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1974 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Nixon v. United States, a case about the 1993 impeachment of Judge Walter Nixon.
United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974), was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision. It was a unanimous 8-0 ruling involving President Richard Nixon and was important to the late stages of the Watergate scandal. It is considered a crucial precedent limiting the power of any U.S. president.
Quick Facts United States v. Nixon, Argued July 8, 1974 Decided July 24, 1974 ...
United States v. Nixon | |
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Argued July 8, 1974 Decided July 24, 1974 | |
Full case name | United States v. Richard Milhous Nixon, President of the United States, et al. |
Citations | 418 U.S. 683 (more) |
Argument | S. Ct. 3090; 41 L. Ed. 2d 1039; 1974 U.S. LEXIS 93 Oral argument |
Case history | |
Prior | Cert. before judgment to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit |
Holding | |
The Supreme Court does have the final voice in determining constitutional questions; no person, not even the president of the United States, is completely above the law; and the president cannot use executive privilege as an excuse to withhold evidence that is "demonstrably relevant in a criminal trial." | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | Burger, joined by Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell |
Rehnquist took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. |
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Chief Justice Warren E. Burger wrote the opinion for a unanimous court, joined by Justices William O. Douglas, William J. Brennan, Potter Stewart, Byron White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry Blackmun and Lewis F. Powell.
Associate Justice William Rehnquist, a Nixon appointee, recused himself as he had a prior association with the Nixon administration.[1][2]