Legal Opinion
Powell v. McCormack
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 13, 1969No. 138PublishedCited by 3,038 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Warren
In November 1966, petitioner Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., was duly elected from the 18th Congressional District of New York to serve in the United States House of Representatives for the 90th Congress. However, pursuant to a House resolution, he was not permitted to take his seat. Powell (and some of the voters of his district) then filed suit in Federal District Court, claiming that the House could exclude him only if it found he failed to meet the standing requirements of age, citizenship, and residence contained in Art. I, § 2, of the Constitution — requirements the House specifically found…
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