Jurney v. MacCracken

Jurney v. MacCracken

Full case name Jurney v. MacCracken
Citations

294 U.S. 125 (more)

Holding
That Congress has an implicit power to find one in contempt of Congress
Court membership
Chief Justice
Charles E. Hughes
Case opinions
Majority Brandeis

Jurney v. MacCracken, 294 U.S. 125 (1935), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that Congress has an implicit power to find one in contempt of Congress. During a Senate investigation of airlines and of the U.S. Postmaster General, the attorney William P. MacCracken, Jr. allowed his clients to destroy subpoenaed documents. After a one-week trial on the Senate floor (presided over by the Vice-President of the United States, acting as Senate President), MacCracken, a lawyer and former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics, was found guilty and sentenced to 10 days imprisonment.[1] MacCracken filed a petition of Habeas Corpus with the federal courts to overturn his arrest, but, after litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Congress had acted constitutionally, and denied the petition.[2]

References

  1. ↑ William P. Mac Cracken, Jr. Papers
  2. ↑ 294 U.S. 125 (1935)

See also


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