Powell v. McCormack

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Powell v. McCormack
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 21, 1969 Decided June 16, 1969
Full case name	Adam Clayton Powell Jr., et al. v. John William McCormack, Speaker of the House of Representatives, et al.
Citations	395 U.S. 486 (more) 89 S. Ct. 1944; 23 L. Ed. 2d 491; 1969 U.S. LEXIS 3103
Case history
Prior	266 F. Supp. 354 (D.D.C. 1967); 395 F.2d 577 (D.C. Cir. 1968)
Holding
The House of Representative may not exclude a duly elected representative for any reason unless it is mentioned in the Qualifications of Members Clause.
Court membership
Chief Justice Earl Warren Associate Justices Hugo Black · William O. Douglas John M. Harlan II · William J. Brennan Jr. Potter Stewart · Byron White Thurgood Marshall
Case opinions
Majority	Warren, joined by Black, Douglas, Harlan, Brennan, White, Marshall
Concurrence	Douglas
Dissent	Stewart
Laws applied
U.S. Const. art. I § 2, cl. 2

Powell v. McCormack, 395 U.S. 486 (1969), is a United States Supreme Court case that held that the Qualifications of Members Clause of Article I of the US Constitution is an exclusive list of qualifications of members of the House of Representatives, which may exclude a duly elected member for only those reasons enumerated in that clause.^[1]