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YellIn Vs. United States

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 17, 1963

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  11. Yellin v. United
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  12. States - 374 U.S. 109 (1963) U.S. Supreme Court Yellin v. United
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  13. States, 374 U.S. 109 (1963) Yellin v. United
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  14. It has been long settled, of course, that rules of Congress and its committees are judicially cognizable. Christoffel v. United
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  15. United States v. Smith
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  16. U. S. 1 . And a legislative committee has been held to observance of its rules, Christoffel v. United
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  17. States, supra, just as, more frequently, executive agencies have been. See, e.g., Vitarelli v. Seaton
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  18. should be given such a practice of Page 374 U. S. 117 the Committee in construing its rules, United States v. Smith
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  19. had a right to have considered. His position is similar to that of the petitioner in United States ex rel. Accardi v. Shaughnessy
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  20. petitioner could obtain an injunction against the Committee that would protect him from public exposure. See Pauling v. Eastland
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  21. U. S. 168 , 103 U. S. 201 -205. Cf. Tenney v. Brandhove
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  22. the mistaken but good faith belief that his rights had been violated, his mistake of law would be no defense. Watkins v. United
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  23. Sinclair v. United
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  24. of a question, if he asks for it, it appears he may lose that right if he fails to make a timely objection. See Deutch v. United
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  25. Barenblatt v. United
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  26. Watkins v. United
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  27. other instances in which a witness' defense has been rejected because he failed to make timely objection, see McPhaul v. United
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  28. Hartman v. United
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  29. After conferring with counsel, petitioner refused to answer the question. He cited decisions of this Court in Watkins v. United
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  30. Sweezy v. New
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  31. Congress trial, an objection must have been relied upon and asserted before the congressional committee. United States v. Bryan
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  32. McPhaul v. United
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  33. Eisler v. United
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  34. United States v. Kamin
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  35. any difference in his willingness to answer questions. The Court considered a similar situation in United States v. Bryan
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  36. Explaining an analogous case, Hale v. Henkel
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  37. for refusing to answer the ground that the Committee was seeking only to expose him for exposure's sake. See Watkins v. United
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  38. and that he had a right under the rules of the Committee to have his reputational interest considered. Compare Watkins v. United
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  39. States, 354 U. S. 178 , and Sweezy v. New
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  40. asserted at the hearing. The Committee is obliged to make clear the demands which it makes upon the witness. Quinn v. United
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  41. which a house or committee of Congress chooses to run its business ordinarily raises no justiciable controversy. Field v. Clark
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  42. Flint v. Stone
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  43. Christoffel v. United
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  44. Barry v. United
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  45. U.S. Supreme Court Yellin v. United
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  46. See Pauling v. Eastland
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  47. Cf. Tenney v. Brandhove
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  48. See Deutch v. United
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  49. See Watkins v. United
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  50. Compare Watkins v. United
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