Walter Nixon

Walter Louis Nixon (born 1928 in Biloxi, Mississippi) is a former United States federal judge. He attended Tulane University Law School, graduating in 1951 and went into private practice in his hometown of Biloxi. He also served in the U.S. Air Force for a short stint between 1953 and 1955. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Biloxi Lighthouse (of 1848) Biloxi () is a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, in the U.S.. The 2000 census recorded the population as 50,644. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... A United States federal judge is a judge appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate in accordance with Article III of the United States Constitution. ... Tulane University is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university located in New Orleans, Louisiana. ... Seal of the Air Force. ...

In 1968 he was nominated by President Lyndon Johnson to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi and was confirmed by the Senate on 6 June of that year. In 1982, due to his length of tenure, he became Chief Judge of the same District Court. Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908–January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician. ... suthern district of mississippi ... is the 157th day of the year (158th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ...

In 1989, Judge Nixon (no relation to former US president Richard Nixon) was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives and removed from office by the U.S. Senate, for committing perjury before a grand jury. The offense stemmed from his grand jury testimony and statements to federal officers concerning his intervention in the state drug prosecution of Drew Fairchild, the son of Wiley Fairchild, a business partner of Nixon's. Although the case was assigned to a state court, Wiley Fairchild had asked Nixon to help out by speaking to the prosecutor. Nixon did so, and the prosecutor, a long-time friend of the judge's, dropped the case. When Nixon was interviewed by the FBI and the Department of Justice, he denied any involvement whatsoever. Subsequently, a federal grand jury was empanelled and he again denied his involvement. For other uses, see President of the United States (disambiguation). ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... The impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton in 1999, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist presiding. ... The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... Perjury is the act of lying or making verifiably false statements on a material matter under oath or affirmation in a court of law or in any of various sworn statements in writing. ... A grand jury is a type of jury, in the common law legal system, which determines if there is enough evidence for a trial. ... In the U.S., a state court has jurisdiction over disputes which occur in a state. ... The prosecutor is the chief legal representative of the prosecution in countries adopting the common law adversarial system or the civil law inquisitorial system. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a federal criminal investigative, intelligence agency, and the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building in Washington, D.C. “Justice Department” redirects here. ... This article describes the government of the United States. ... A grand jury is a type of jury, in the common law legal system, which determines if there is enough evidence for a trial. ...

Nixon appealed his removal to the United States Supreme Court, which rejected his appeal as a nonjusticiable political question. Nixon v. United States, 506 U.S. 224 (1993). The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C., (large image) The Supreme Court of the United States, located in Washington, D.C., is the highest court (see supreme court) in the United States; that is, it has ultimate judicial authority within the United States... Justiciability is a term used in civil procedure to describe whether a dispute is capable of being settled by a court of law. ... In United States law, a ruling that a matter in controversy is a political question is a statement by a federal court, declining to rule in a case because: 1) the U.S. Constitution has committed decision-making on this subject to another branch of the federal government; 2) there... Holding --- Court membership Case opinions Laws applied U.S. Const. ... // The United States Reports, the official reporter of the Supreme Court of the United States Case citation is the system used in common law countries such as the United States, England and Wales, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Australia and India to uniquely identify the location of past court... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...

Because Nixon's impeachment was for perjury, the case was cited as a precedent in the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton. Order: 42nd President Vice President: Al Gore Term of office: January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001 Preceded by: George H. W. Bush Succeeded by: George W. Bush Date of birth: August 19, 1946 Place of birth: Hope, Arkansas First Lady: Hillary Rodham Clinton Political party: Democratic William Jefferson Clinton (born...

Nixon returned to private practice, in Mississippi and in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He now lives and practices law in Biloxi, Mississippi.

Sources

• Federal Judicial Center Profile
• Testimony of Charles J. Cooper before the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, November 9, 1998
• Louisiana State Bar directory
• Mississippi Bar directory

See also

• Impeachment in the United States