 After the appeals court upheld the conviction, "Bronston v. United States" reached the Supreme Court, which overturned the conviction on January 10, 1973.Its ruling, that literally truthful yet technically misleading answers cannot be prosecuted as perjury, has formed an important part of jurisprudence on the matter ever since, even being invoked by President Bill Clinton's attorneys when he was charged with perjury during his impeachment.The bankruptcy and criminal prosecution devastated his film career.