NIXON v. U.S.

Civ. A. No. 89-3154-LFO.

744 F.Supp. 9 (1990)

Walter L. NIXON, Jr., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

August 10, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Overlock Stewart, Peter M. Brody, Ropes & Gray, Washington, D.C., Boyce Holleman, Michael B. Holleman, Boyce Holleman, P.A., Gulfport, Miss., for plaintiff.

Stuart M. Gerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Brook Hedge, Branch Director, Tracy L. Merritt, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, D.C., for defendant.

Michael Davidson, Senate Legal Counsel, Ken U. Benjamin, Jr., Deputy SLC, Morgan J. Frankel, Claire M. Sylvia, Assts. SLC, Washington, D.C., for U.S. Senate, amicus curiae.


MEMORANDUM

OBERDORFER, District Judge.

Walter L. Nixon, Jr., was a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi until removed from office on November 3, 1989, as a result of a conviction by the United States Senate on two of three Articles of Impeachment previously adopted by the House of Representatives. The impeachment derived from Nixon's 1986 conviction on two counts of making false...

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