U.S. District Court Files
List of Cases
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The following Watergate-related cases were tried in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The records of the trials are in the custody of the National Archives at College Park, Maryland. With a few exceptions, all of these court records are open and available for research. For additional information about the subject of each trial, we have included references to relevant series of records from Record Group 460: Records of the Watergate Special Prosecution Force (also in our custody). In some cases, we have provided links to additional finding aids, and will continue to do so as they become available.
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1827-72: U.S. v. George Gordon Liddy, Everette Howard Hunt, James W. McCord, Bernard L.Barker, Eugenio Martinez, Frank A. Sturgis, Virgilio Gonzalez See related records in following series in RG 460:
- Watergate Task Force
- U.S. Attorney files
23-73: U.S. v. Finance Committee to Re-Elect the President
- U.S. Attorney
394-73: U.S. v. Alisha Burgos
556-73: U.S. v. Fred C. LaRue
- Watergate Task Force
715-73: U.S. v. Jeb Stuart Magruder
- Watergate Task Force
828-73: U.S. v. Donald Segretti
- Dirty Tricks Task Force
857-73: U.S. v. Egil Krogh, Jr.
- Plumbers Task Force
869-73: U.S. v. American Airlines, Inc.
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #501
886-73: U.S. v. John W. Dean, III
- Watergate Task Force
959-73: U.S. v. Braniff Airways, Inc. and Harding L. Lawrence
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #339
960-73: U.S. v. Gulf Oil Corporation and Claude C. Wild, Jr.
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #338
990-73: U.S. v. Dwight L. Chapin
- Dirty Tricks Task Force
998-73: U.S. v. Phillips Petroleum Company and William W. Keeler
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #361
1026-73: U.S. v. Carnation Company and Everett Olson
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #383
74-32: U.S. v. Herbert L. Porter
- Watergate Task Force
74-72: U.S. v. Jake Jacobsen
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #525
74-86: U.S. v. Herbert W. Kalmbach
74-87: U.S. v. Herbert W. Kalmbach
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #525
74-110: U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, Harry R. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Charles W. Colson, Robert C. Mardian, Kenneth W. Parkinson, Gordon Strachan
- Watergate Task Force
74-114: U.S. v. Diamond International Corporation and Ray Dubrowin
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #441
74-116: U.S. v. John D. Ehrlichman, Charles W. Colson, G. Gordon Liddy, Bernard L. Barker, Felipe De Diego, Eugenio Martinez
- Plumbers Task Force
- Fielding Break-in
74-117: U.S. v. George Gordon Liddy
- Watergate Task Force
74-155: U.S. v. Howard Edwin Reinecke
- ITT Task Force
74-196: U.S. v. John H. Melcher, Jr.
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #315
74-226: U.S. v. Northrop Corporation and Thomas V. Jones
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #332
74-227: U.S. v. James Allen
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #332
74-241: U.S. v. Lehigh Valley Cooperative Farmers
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #330
74-256: U.S. v. Richard G. Kleindienst
- ITT Task Force
74-270: U.S. v. Richard L. Allison
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #330
74-291: U.S. v. Francis X. Carroll
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #330
74-426: U.S. v. David L. Parr
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #525
74-440: U.S. v. John B. Connally and Jake Jacobsen
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #525
74-443: U.S. v. Harold S. Nelson
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #525
74-445: U.S. v. Associated Milk Producers, Inc.
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #525
74-539: U.S. v. LBC&W and William Lyles, Sr.
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #451
74-559: U.S. v. Greyhound Corp.
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #480
74-610: U.S. v. Time Oil Company and Raymond Abendroth
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #359
74-669: U.S. v. Edward L. Morgan
- Plumbers Task Force
- Nixon Tax Returns
74-684: U.S. v. Jack A. Gleason
74-714: U.S. v. Charles N. Huseman
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #449
74-727: U.S. v. Tim M. Babcock
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #201
74-728: U.S. v. Harry S. Dent, Sr.
74-748: U.S. v. DKI for 74 [Daniel K. Inouye]
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #382
74-753: U.S. v. Stuart Russell
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #525
74-780: U.S. v. Ashland Oil, Inc.
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #335
75-69: U.S. v. Ratrie, Robbins & Schweitzer, Inc., Harry Ratrie and Augustus Robbins, III
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #449
75-123: U.S. v. Frank DeMarco, Jr. and Ralph G. Newman
- Plumbers Task Force
- Nixon Tax Returns
75-124: U.S. v. George V. Hansen
75-163: U.S. v. Maurice H. Stans
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #2000
75-405: U.S. v. Wendell Wyatt
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #359A
75-668: U.S. v. Armand Hammer
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #483
76-37: U.S. v. James R. Jones
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #338
76-109: U.S. v. Harry L. Bibber
76-110: U.S. v. Claude C. Wild, Jr.
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #338
76-136: U.S. v. Michael C. McPherson and Patricia A. McPherson a.k.a. Patricia A. Sanderson
76-328 U.S. v. William C.Viglia
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #338
76-618: U.S. v. Marvin Watson
- Campaign Contributions Task Force #338
148-72: Ralph Nader, Public Citizen, Inc., Federation of Homemakers, Consumers Association of the District of Columbia v. Earl H. Butz and the Commodity Credit Corporation
1233-72: The Democratic National Committee and Lawrence F. O'Brien v. James W. McCord, The Committee to Re-elect the President, Bernard Barker, Eugenio R. Martinez, Frank Sturgis, Virgilio Gonzalez, McCord Associates, John Doe and other conspirators
1780-72: Common Cause and John W. Gardner v. The Finance Committee to Re-elect the President, Maurice H. Stans, Paul Barrick, The Victory 72 Dinner Committee, General Lucius D. Clay, Julian O. Kay, Media Committee to Re-elect the President
1847-72: Francis L. Dale and Maurice H. Stans v. Lawrence F. O'Brien
1854-72: Maurice H. Stans v. Lawrence F. O'Brien
1879-72: Daniel Ellsberg, et al. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
594-73: Tax Analysts and Advocates, The National Committee for an Effective Congress, Thomas F. Field, S. Jay Levy v. George P. Shultz and Johnnie M. Walters
1006-73: Matthew E. Duisen v. Committee to Re-elect the President
1187-73: Morton Halperin v. Henry Kissinger
1207-73: R. Spencer Oliver v. Committee to Re-elect the President, Finance Committee to Re-elect the President, Maurice H. Stans, Hugh W. Sloan, Jr., John Mitchell, G. Gordon Liddy, E. Howard Hunt, James W. McCord, Alfred C. Baldwin, Bernard L. Barker, Virgilio Gonzalez, Eugenio Martinez, Frank Sturgis, Jeb Stuart Magruder, John W. Dean, III, Herbert Porter, Fred C. LaRue, Gordon Strachan
1587-73: Margaret Carroll v. John D. Ehrlichman, John J. Caulfield, and Anthony Ulasewicz
1593-73: Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, Sam J. Ervin, Jr., Howard H. Baker, Jr., Herman E. Talmadge, Daniel K. Inouye, Joseph M. Montoya, Edward J. Gurney, Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., v. Richard M. Nixon
1630-73: The Associate of State Democratic Committee Chairman and Robert Vance, Charles T. Manatt, Clifton Larsen, Severin M. Beliveau, Charles Flaherty, Jr., Joseph Crangle, Donald Fowler, Joseph Fitzpatrick v. Committee to Re-elect the President, Maurice H. Stans, Hugh W. Sloan, Jr., John Mitchell, G. Gordon Liddy, E. Howard Hunt, James W. McCord, Alfred C. Baldwin, Bernard L. Barker, Virgilio Gonzalez, Eugenio Martinez, Frank Sturgis, Jeb Stuart Magruder, John W. Dean, III, Herbert Porter, Fred C. LaRue, Gordon Strachan, H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman
1758-73: National Citizen's Committee for Fairness to the Presidency, Inc., Baruch Korff, Olof V.Anderson, P. Hoyt Fitch, Joseph E. Fernandes, Thomas W. Pearlman, John S. Bottomly v. Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, Sam J. Ervin, Jr., Howard H. Baker, Jr., Herman E. Talmadge, Daniel K. Inouye, Joseph M. Montoya, Edward J. Gurney, Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
1954-73: Ralph Nader v. Robert H. Bork
2232-73: Robert M. Brandon v. Arthur Sampson and General Services Administration
74-316: Institute for Policy Studies, Marcus Raskin, Richard Barnet, and Ralph Stavins v. John N. Mitchell, John D. Ehrlichman, David R. Young, Jr., Robert Mardian, E. Howard Hunt, G. Gordon Liddy, John Caulfield, Anthony Ulasewicz, William C. Sullivan, James McGrath, Clyde Tolson, Terence T. O'Connor, William T. Tucker, and Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
74-493: Project on Corporate Responsibility, Inc., Joseph D. Kyle, Charlotte Kyle, Council for Christian Social Action v. Gulf Oil Corporation, Claude C. Wild, Jr., B.R. Dorsey, Charles M. Beeghly, E.D. Brockett, R. Hal Dean, James H. Higgins, James Lee, James M. Walton
74-700: Charles G. Rebozo and Key Biscayne Bank and Trust Company v. Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities
74-736: Randolf Phillips v. Richard M. Nixon, Spiro T. Agnew, Gerald R. Ford
74-766: Paula Cherrytree, et al. v. Richard M. Nixon, et al.
74-887: Anthony Lake v. John D. Ehrlichman
75-888: Richard M. Moose, Margaret D. Moose v. John D. Ehrlichman, Alexander M. Haig, H.R. Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, John N. Mitchell, Richard M. Nixon, William C. Sullivan, Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, Attorney General of the United States, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
74-1055: Tad Szulc and Marianne Szulc v. John D. Ehrlichman, John N. Mitchell, H.R. Haldeman, David R. Young, Jr., Robert C. Mardian, E. Howard Hunt, G. Gordon Liddy, John Caulfield, Bernard A. Wells, Jr., William C. Sullivan, Clyde Tolson, Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
74-1080: Henry B. Rothblatt v. Richard M. Nixon, Finance Committee to Re-elect the President, Committee to Re-elect the President, Maurice H. Stans, John N. Mitchell, Herbert W. Kalmbach, H.R. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, John Caulfield, Jeb Stuart Magruder, G. Gordon Liddy, E. Howard Hunt
74-1213: Asociated Milk Producers, Inc. v. Guildford Dudley, Jr., Charles E. Potter, Maurice H. Stans, 1972 Campaign Liquidation Trust
74-1358: John J. Moran and Rose V. Moran v. Committee to Re-elect the President
74-1386: James W. McCord, Jr., v. Gerald R. Ford, Philip Buchen, William Simon, Arthur Sampson
74-1406: Joseph H. Koffler v. Gerald R. Ford, Leon Jaworski, William B. Saxbe
74-1412: Joseph H. Koffler v. Gerald R. Ford, William B. Saxbe, Leon Jaworski, Arthur Sampson
74-1433: Louis Kozlovsky v. Richard M. Nixon, Leon Jaworski
74-1455: United States Ex Relatione J. John Rogers v. William B. Saxbe, Leon Jaworski
74-1533: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, American Historical Association American Political Science Association, James MacGregor Burns, Nat Hentoff, J. Anthony Lukas, Austin Ranney v. Arthur Sampson and H. Stuart Knight. Consolidated with 74-1518: Richard M. Nixon v. Arthur Sampson and 74-1551: Lillian Hellman, et al. v. Arthur F. Sampson
74-1888: James McCord v. F. Lee Bailey, et al.
75-0324: Securities and Exchange Commission v. Gulf Oil Corporation and Claude C. Wild, Jr.
Miscellaneous:
47-73: In re: Grand Jury Proceedings
47-73: In re: Subpoena Duces Tecum issued to President Richard Nixon for production of tapes. [inquiry in the 18 1/2 minute gap]
64-73: In re: Watergate investigation-grand jury proceedings: motion of Peter H. Wolf, Esq. for a protective order
70-73: In the matter of the application of the United States Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities
76-73:In the matter of grand jury proceedings-on petition of BPI (Business and Professional People for the Public Interest)
77-73: United States of America v. John Doe, et al. [John Dean]
81-73: In re: Grand jury proceedings-Roy Hensel Sheppard, witness
82-73: In re: Grand jury proceedings-David Reginald Young, witness
91-73: In re: Grand jury proceedings to investigate possible violations of 18 U.S.C. 2511 and 2512 in re John Wesley Dean, III
94-73: In re: Hearings of the Special Subcommittee on Intelligence Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives
108-73: In re: Watergate grand jury proceedings (Grand Jury No. 2)-empaneled on 8/13/73
118-73: United States of America v. John Doe (motion by Robert E. Bartlome, Matthew E. Clark, Jr., Dan R. Cushman, Robert L. Dibble, Daniel A. Kissel, Stanley J. Lepkowski, Gordon Stafford and Roy F. Walker to delay grand jury appearance
119-73: The United States v. John Doe (John D. Ehrlichman)
126-73: William Broder v. John F. Kelly
134-73: The United States v. John Doe (H.R. Haldeman)
144-73: In the matter of complaints against John W. Dean, III, a member of the Bar of United States District Court for the District of Columbia
74-21: In the matter of the sealed envelope and valise containing documents presented to the Court for the Foreman of Grand Jury #1 June 1974
74-48: In re: Grand jury subpoena duces tecum issued to Custodian of Records, Finance Committee to Re-elect the President or its successor
74-63: In the matter of Richard G. Kleindienst, a member of the Bar of United States District Court for the District of Columbia
74-66: In the matter of Charles W. Colson, a member of the Bar of United States District Court for the District of Columbia
74-87: In re: Grand jury investigation: Thomas Wakefield, Robert Hewitt and Garth A. Webster d/b/a Wakefield, Hewitt, and Webster v. United States of America
74-128: United States of America v. John Mitchell (re-recording of White House tapes which have been offered into evident for broadcast by the media during news programs
75-33: In the matter of Robert Charles Mardian a/k/a Robert C. Mardian, a member of the Bar of United States District Court for the District of Columbia
75-34: In the matter of John Newton Mitchell, a/k/a John N. Mitchell, a member of the Bar of United States District Court for the District of Columbia
75-104: In re: January 7, 1974 grand jury
75-0189: Securities and Exchange Commission v. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation and Daniel J. Haughton
75-0223: Securities and Exchange Commission v. Occidental Petroleum Company and Armand Hammer
77-0012: United States of America and Joseph R. Dengler v. M.J. Mintz and Dickstein, Shapiro and Morin