32 Cited authorities

Clinton v. Jones
520 U.S. 681 (1997) Cited 2,694 times 4 Legal Analyses
Holding in Section 1983 action no absolute immunity for damages arising from "unofficial conduct"
Raines v. Byrd
521 U.S. 811 (1997) Cited 1,765 times 10 Legal Analyses
Holding specifically and only that "individual members of Congress [lack] Article III standing"
United States v. Nixon
418 U.S. 683 (1974) Cited 4,087 times 15 Legal Analyses
Holding appeal of District Court's denial of motion to quash subpoena duces tecum was in the Court of Appeals for purposes of § 1254
Baker v. Carr
369 U.S. 186 (1962) Cited 5,228 times 11 Legal Analyses
Holding that the plaintiffs had standing to challenge Tennessee's apportionment of state representatives when that apportionment "effect[ed] a gross disproportion of representation to voting population"
INS v. Chadha
462 U.S. 919 (1983) Cited 1,249 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that there was "adequate Art. III adverseness" because the executive branch determined that a federal statute was unconstitutional and refused to defend it but simultaneously continued to abide by it
Nixon v. Administrator of General Services
433 U.S. 425 (1977) Cited 1,093 times 4 Legal Analyses
Holding that the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act was not an unconstitutional bill of attainder because former President Nixon "constituted a legitimate class of one"
Nixon v. Fitzgerald
457 U.S. 731 (1982) Cited 764 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that denials of absolute immunity are immediately appealable
Morrison v. Olson
487 U.S. 654 (1988) Cited 576 times 22 Legal Analyses
Holding an independent counsel to be an inferior officer
Chisom v. Roemer
501 U.S. 380 (1991) Cited 364 times
Holding that § 2 of the VRA applies to state laws regarding election of state court judges
Eastland v. United States Servicemen's Fund
421 U.S. 491 (1975) Cited 466 times
Holding that the Speech or Debate Clause barred the plaintiffs' claims, premised on the plaintiffs' allegations that a Senate subcommittee subpoena, if complied with, would constitute an invasion of the plaintiffs' privacy and violate their First Amendment rights
Section 1331 - Federal question
28 U.S.C. § 1331 Cited 97,373 times 134 Legal Analyses
Finding that in order to invoke federal question jurisdiction, a plaintiff's claims must arise "under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States."

Committee on the Judiciary of the United States House of Representatives v. Miers et al

32 Cited authorities

Holding in Section 1983 action no absolute immunity for damages arising from "unofficial conduct"

Holding specifically and only that "individual members of Congress [lack] Article III standing"

Holding appeal of District Court's denial of motion to quash subpoena duces tecum was in the Court of Appeals for purposes of § 1254

Holding that the plaintiffs had standing to challenge Tennessee's apportionment of state representatives when that apportionment "effect[ed] a gross disproportion of representation to voting population"

Holding that there was "adequate Art. III adverseness" because the executive branch determined that a federal statute was unconstitutional and refused to defend it but simultaneously continued to abide by it

Holding that the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act was not an unconstitutional bill of attainder because former President Nixon "constituted a legitimate class of one"

Holding that denials of absolute immunity are immediately appealable

Holding an independent counsel to be an inferior officer

Holding that § 2 of the VRA applies to state laws regarding election of state court judges

Holding that the Speech or Debate Clause barred the plaintiffs' claims, premised on the plaintiffs' allegations that a Senate subcommittee subpoena, if complied with, would constitute an invasion of the plaintiffs' privacy and violate their First Amendment rights

Finding that in order to invoke federal question jurisdiction, a plaintiff's claims must arise "under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States."