Fourth Circuit· 4/27/1973

United States v. John Dowdy

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479 F.2d 213

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holding that actions pursuant to an investigation authorized by the Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Investigations were legislative notwithstanding evidence that the investigation was performed in exchange for a bribe
reversing in part former congressman's conviction based on his activities as chairman of House subcommittee
discussing United States v. Brewster, 408 U.S. 501 (1972) and Gravel v. United States, 408 U.S. 606 (1972)
“Once it was determined, as here, that the legislative function . . . was apparently being performed, the propriety and the motivation for the action taken, as well as the detail of the acts performed, are immune from judicial inquiry.”
“Once it was determined, as here, that the legislative function . . . was apparently being performed, the propriety and the motivation for the action taken, as well as the detail of the acts performed, are immune from judicial inquiry.”

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Judges: Winter, Russell, Widener

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