McGrain v. Daugherty

McGrain v. Daugherty: McGrain v. Daugherty was a case heard before the Supreme Court, decided January 17, 1927. It was a challenge to Mally Daugherty's contempt conviction, which he received when he failed to appear before a Senate committee investigating Attorney General Harry Daugherty's failure to investigate the perpetrators of the Teapot Dome Scandal. The Court upheld his conviction.^[1]

References

^ "McGrain v. Daugherty" (HTML). Oyez.org. http://www.oyez.org/cases/1901-1939/1924/1924_28. Retrieved 2 November, 2010.

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http://supreme.justia.com/us/273/135/case.html

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