Nixon v. Administrator of General Services et al.

Decided June 28, 1977. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 75-1605 · 433 U.S. 425 (1977) · Cited 1,340 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• United States v. Nixon · 418 U.S. 683 (1974)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Stanford v. Texas · 379 U.S. 476 (1965)
• United States v. Lovett · 328 U.S. 303 (1946)
• United States v. Brown · 381 U.S. 437 (1965)
• Whalen v. Roe · 429 U.S. 589 (1977)
• Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer · 343 U.S. 579 (1952)
• Humphrey's v. United States · 295 U.S. 602 (1935)
• Myers v. United States · 272 U.S. 52 (1926)
• Powell v. McCormack · 395 U.S. 486 (1969)
• Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez · 372 U.S. 144 (1963)
• Ogden v. Saunders · 25 U.S. 213 (1827)
• Eastland v. United States Servicemen's Fund · 421 U.S. 491 (1975)
• United States v. Brewster · 408 U.S. 501 (1972)
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
• United States v. O'Brien · 391 U.S. 367 (1968)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• Fisher v. United States · 425 U.S. 391 (1976)
• Moore v. City of East Cleveland · 431 U.S. 494 (1977)
• Flemming v. Nestor · 363 U.S. 603 (1960)
• Environmental Protection Agency v. Mink · 410 U.S. 73 (1973)
• United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. · 299 U.S. 304 (1936)
• Ex Parte Garland · 71 U.S. 333 (1867)
• California Bankers Assn. v. Shultz · 416 U.S. 21 (1974)
• Hynes v. Mayor and Council of Oradell · 425 U.S. 610 (1976)
• Springer v. Government of Philippine Islands · 277 U.S. 189 (1928)
• Terry v. Ohio · 392 U.S. 1 (1968)
• Mathews v. Eldridge · 424 U.S. 319 (1976)
• Katz v. United States · 389 U.S. 347 (1967)
• Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · 412 U.S. 218 (1973)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc. · 435 U.S. 589 (1978)
• Mistretta v. United States · 488 U.S. 361 (1989)
• Selective Service System v. Minnesota Public Interest Research Group · 468 U.S. 841 (1984)
• Public Citizen v. United States Department of Justice · 491 U.S. 440 (1989)
• Bowsher v. Synar · 478 U.S. 714 (1986)
• Clinton v. Jones · 520 U.S. 681 (1997)
• Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Assn. · 575 U.S. 92 (2015)
• Bank Markazi v. Peterson · 578 U.S. 212 (2016)
• Zivotofsky v. Kerry · 576 U.S. 1 (2015)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
• Plaut v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc. · 514 U.S. 211 (1995)
• Nixon v. Fitzgerald · 457 U.S. 731 (1982)
• Morrison v. Olson · 487 U.S. 654 (1988)
• Stern v. Marshall · 564 U.S. 462 (2011)
• Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., Riverside Cty. · 464 U.S. 501 (1984)
• City of Lakewood v. Plain Dealer Publishing Co. · 486 U.S. 750 (1988)
• Board of Trustees of State Univ. of NY v. Fox · 492 U.S. 469 (1989)
• Carmell v. Texas · 529 U.S. 513 (2000)
• Elgin v. Department of the Treasury · 567 U.S. 1 (2012)
• Loving v. United States · 517 U.S. 748 (1996)
• Larkin v. Grendel's Den, Inc. · 459 U.S. 116 (1982)
• California Medical Ass'n v. Federal Election Commission · 453 U.S. 182 (1981)
• Railway Labor Executives' Assn. v. Gibbons · 455 U.S. 457 (1982)
• Trump v. United States · 603 U.S. 593 (2024)

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