizing
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Biography

Eugene M. Brunner was prosecuted for contempt for refusing to say whether he had belonged to the Communist Party in 1937–39; his six-month sentence was upheld in 1951.

Case

Charges: Contempt
Sentenced: Aug 31, 1950
Sentence: Six months.
Prosecutor: Ernest A. Tolins (counsel for the United States on appeal)
Judge: Ben Harrison
Convicted: Yes