Austin J. Tobin v. United States

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing duty of courts in appropriate circumstances to avoid “passing on serious constitutional questions” presented by Congress’s exercise of 10 its investigative power
• relying on historical practice to determine the scope of a congressional investigation
• relying on historical practice to determine the scope of a congressional investigation
• relying on historical practice to determine the scope of a congressional investigation
• “[I]f Congress had intended the Judiciary Committee to conduct such a novel investigation it would have spelled out this intention in words more explicit than the general terms found in the authorizing resolutions under consideration.”
• “[I]f Congress had intended the Judiciary Committee to conduct such a novel investigation it would have spelled out this intention in words more explicit than the general terms found in the authorizing resolutions under consideration.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).