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BARRY v. U.S. EX REL. CUNNINGHAM

No. 647.

279 U.S. 597 (1929)

BARRY, SERGEANT-AT-ARMS OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE, ET AL. v. UNITED STATES EX REL. CUNNINGHAM.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 27, 1929.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George W. Wickersham, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Attorney General Mitchell was on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. Ruby R. Vale, with whom Messrs. Otto Kraus, Jr., and Benjamin M. Golder were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

The questions here presented for determination grow out of an inquiry instituted by the United States Senate in respect of the validity of the election of a United States Senator from Pennsylvania in November, 1926. The inquiry began before the election, immediately after the conclusion of the primaries, by the adoption of a resolution appointing a special committee...

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