Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p McGrain v. Daugherty was a case heard before the Supreme Court, decided January 17, 1927. It was a challenge to Mally Daugherty's contempt conviction, which he received when he failed to appear before a Senate committee investigating Attorney General Harry Daugherty's failure to investigate the perpetrators of the Teapot Dome Scandal. The Court upheld his conviction.In the case, the Supreme Court held for the first time that under the Constitution, Congress has the power to compel witness and testimony.. }
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- McGrain_v._Daugherty abstract "McGrain v. Daugherty was a case heard before the Supreme Court, decided January 17, 1927. It was a challenge to Mally Daugherty's contempt conviction, which he received when he failed to appear before a Senate committee investigating Attorney General Harry Daugherty's failure to investigate the perpetrators of the Teapot Dome Scandal. The Court upheld his conviction.In the case, the Supreme Court held for the first time that under the Constitution, Congress has the power to compel witness and testimony.".