McGrain v. Daugherty
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mcgrain-v-daugherty-168-6985245
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McGrain v. Daugherty
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McGrain v. Daugherty, 273 U.S. 135 (1927), was a case heard before the Supreme Court, decided on January 17, 1927. It was a challenge to Mally Daugherty's contempt conviction and arrest, which happened when he failed to appear before a Senate committee investigating the failure of his brother, Attorney General Harry Daugherty, to investigate the perpetrators of the Teapot Dome Scandal. The court upheld his conviction. In the case, the Supreme Court held for the first time that under the Constitu
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1927 United States Supreme Court case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGrain_v._Daugherty
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2010-05-27T17:14:33Z
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2024-08-30T22:37:35Z
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