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Supreme Court· 6/18/1979

Helstoski v. Meanor

Citations

  • 442 U.S. 500
  • 99 S. Ct. 2445
  • 61 L. Ed. 2d 30
  • 1979 U.S. LEXIS 112

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the Speech and Debate Clause establishes immunity from suit and permitting immediate appeal
  • holding that an order denying the protection of the Speech or Debate Clause is immediately appealable
  • holding that an order denying the protection of the Speech or Debate Clause is immediately appealable
  • holding that the Speech and Debate Clause establishes immunity from suit and permitting immediate appeal
  • holding that an order denying the protection of the Speech and Debate Clause is immediately appealable
  • concluding that “if a Member ‘is to avoid' exposure to [being questioned for acts done in either House] and thereby enjoy the full protection of the Clause, his ... challenge to the indictment must be reviewable before ... exposure [to trial] occurs’ ”

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Judges: Burgee, Brennan, Burger, Stewart, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Rehnquist, Stevens, Beennan, Powell

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