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Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc.

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
76-944
Petitioner: 
Nixon
Respondent: 
Warner Communications, Inc.
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
435 U.S. 589 (1978)
Argued: 
Tuesday, November 8, 1977
Decided: 
Tuesday, April 18, 1978
Issues: 
Privacy, Miscellaneous

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The Oyez Project, Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc. , 435 U.S. 589 (1978)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_944)
(last visited Thursday, November 26, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Nixon, 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: 44 U.S.C. 2107

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Burger
Voted with the minority, joined White's dissent
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Stewart
Wrote a dissent
White
Wrote a dissent
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Wrote the majority opinion
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Wrote a dissent
Stevens

Full Opinion by Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.