Legal Opinion
United States v. Jeff Fort
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 31, 1970No. 22746_1PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MaeKINNON, Circuit Judge:
Appellant was convicted on two counts of being in contempt of Congress on July 9, 1968 in violation of 2 U.S.C. § 192. 1 He is here appealing this conviction.
The Senate proceedings out of which this conviction ultimately arose originated with the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Senate Committee on Government operations. Under the Standing Rules of the Senate a committee on Government Operations is required to be appointed at the commencement of each Congress, with duties which include that of:
“(B) studying the operations of Government activities at all…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Hannah v. LarcheSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Kilbourn v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Anderson v. DunnSupreme Court of the United States · 1821
- Barenblatt v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Sinclair v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Alan McSurely and Margaret McSurely v. John J. McClellanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
- United States v. William L. Deloach, Sr.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Jerome F. Donelson, United States of America v. Andre WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
- In Re Grand Jury Investigation of Ven-FuelDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1977
- Medina v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
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