Nixon v. Fitzgerald

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Nixon v. Fitzgerald
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 30, 1981 Decided June 24, 1982
Full case name	Richard Nixon v. A. Ernest Fitzgerald
Citations	457 U.S. 731 (more) 102 S. Ct. 2690; 73 L. Ed. 2d 349; 1982 U.S. LEXIS 42; 50 U.S.L.W. 4797
Argument	Oral argument
Case history
Prior	Cert. to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Holding
The President is entitled to absolute immunity from liability for damages based on his official acts.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Case opinions
Majority	Powell, joined by Burger, Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor
Concurrence	Burger
Dissent	White, joined by Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun
Dissent	Blackmun, joined by Brennan, Marshall

Nixon v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 731 (1982), was a United States Supreme Court case dealing with presidential immunity from civil liability for actions taken while in office. The Court found that a president "is entitled to absolute immunity from damages liability predicated on his official acts."^[1]