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Walter Louis Nixon Jr. (born December 16, 1928) [1] is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi who in 1989 was impeached by the House of Representatives and removed from office by the Senate. [2]
Jan 2, 2024 · Walter L. Nixon. Judge Nixon was the senior federal district court judge for the Southern District of Mississippi. In 1986, he was convicted of perjury and sentenced to five years in prison for lying in testimony before a federal grand jury about his attempt to influence the prosecution of a business associate’s son.
Nixon, a federal judge convicted of crimes and impeached by the House, sued to challenge Senate Rule XI that limited his participation in the trial. The Court held that his claim was nonjusticiable, based on the text and history of the Impeachment Trial Clause.
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Oct 14, 1992 · Walter Nixon, a Federal District Judge, was convicted of a felony, making false statements to a grand jury. The House of Representatives voted three articles of impeachment; impeachment in the Senate followed.
Walter L. Nixon, Jr., formerly the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, was impeached by the House of Representatives and convicted by the Senate for giving false testimony to a grand jury investigating allegations that he had been bribed.
The Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Walter Nixon, was convicted of committing perjury before a grand jury but refused to resign from office even after he had been incarcerated.
A case brief on Nixon v. United States, a 1993 Supreme Court decision that ruled that the Senate's impeachment trial of a federal judge was nonjusticiable. The case involved Walter Nixon, a former judge who was convicted of perjury and impeached by the Senate.
