Legal Opinion
Powell v. McCormack
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 7, 1967No. Civ. A. 559-67PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HART, District Judge.
This is an action for injunctive relief, mandamus, and declaratory judgment brought by Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., and thirteen electors of New York’s 18th Congressional District. Defendants are Members and Officials of the House of Representatives of the 90th Congress sued individually, in their official positions, and as representatives of all House Members. The complaint alleges that House Resolution 278, passed March 1, 1967, by a vote of 307 to 116, improperly excluded Powell from House membership in violation of the plaintiffs’ Constitutional rights.
Plaintiffs…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Marbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1803
- Bell v. HoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. SawyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Massachusetts v. MellonSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Powell v. McCormackSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Thomas J. Kerrigan v. Gerald A. BoucherCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. v. John W. McCormack Speaker of the House of RepresentativesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Protestants & Other Americans United for Separation of Church & State v. O'BrienDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1967
- Creque v. RoebuckSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 1979
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