Record

Court opinion

1941-05-28

U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri (three-judge court), via CourtListener

United States v. Pendergast (contempt judgment), 39 F. Supp. 189 (W.D. Mo. 1941)

The three-judge court adjudges Pendergast, O'Malley and McCormack in contempt over the insurance-rate settlement; the Supreme Court later records two years' imprisonment for Pendergast and O'Malley and two years' probation for McCormack.

Date: 1941-05-28
Kind: court-opinion
Source: U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri (three-judge court), via CourtListener
Retrieved: 2026-10-12
Docket: 5040 (Eq. 270-426)
Rights: A federal court opinion. A work of the United States government, public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105. The text was read on CourtListener; no publisher headnote is used.

The opinion adjudges the three men in contempt of the court over the insurance-rate settlement. The sentences are as the Supreme Court describes them (317 U.S. 412, 416): two years’ imprisonment for Pendergast and O’Malley and two years’ probation for McCormack; this opinion’s own sentencing text was not read. The contempt convictions were later reversed on limitations grounds; see the 1943 opinion.

itemPendergast v. United States, 317 U.S. 412 (1943)The Supreme Court reverses the contempt convictions of Pendergast, O'Malley and McCormack on limitations grounds; its statement of facts describes Pendergast as 'a "political boss"' and the $750,000 'fee' agreed to influence the settlement of the 1930 insurance rate suits.