Bronston v. United States

At a bankruptcy hearing, when asked whether he personally had any Swiss bank accounts, Bronston (defendant) said "No," and when asked if he ever had, he answered that his company had an account in Zurich for about six months — never mentioning that he personally had held a Geneva bank account for almost five years. His answer about the company was literally accurate but nonresponsive to the actual question about his personal accounts, and arguably misleading as a result. He was charged and convicted of perjury, and appealed.