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Legal Citation: 273 U.S. 135 (1927)

Appellant
John J. McGrain

Appellee
Mally S. Daugherty

Appellant's Claim
That the U.S. Senate had not exceeded its authority in compelling a witness to testify before a committee investigating the Teapot Dome scandal.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
George W. Wickersham

Chief Lawyers for Appellee
Arthur I. Vorys, John P. Phillips

Justices for the Court
Louis D. Brandeis, Pierce Butler, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Clark McReynolds, Edward Terry Sanford, George Sutherland, William Howard Taft, Willis Van Devanter (writing for the Court)

Justices Dissenting
None (Harlan Fiske Stone did not participate)

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
17 January 1927

Decision
The Senate had not exceeded its authority because...