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STAMLER v. WILLIS

Nos. 17406, 17407.

415 F.2d 1365 (1969)

Jeremiah STAMLER, M.D. and Yolanda F. Hall, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Milton M. Cohen, Intervening Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Hon. Edwin E. WILLIS et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

August 5, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Kalven, Jr., Richard Orlikoff, Albert E. Jenner, Jr., Thomas P. Sullivan, Chester T. Kamin, David C. Roston, Chicago, Ill., Arthur Kinoy, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Thomas A. Foran, U. S. Atty., Jack B. Schmetterer, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., J. Walter Yeagley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Kevin T. Maroney, Lee B. Anderson, Attys., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellees.

Before SWYGERT and CUMMINGS, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, District Judge.

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal results from a decree dismissing actions against certain members of Congress, the Attorney General of the United States and the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, challenging the constitutionality of Rule XI of the House of Representatives establishing the charter of the House Un-American Activities Committee, and seeking appropriate relief.

The three plaintiffs were subpoenaed to appear before...

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