Legal Opinion

Jeremiah Stamler, M.D. And Yolanda F. Hall, and Milton M. Cohen, Intervening v. Hon. Edwin E. Willis

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided August 5, 1969No. 17407_1PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal results from a decree dismissing actions against certain members of Congress, the Attorney General of the United States and the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, challenging the constitutionality of Rule XI of the House of Representatives establishing the charter of the House Un-American Activities Committee, and seeking appropriate relief.

The three plaintiffs were subpoenaed to appear before a subcommittee of said Committee in Chicago on May 25, 1965. On May 24, plaintiffs instituted their first action against the chairman and…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Powell v. McCormackSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. SawyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  4. Golden v. ZwicklerSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Kilbourn v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1881

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. United States v. Jeffrey Stuart FalkCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
  2. Ezell Littleton v. Peyton Berbling, Individually and as State's Attorney for Alexander County, IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1972
  3. Renard G. Davis v. Richard H. Ichord, Quentin Young v. Richard H. IchordCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
  4. McLemore v. Simpson County Bank (In Re Krulik)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1980
  5. United States v. BeilCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978

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