Legal Opinion
McGrain v. Daugherty
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 17, 1927No. 28PublishedCited by 434 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr: Justice Van Devanter
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is .an appeal from the final order in a proceeding in habeas corpus discharging a recusant witness held in custody under process of attachment issued from the United States Senate in the course of an investigation which it was making of the administration of the Department of Justice. A full statement of the case is necessary.
The Department of Justice is one of the great executive departments established by congressional enactment and has charge, among other things, of the initiation and prosecution of all suits, civil and…
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- Kilbourn v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
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3Cited by434 opinions
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