Nixon v. Fitzgerald

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Nixon v. Fitzgerald is a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court case that established absolute immunity from civil damages liability for a President’s official acts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
legal case ⓘ
appliesTo President of the United States ⓘ
appliesToConduct official acts of the President ⓘ
areaOfLaw constitutional law ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
background A. Ernest Fitzgerald alleged he was unlawfully dismissed from his position as a cost-management analyst after testifying before Congress about cost overruns. ⓘ
linked to: Nixon v. Fitzgerald
citation 457 U.S. 731 ⓘ
constitutionalBasisDiscussed Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 1982-06-24 ⓘ
defendantStatus former President ⓘ
dissentBy Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ
John Paul Stevens ⓘ
Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
doesNotCover unofficial or purely private acts of the President ⓘ
establishes that presidential immunity from civil damages extends to acts within the outer perimeter of official responsibility ⓘ
fullName Nixon v. Fitzgerald ⓘ
holding The President of the United States is entitled to absolute immunity from civil damages liability for official acts within the outer perimeter of his authority. ⓘ
issue Whether a former President is absolutely immune from civil damages liability for official acts. ⓘ
jurisdiction federal ⓘ
legalPrinciple absolute presidential immunity for official acts ⓘ
majorityBy Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ
majorityJoinedBy Byron R. White ⓘ
Potter Stewart ⓘ
Sandra Day O'Connor ⓘ
Warren E. Burger ⓘ
William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
majorityOpinionAuthor Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ
page 731 ⓘ
petitioner Richard M. Nixon ⓘ
linked to: Richard Nixon
precedentFor absolute immunity of the President from civil damages for official acts ⓘ
relatedTo Clinton v. Jones ⓘ
Fitzgerald v. Hampton ⓘ
reporter United States Reports ⓘ
respondent A. Ernest Fitzgerald ⓘ
result Judgment of the court of appeals was reversed in part and affirmed in part. ⓘ
separationOfPowersConcern protecting the President's ability to perform official duties without fear of personal liability ⓘ
subjectMatter civil damages liability ⓘ
presidential immunity ⓘ
typeOfImmunity absolute immunity ⓘ
volume 457 ⓘ
voteSplit 5-4 ⓘ
yearDecided 1982 ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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Clinton v. Jones → priorCaseReferenced → Nixon v. Fitzgerald ⓘ
Nixon v. Fitzgerald → fullName → Nixon v. Fitzgerald ⓘ
Nixon v. Fitzgerald → background → A. Ernest Fitzgerald alleged he was unlawfully dismissed from his position as a cost-management analyst after testifying before Congress about cost overruns. ⓘ
linked to: Nixon v. Fitzgerald
Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800 (1982) → relatedCase → Nixon v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 731 (1982) ⓘ
linked to: Nixon v. Fitzgerald
A. Ernest Fitzgerald → subjectOf → Nixon v. Fitzgerald ⓘ
Fitzgerald v. Hampton → relatedTo → Nixon v. Fitzgerald ⓘ
Fitzgerald v. Hampton → precedes → Nixon v. Fitzgerald ⓘ