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Walter Louis Nixon Jr. (born December 16, 1928) 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.
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.
Apr 26, 2024 · A World War Two veteran who described the frontline of the Italian campaign as "hell on Earth" has died aged 101. Walter Nixon, from East Bergholt in Suffolk, was a wireless operator in the...
Apr 26, 2024 · A World War Two veteran who described the frontline of the Italian campaign as "hell on Earth" has died aged 101. Walter Nixon, from East Bergholt in Suffolk, was a wireless operator in the...
Nov 4, 1989 · The Senate voted overwhelmingly today to remove Federal District Judge Walter L. Nixon Jr. from the bench by finding him guilty on two of three articles of impeachment.
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.
Oct 14, 1992 · Petitioner Walter L. Nixon, Jr., asks this court to decide whether Senate Rule XI, which allows a committee of Senators to hear evidence against an individual who has been impeached and to report that evidence to the full Senate, violates the Impeachment Trial Clause, Art.
