United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974), is a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court unanimously ordered President Richard Nixon to turn over tape recordings and other subpoenaed materials related to the Watergate scandal to a federal district court. Decided on 24 July 1974 with Chief Justice Warren Burger writing for the unanimous court, the ruling arrived amid the process to impeach Nixon and is considered a crucial precedent limiting a president's power to claim executive privilege.
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Key ProvisionDecided 24 July 1974: rejected President Nixon's claim of absolute executive privilege over the Watergate tapes, forcing their release. 1 Classification
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Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States, 1974.
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United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974), is a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court unanimously ordered President Richard Nixon to turn over tape recordings and other subpoenaed materials related to the Watergate scandal to a federal district court.
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United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court unanimously ordered President Richard Nixon to deliver tape recordings and other subpoenaed materials related to the Watergate scandal to a federal district court.
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Chief Justice BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court
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