Cheney v. United States District Court
2004 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cheney v. United States District Court, 542 U.S. 367 (2004), was a 2004 United States Supreme Court case between Vice President Dick Cheney and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.[1] The case came as an appeal after the lower District Court for the District of Columbia ordered Cheney to disclose some of his records that would show how his National Energy Policy Development Group developed its recommendations. Cheney appealed the decision to the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, but the Appeals Court rejected the appeal. In a 7–2 decision, the Court sent the case back to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.[2][3]
Cheney v. United States District Court | |
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Argued April 27, 2004 Decided June 24, 2004 | |
Full case name | Cheney, Vice President of the United States, et al. v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia, et al. |
Citations | 542 U.S. 367 (more) 124 S. Ct. 2576; 159 L. Ed. 2d 459 |
Case history | |
Prior | In re Cheney, 334 F.3d 1096 (D.C. Cir. 2003); cert. granted, 540 U.S. 1088 (2003). |
Subsequent | In re Cheney, 406 F.3d 723 (D.C. Cir. 2005) |
Holding | |
Case sent back to U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit for review. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Kennedy, joined by Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Breyer; Scalia, Thomas (Parts I–IV) |
Concurrence | Stevens |
Concur/dissent | Thomas, joined by Scalia |
Dissent | Ginsburg, joined by Souter |
Laws applied | |
United States v. Nixon, Clinton v. Jones |