Legal Opinion
Tenney v. Brandhove
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 21, 1951No. 338PublishedCited by 1,457 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Frankfurter
William Brandhove brought this action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging that he had been deprived of rights guaranteed by the Federal Constitution. The defendants are Jack B. Tenney and other members of a committee of the California Legislature, the Senate Fact-Finding Committee on Un-American Activities, colloquially known as the Tenney Committee. Also named as defendants are the Committee and Elmer E. Robinson, Mayor of San Francisco.
The action is based on §§43 and 47 (3) of Title 8 of the United States Code. These sections derive from one…
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