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Bridges v. United States (1953) 346 U.S. 209... ,_. TEEY ow ne treat Petitioners were indicted for testifying falsely in Bridges’ maturalization proceeding in 1945 that he was not and had mot been a member of the Communist Party. Held that the general three-year statute in 1949 came too late, Rosenberg v. United States (1953) 346 U.S, 273 The Rosenbergs were convicted and sentenced to death for conspir- ing to violate the F Espionage Act of 1917 by communicating to th Union, in wartime, secret atomic and other military information, The overt acts relating to atomic secrets occurred before enactment of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946; but other aspects of the conspiracy continued into 1950, The Supreme Court held that the Atomic Energy Act did not repeal or limit the penalty provisions of the Espionage Act, It therefore upheld the conviction and sentence. Sacher v. Association of the Bar of the City of New York (1954) 347 U.S. 388 Petitioner was an attorney for the defendants in Dennis v. | United States, 341 U.S. 494, and was convicted of contempt at the con- clusion of that case, In a proceeding brought by the respondent bar | aed » association, the District Court disbarred him, The Supreme Court held that permanent disbarment was unnecessarily severe and remanded the case to the District Court for further consideration, } Barsky v. Board of Regents (1954) 347 U.S, 442 -Barsky was convicted of failing to produce records of the Joint