 Nader declined the advances.In 1973, Ralph Nader was plaintiff in the case against acting attorney general Robert Bork, who under orders of President Richard Nixon had fired special prosecutor Archibald Cox in the so-called Saturday Night Massacre, an action that was ultimately ruled illegal by federal judge Gerhard Gesell.In 1974, he received the S. Roger Horchow Award for Greatest Public Service by a Private Citizen.