Representation of Congress and Congressional Interests in Court: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Separation of Powers of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, Second Session, December 12, 1975, and February 19, 1976

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Page 573 - any matter under inquiry before either House, or any joint committee established by a joint or concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress. willfully makes default, or who. having appeared, refuses to answer any question pertinent to the question under inquiry, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a
Page 222 - by the prosecution of evidence favorable to an accused upon request violates due process where the evidence is material either to guilt or to punishment, irrespective of the good faith or bad faith of the prosecution." 373 US at 87, 83 S. Ct at 1196-97, 10 L. Ed. 2d at 218.
Page 657 - gross income" as including "gains, profits, and income derived from salaries, wages, or compensation for personal service (including in the case of the President of the United States, the judges of the Supreme and inferior courts of the United States
Page 741 - securities, and other properties of a client coming into the possession of the lawyer and render appropriate accounts to his client regarding them. (4) Promptly pay or deliver to the client as requested by a client the funds, securities, or other properties in the possession of the lawyer which the client is entitled to receive.
Page 96 - Legal Counsel may be reappointed at the termination of any term of office. (3) The Congressional Legal Counsel shall receive compensation at a rate equivalent to level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United States 19 Code.
Page 737 - Cf. ABA CANON 18. §6068. ... It is the duty of an attorney: "(f) To abstain from all offensive personality, and to advance no fact prejudicial to the honor or reputation of a party or witness, unless required by the justice of the cause with which he is charged.
Page 660 - during his term of office." It also contained a provision that: "The rule of taxation shall be uniform, and taxes shall be levied upon such property as the Legislature shall prescribe." To this was added, by the adoption of an amendment in 1908, the following: "Taxes may also be imposed on Incomes, privileges,
Page 136 - his successor is automatically substituted as a party. Proceedings following the substitution shall be in the name of the substituted party, but any misnomer not affecting the substantial rights of the parties shall be disregarded. An order of substitution may be entered at any time, but the omission to enter such an order shall not affect the substitution.
Page 292 - such a body was intended to be "independent of executive authority, except in its selection, and free to exercise its judgment without the leave or hindrance of any other official or any department of the government." Id., at 625-626. (Emphasis in original.) The holding in
Page 723 - conflicting interests" rather than "differing interests" but make no attempt to define such other than the statement in Canon 6: "Within the meaning of this canon, a lawyer represents conflicting interests when, in behalf of one client, it is his duty to contend for that which duty to another client requires him to oppose.

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