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COMMITTEE ON JUD., U.S. HOUSE OF REPRES. v. MIERS

Civil Action No. 08-0409 (JDB).

558 F.Supp.2d 53 (2008)

COMMITTEE ON the JUDICIARY, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Plaintiff, v. Harriet MIERS, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

July 31, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irvin B. Nathan, U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the General Counsel, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

John Russell Tyler, Helen H. Hong, Nicholas Andrew Oldham, U.S. Department of Justice, Daniel M. Flores, Committee on the Judiciary, Alan D. Strasser, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP, Barry Coburn, Coburn & Coffman, PLLC, James Hamilton, Robert V. Zener, Bingham McCutchen LLP, Washington, DC, Sidney Samuel Rosdeitcher, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York, NY, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHN D. BATES, District Judge.

This dispute pits the political branches of the federal government against one another in a case all agree presents issues of extraordinary constitutional significance. The heart of the controversy is whether senior presidential aides are absolutely immune from compelled congressional process. But as is often true of lawsuits that raise important separation of powers concerns, there are many obstacles...

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