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Herbert Simpson

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Oregon
Support
Civil Liberties
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Biography

Herbert Simpson was a Portland, Oregon defendant prosecuted for refusing to answer the House Un-American Activities Committee during its 1954 West Coast hearings. He received ten months and a $250 fine. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the judgment, but the Supreme Court reversed it on October 14, 1957 after the solicitor general confessed error. Whether Simpson spent any time in custody before the reversal remains unresolved.

Case

Charges: Contempt of Congress
Sentence: Ten months and a $250 fine. The Supreme Court reversed the judgment on October 14, 1957; any custody before reversal remains unresolved.
Convicted: Yes