D.C. Circuit· 10/12/1973

Nixon v. Sirica

Citations

159 U.S. App. D.C. 58
487 F.2d 700
19 A.L.R. Fed. 343

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Holding that applicability of executive privilege is for the courts, not the executive itself, to define
concluding that an order compelling President Nixon to produce documents requested by a subpoena for in camera examination “is not a form of criminal process”
concluding that President Nixon’s statement that “[e]xecutive privilege will not be invoked” did not constitute a waiver of the executive privilege
\[C]ourts should normally direct legal process to a lower Executive official even though the effect of the process is to restrain or compel the President.\
grand jury’s need for information in criminal case outweighed president’s interest in confidentiality
applicability of executive privilege is ultimately for courts, not the executive, to decide

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Judges: Bazelon, Leventhal, MacKinnon, McGowan, Robinson, Wilkey, Wright

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