NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, ETC. v. COMMITTEE ON OFFENSES


101 S.E.2d 631 (1958)

199 Va. 665

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE AVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, Incorporated, et al. v. COMMITTEE ON OFFENSES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Rehearing Denied March 7, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. W. Tucker, Emporia (Roland D. Ealey, Oliver W. Hill, Martin A. Martin, Richmond, W. Hale Thompson, Newport News, on the brief), for plaintiffs in error.

William H. King, Richmond, for defendant in error.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, WHITTLE and SNEAD, JJ.


EGGLESTON, Justice.

This writ of error was granted to review an order denying a motion to quash and dismiss two subpoenas which had been issued pursuant to the orders of the court below upon the ex parte motions of a joint legislative committee created by an Act of the General Assembly (Acts 1956, Ex.Sess., ch. 34, p. 35), hereinafter referred to as the Committee. The subpoenas directed W. L. Banks, as executive secretary...

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