JENKINS v. McKEITHEN

No. 548.

395 U.S. 411 (1969)

JENKINS v. McKEITHEN, GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 9, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Minos Simon argued the cause and filed a brief for appellant.

Ashton L. Stewart, Special Assistant Attorney General of Louisiana, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief was Jack P. F. Gremillion, Attorney General.


MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion in which MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN and MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN join.

This case involves the constitutionality of a 1967 Louisiana statute, known as Act No. 2, which creates a body called the Labor-Management Commission of Inquiry. La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 23:880.1-23:880.18 (Supp. 1969). The stated purpose of this Commission is "the investigation...

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