United States v. Nixon, President of the United States, et al.

Decided July 24, 1974. Warren Earl Burger delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 73-1766 · 418 U.S. 683 (1974) · Cited 4,095 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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.

• Bowman Dairy Co. v. United States · 341 U.S. 214 (1951)
• Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• Powell v. McCormack · 395 U.S. 486 (1969)
• Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer · 343 U.S. 579 (1952)
• United States v. Reynolds · 345 U.S. 1 (1953)
• Clark v. United States · 289 U.S. 1 (1933)
• United States v. Ryan · 402 U.S. 530 (1971)
• Chicago & Southern Air Lines, Inc. v. Waterman Steamship Corp. · 333 U.S. 103 (1948)
• Perlman v. United States · 247 U.S. 7 (1918)
• Berger v. United States · 295 U.S. 78 (1935)
• United States v. Matlock · 415 U.S. 164 (1974)
• Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 297 U.S. 288 (1936)
• United States v. United Mine Workers of America · 330 U.S. 258 (1947)
• Elkins v. United States · 364 U.S. 206 (1960)
• Branzburg v. Hayes · 408 U.S. 665 (1972)
• Hoffa v. United States · 385 U.S. 293 (1966)
• Dutton v. Evans · 400 U.S. 74 (1970)
• United States Ex Rel. Accardi v. Shaughnessy · 347 U.S. 260 (1954)
• Cobbledick v. United States · 309 U.S. 323 (1940)
• Service v. Dulles · 354 U.S. 363 (1957)
• Gravel v. United States · 408 U.S. 606 (1972)
• Vitarelli v. Seaton · 359 U.S. 535 (1959)
• Carter v. Carter Coal Co. · 298 U.S. 238 (1936)
• On Lee v. United States · 343 U.S. 747 (1952)
• Humphrey's v. United States · 295 U.S. 602 (1935)
• United States v. Brewster · 408 U.S. 501 (1972)
• Doe v. McMillan · 412 U.S. 306 (1973)
• United States v. Johnson · 383 U.S. 169 (1966)
• Blackmer v. United States · 284 U.S. 421 (1932)
• Norman v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad · 294 U.S. 240 (1935)

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• Nixon v. Administrator of General Services · 433 U.S. 425 (1977)
• Trump v. United States · 603 U.S. 593 (2024)
• Cheney v. United States District Court for District of Columbia · 542 U.S. 367 (2004)
• Harlow v. Fitzgerald · 457 U.S. 800 (1982)
• United States v. R. Enterprises, Inc. · 498 U.S. 292 (1991)
• Clinton v. Jones · 520 U.S. 681 (1997)
• Heckler v. Chaney · 470 U.S. 821 (1985)
• Herbert v. Lando · 441 U.S. 153 (1979)
• Nixon v. Fitzgerald · 457 U.S. 731 (1982)
• Wayte v. United States · 470 U.S. 598 (1985)
• Morrison v. Olson · 487 U.S. 654 (1988)
• Bourjaily v. United States · 483 U.S. 171 (1987)
• Jaffee v. Redmond · 518 U.S. 1 (1996)
• Taylor v. Illinois · 484 U.S. 400 (1988)
• United States v. Nobles · 422 U.S. 225 (1975)
• University of Pennsylvania v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 493 U.S. 182 (1990)
• Swidler & Berlin v. United States · 524 U.S. 399 (1998)
• Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc. · 435 U.S. 589 (1978)
• Mistretta v. United States · 488 U.S. 361 (1989)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. · 556 U.S. 502 (2009)
• Carpenter v. United States · 585 U.S. 296 (2018)
• Kisor v. Wilkie · 588 U.S. 558 (2019)
• Greenlaw v. United States · 554 U.S. 237 (2008)
• Houchins v. KQED, Inc. · 438 U.S. 1 (1978)
• Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Hyatt · 587 U.S. 230 (2019)
• Pennsylvania v. Ritchie · 480 U.S. 39 (1987)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. · 421 U.S. 132 (1975)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
• United States v. Batchelder · 442 U.S. 114 (1979)

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