Legal Opinion
Wheeldin v. Wheeler
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 3, 1963No. 493PublishedCited by 464 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*648Mr. Justice Douglas
delivered the opinion of the .Court.
Petitioner Dawson 1 was served with a subpoena to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee. He alleges that the subpoena was signed in blank by the Committee Chairman and that respondent Wheeler, an investigator for the Committee, filled in Dawson’s name without authorization of the Committee. We read the complaint, as does the Solicitor General, most favorably to Dawson and conclude that the complaint alleges that no member of the Committee even attempted to delegate the Committee’s subpoena power to Wheeler. The…
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