Legal Opinion
Sun Oil Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided April 16, 1975No. 806-71PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Per curiam
The question here at issue is whether or not a former President of the United States, a private citizen, can maintain absolute privilege as to certain White House papers sought on motion for discovery by plaintiffs in a civil suit. The question does not appear to have 'been finally decided heretofore by a federal court.
Plaintiffs are oil companies that have leased from the United States an area off the coast of California, in the Santa Barbara channel, for exploration and drilling for oil and gas, pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 67 Stat. 462 (1953). Plaintiffs allege that…
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- United States v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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- Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1958
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- COMMITTEE ON JUD., US HOUSE OF REPRES. v. MiersDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2008
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