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Jenkins Vs. Mckeithen

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 09, 1969

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  1. Conley Vs. Gibson US Supreme Court · Nov 18, 1957
  2. Baker Vs. Carr US Supreme Court · Mar 26, 1962
  3. McgraIn Vs. Daugherty US Supreme Court · Jan 17, 1927
  4. Tileston Vs. Ullman US Supreme Court · Feb 01, 1943
  5. Flast Vs. Cohen US Supreme Court · Jun 10, 1968
  6. U.S. 411 (1969) U.S. Supreme Court Jenkins v. McKeithen
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  7. U.S. 411 (1969) Jenkins v. McKeithen
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  8. complaint failed to state a cause of action. A three-judge District Court dismissed the complaint, holding that Hannah v. Larche
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  9. procedures violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Pp. 395 U. S. 425 -431. (a) Hannah v. Larch
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  10. U. S. 431 -432. MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS concurs in the result for the reasons stated in his dissent in Hannah v. Larche
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  11. U. S. 493 -508. P. 395 U. S. 432 . MR. JUSTICE BLACK adhered to MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS' dissent in Hannah v. Larche
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  12. three-judge court was convened, and that court ultimately granted appellees' motion to dismiss the complaint. Jenkins v. McKeithen
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  13. the course of action described in the original complaint. After a hearing, the court dismissed the complaint. Jenkins v. McKeithen
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  14. supra. The court, relying largely on the opinion of the Louisiana Supreme Court in Martone v. Morgan
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  15. dismissed, 393 U. S. 12 (1968) (petition for rehearing pending), held that this Court's decision in Hannah v. Larche
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  16. appellees assert that he lacks standing to assert the denial of rights to those who do appear. See, e.g., Tileston v. Ullman
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  17. reference to the issue of standing. But since the question of standing goes to this Court's jurisdiction, see Flast v. Cohen
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  18. we must decide the issue even though the court below passed over it without comment. Cf. Tileston v. Ullman
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  19. to dismiss, the material allegations of the complaint are taken as admitted. See, e.g., Walker Process Equipment, Inc. v. Food
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  20. Conley v. Page
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  21. under authority of that Act. We think that they are. The concept of standing to sue, as we noted in Flast v. Cohen
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  22. Flast v. Cohen
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  23. of standing focuses on the party seeking relief, rather than on the precise nature of the relief sought. See Flast v. Cohen
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  24. the official action challenged and some legally protected interest of the party challenging that action. See Flast v. Cohen
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  25. which any injury to appellant is merely a collateral consequence of the actions of an investigative body. See Hannah v. Larche
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  26. Sinclair v. United
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  27. be actionable if caused by a private party, and thus should be sufficient to accord appellant standing. See Greene v. McElroy
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  28. the Commission's alleged actions will have a substantial impact on him. See, e.g., Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. United
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  29. NAACP v. Alabama
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  30. to defend any criminal prosecutions as sufficient to deprive him of standing to challenge the Act. Cf. United States v. Los
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  31. final section of this opinion. Appellees, like the court below, rely heavily on this Court's decision in Hannah v. Larche
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  32. and the structure and powers of the Commission here are similar to those of the Civil Rights Commission. See Jenkins v. McKeithen
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  33. Martone v. Morgan
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  34. U.S. at 363 U. S. 443 . Morgan v. United
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  35. States, 304 U. S. 1 (1938), Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath
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  36. supra, and Greene v. McElroy
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  37. the other examples cited by the Court in Hannah. It is true, as the Supreme Court of Louisiana has held, Martone v. Morgan
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  38. very much akin to making an official adjudication of criminal culpability. See Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath
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  39. right to confront and cross-examine witnesses is a fundamental aspect of procedural due process. See, e.g., Willner v. Committee
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  40. Greene Page 395 U. S. 429 v. McElroy
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  41. and cross-examine the witnesses against him, subject only to traditional limitations on those rights. Cf. Pointer v. Texas
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  42. to present evidence is, of course, essential to the fair hearing required by the Due Process Clause. See, e.g., Morgan v. United
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  43. Baltimore & Ohio R. Co. v. United
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  44. when the proceeding allegedly results in a finding that a particular individual was guilty of a crime. Cf. Washington v. Texas
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  45. interpose an independent body of citizens between the accused and the prosecuting attorney and the court. See Stirone v. United
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  46. and that appellant's remedy was to defend any criminal prosecutions then pending or that might be brought. Jenkins v. McKeithen
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  47. so ordered. MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS concurs in the result for the reasons stated in his dissenting opinion in Hannah v. Larche
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  48. The constitutionality of the Act was upheld in Martone v. Morgan
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  49. U.S. Supreme Court Jenkins v. McKeithen
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