MURPHY v. FORD

Civ. A. No. M-74-141.

390 F.Supp. 1372 (1975)

F. Gregory MURPHY, Plaintiff, v. Gerald R. FORD, as President of the United States, Defendant.

United States District Court, W. D. Michigan, N. D.

March 28, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shumar & Murphy, Marquette, Mich., (Peter H. Shumar, Marquette, Mich., of counsel), for plaintiff.

Frank S. Spies, U. S. Atty., Grand Rapids, Mich., for defendant.


OPINION

FOX, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff, F. Gregory Murphy, is an attorney residing in Marquette, Michigan. The defendant is Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States.

The plaintiff seeks a declaratory judgment that the unconditional pardon of Richard M. Nixon by President Ford on September 8, 1974, is void and of no effect. The plaintiff contends, among other things, that the pardon could not be validly granted to a person who had never been...

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