United States v. American Telephone and Telegraph Company Appeal of John E. Moss, Member, United States House of Representatives

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• concluding that an individual member of Congress who had been authorized to act on behalf of the legislative body had standing
• holding that an executive branch suit to enjoin a third party from complying with a congressional subpoena was justiciable
• holding the House of Representatives has standing to enforce a subpoena in court
• noting House of Representatives resolution authorizing intervention of congressman on behalf of a congressional subcommittee and the House of Representatives
• finding the House resolution sufficiently authorized the chairman of a subcommittee to represent the House in the lawsuit
• noting possibility of “better balance . . . in the constitutional sense” from “political struggle and compromise,” rather than court decision

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