Ullmann v. United States

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.

Ullmann v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 6, 1955 Decided March 26, 1956
Full case name	William Ludwig 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
Court membership
Chief Justice Earl Warren Associate Justices Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas Harold H. Burton · Tom C. Clark Sherman Minton · John M. Harlan II
Case opinions
Majority	Frankfurter, joined by Warren, Reed, Burton, Clark, Minton, Harlan
Concurrence	Reed
Dissent	Douglas, joined by Black

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.' "

External links

• Text of Ullmann v. United States, 350 U.S. 422 is available from: Cornell CourtListener Google Scholar Justia Library of Congress Oyez (oral argument audio)