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Legal Citation: 506 U.S. 224 (1993)

Petitioner
Walter Nixon, U.S. District Judge

Respondent
United States, et al.

Petitioner's Claim
That Senate Rule XI, which allowed a Senate committee to hear evidence against an impeached official and present a report to the full Senate, violated the Constitution's Impeachment Trial Clause.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
David Overlock Stewart

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Kenneth Starr, U.S. Solicitor General

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, Anthony M. Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor, William H. Rehnquist (writing for the Court), Antonin Scalia, David H. Souter, John Paul Stevens, Clarence Thomas, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
13 January 1993

Decision
That Nixon's...