COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES v. MIERS

No. 08-5357.

542 F.3d 909 (2008)

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Appellee v. Harriet MIERS and Joshua B. Bolten, in his Capacity as Custodian of White House Records, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 6, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl J. Nichols, Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellants. With him on the motion for stay pending appeal and reply were Gregory G. Katsas, Assistant Attorney General, Jonathan F. Cohn, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, and Scott R. McIntosh, Michael S. Raab, Mark R. Freeman, Sarang Vijay Damle, and Henry Whitaker, Attorneys.

Irvin B. Nathan, General Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the opposition were Kerry W. Kircher, Deputy General Counsel, and Richard A. Kaplan, Assistant Counsel.

Before: GINSBURG, RANDOLPH and TATEL, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM:

On June 13, 2007, the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States House of Representatives issued a subpoena to Harriet Miers, former Counsel to President George W. Bush, seeking to compel her to produce documents and to appear and testify about the forced resignation of nine United States Attorneys in late 2006. On the same day, the Committee issued a subpoena to Joshua B. Bolten, President Bush's Chief...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases