Legal Opinion
Stephen L. Morgan v. United States of America
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 9, 1986No. 85-6053PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SCALIA.
SCALIA, Circuit Judge:
This case presents the question whether we have jurisdiction to review the substance or procedure of a determination by the House of Representatives that one of two contestants was lawfully elected to that body. Jurisdiction is contested on the basis of the Elections Clause of the Constitution, Article I, section 5, clause 1, which provides that “[e]ach House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members.”
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This litigation grows out of one of the closest congressional elections in…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Powell v. McCormackSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Luther v. BordenSupreme Court of the United States · 1849
- Guy Vander Jagt v. Thomas P. O'neill, Jr.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- Roudebush v. HartkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Lamb v. HammondCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1987
- Walter L. Nixon, Jr. v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1991
- Brown v. HansenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
- Mapp v. LawaetzCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
- Com. of Mass. v. MosbacherDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1992
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