Cheney v. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

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United States Supreme Court case civil discovery case federal courts case separation of powers case

Cheney v. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia is a 2004 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court limited judicial intrusion into the executive branch’s internal deliberations, particularly regarding Vice President Dick Cheney’s energy task force records.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Judicial Watch, Inc. v. National Energy Policy Development Group	1
Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States, et al. v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia	1
Sierra Club v. Cheney	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ civil discovery case ⓘ federal courts case ⓘ separation of powers case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	administrative law ⓘ civil procedure ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ
arguedDate	2003-04-27 ⓘ
branchImpacted	executive branch of the United States ⓘ surface form: executive branch of the United States government
citation	542 U.S. 367 ⓘ
concerns	Vice President’s National Energy Policy Development Group ⓘ access to records of the Vice President’s energy task force ⓘ
concurrenceBy	Antonin Scalia ⓘ William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	2004-06-24 ⓘ
disposition	Vacated and remanded to the Court of Appeals for further proceedings consistent with the Supreme Court’s opinion. ⓘ
dissentBy	David H. Souter ⓘ John Paul Stevens ⓘ Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
fullName	Cheney v. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States, et al. v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia
holding	The Supreme Court held that courts must consider separation of powers principles before allowing broad discovery into the executive branch’s internal deliberations. ⓘ The Supreme Court held that the Court of Appeals applied too demanding a standard in denying mandamus relief and failed to properly consider separation of powers concerns in evaluating discovery orders directed at the Vice President and other executive officials. ⓘ
joinedByInMajority	Antonin Scalia ⓘ Clarence Thomas ⓘ Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal question jurisdiction ⓘ
legalIssue	availability of mandamus to limit discovery ⓘ executive privilege and confidentiality of executive deliberations ⓘ scope of civil discovery against the executive branch ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ
lowerCourt	United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ United States District Court for the District of Columbia ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
page	367 ⓘ
petitioner	Office of the Vice President of the United States ⓘ Dick Cheney ⓘ surface form: Richard B. Cheney
relatedConcept	civil discovery ⓘ executive privilege ⓘ mandamus ⓘ separation of powers doctrine ⓘ
relatedStatute	Federal Advisory Committee Act ⓘ
reporter	United States Reports ⓘ
respondent	United States District Court for the District of Columbia ⓘ
volume	542 ⓘ
year	2004 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States v. Nixon → citedBy → Cheney v. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ⓘ

Cheney v. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia → fullName → Cheney v. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States, et al. v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia

Vice President’s National Energy Policy Development Group → legalCase → Cheney v. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judicial Watch, Inc. v. National Energy Policy Development Group

Vice President’s National Energy Policy Development Group → legalCase → Cheney v. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sierra Club v. Cheney