Legal Opinion
United States Servicemen's Fund v. Eastland
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 30, 1973No. Nos. 24279, 24412, 71-2034, 71-1609, 71-1693 and 71-1717PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge:
This case, combined for argument and consideration on appeal with cases numbered 71-1609, 71-1693 and 71-1717, presents the court with the task of deciding a fundamental constitutional question of grave import to which the Supreme Court has not yet given an explicit answer. The question is: Have the courts of the United States the power to interfere with the subpoena power as exercised by committees of the United States Senate and House of Representatives when the exercise of such power threatens a deprivation of First Amendment rights of freedom of association…
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3Cited by18 opinions
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