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NIXON v. SIRICA

Nos. 73-1962, 73-1967 and 73-1989.

487 F.2d 700 (1973)

Richard M. NIXON, President of the United States, Petitioner v. The Honorable John J. SIRICA, United States District Judge, Respondent and Archibald Cox, Special Prosecutor, Watergate Special Prosecution Force, Party in Interest. UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner v. The Honorable John J. SIRICA, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Respondent and Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States, Party in Interest. In re GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 12, 1973.

As amended October 12 and October 25, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Alan Wright, Austin, Tex., with whom Douglas M. Parker, and Robert T. Andrews, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for petitioner in No. 73-1962.

Archibald Cox, Washington, D. C., with whom Philip A. Lacovara and Peter M. Kreindler, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for petitioner in Nos. 73-1967 and 73-1989.

Anthony C. Morella, and George D. Horning, Jr., Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Sherman Cohn, Eugene Gressman, Jerome A. Barron, Samuel Dash, Chief Counsel, Rufus Edmisten, Deputy Counsel, James Hamilton, Asst. Chief Counsel, and Ronald D. Rotunda, Asst. Counsel, were on the brief as amicus curiae.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and WRIGHT, McGOWAN, LEVENTHAL, ROBINSON, MacKINNON and WILKEY, Circuit Judges, sitting en banc.

PER CURIAM:

This controversy concerns an order of the District Court for the District of Columbia entered on August 29, 1973, by Chief Judge John J. Sirica as a means of enforcing a grand jury subpoena duces tecum issued to and served on President Richard M. Nixon. The order commands the President, or any subordinate official, to produce certain items identified in the subpoena so that the Court can determine, by ...

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