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INDEX
Alan Kay case, 26-27
Alexander, Harry T., 9
Alexandria, Virginia, 26
American Bar Association, 7
American Civil Liberties Union, 11-12
Arnold, Thurman, 38
Attorney General’s Office, 7-8, 43
Bailey, Thomas Jennings, 32, 50
Bar Association of the District of Columbia, 6-11, 36, 40, 43, 44-45
Functions of, 7-10
Integration of, 8-9
Judicial candidates, screening of, 7-8, 49-50
Library, maintenance of, 7
Unified Bar, establishment of, 10-11
see also under Campbell, Edmund D., Career (legal)
Bar exam, in District of Columbia, 2
Bazelon, David L., 23, 39, 40
Benn, James T., 24-26
Benn v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 22 T.C.M. (CCH) 707 (1963), 26
Benn v. Sankin, 410 F.2d 1060 (D.C. Cir. 1969); cert. den., 396 U.S. 1041 (1970) (Garfield v.
Sankin case), 24-26
Bennett, Robert, 10
Board of Supervisors (Fairfax County, Virginia), 26
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), 24, 38-39
Burger, Chief Justice, 23, 40
Byrd, Harry, Jr., 16-17, 33
Campbell, Edmund D.:
Career (legal):
Bar Association of the District of Columbia, 36, 40
committee service, 6-11
Civil Rights Committee, 8-9
Committee of Nine, 7-8
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, committee to propose, 6, 37
judicial oversight committee, 9-10
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delegate to the American Bar Association, 7
Director, 7
President, 7, 9, 44-45
committee service:
District of Columbia Bar Association, establishment of, 10-11
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Committee on Admissions
and Grievances, 10
Virginia Bar Relations Committee, 10
see also Campbell, Edmund D., Career (legal), Bar Association of the District of
Columbia, committee service
District of Columbia bar exam, 2
Douglas, Obear & Douglas, 2-5, 6, 48-49
becomes partner in, 4
first assignment, 3
first case, 3-4
size of firm, 3
Jackson & Campbell, partner in, 22-23, 39
notable cases:
Alan Kay case, 26-27
Ecclesiastical Court case, 27-28
Garfield v. Sankin case (Benn v. Sankin, 410 F.2d 1060 (D.C. Cir. 1969); cert. den.,
396 U.S. 1041 (1970)), 24-26
Giese v. United States, 323 U.S. 682 (1945), 12-13
Hatch Act case (Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority v. United States Civil
Service Commission, 437 F.2d 1346 (4th Cir. 1971); cert. den., 403 U.S. 936
(1971)), 24
Hobson v. Hansen, 408 F.2d 175 (D.C. Cir. 1969), 22-23, 39-40
Howard v. Brown, 21-22, 42
Howard v. Capital Transit Co., 163 F.2d 910 (D.C. Cir. 1947), 13-14
Hughes v. WMCA, Inc., 379 U.S. 694 (1965), 18
James v. Almond, 170 F.Supp. 331 (E.D. Va. 1959); dismissal under Rule 14, 359
U.S. 1006 (1959), 16-17, 24
James v. Duckworth, 267 F.2d 224 (4th Cir. 1959); cert. den., 361 U.S. 835 (1959),
16-17, 24
Mann v. Davis, 377 U.S. 678 (1964), 18-20, 24
Mayflower Hotel receivership cases, 4-5
Murphy v. Washington American League Base Ball Club, Inc., 324 F.2d 394
(D.C. Cir. 1963), 20-21, 35
Parmelee v. United States, 113 F.2d 729 (D.C. Cir. 1940), 11-12
Pearl Harbor hearings, 15
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Russian spy case, 23-24
Sims v. Reynolds, 377 U.S. 533 (1964), 18
Supreme Court, arguments before, 13, 18-20
trial anecdotes, 12-14, 21-22, 46
Career (pre-legal), 2
Early life and family history, 1
Education:
Harvard University, 2
Washington & Lee University, 1-2
Hobbies:
baseball, 21
poker, 36
Judgeship, recommended for, 33-34
Legal philosophies:
appellate work, pleasure in, 34
discovery, abuse of, 33
judges:
aphorisms, 42, 43
avoided by lawyers, 50
favorite, 41
judicial favoritism, 45-46
qualities of, 32-33, 47
quality of judges in the District of Columbia Circuit, 28-29, 33
relations between, 40-41
lawyers:
essential trial skills, 31
judges avoided by, 50
memorable, 47-49
U.S. Army service, 1-2
Campbell, Edmund D., Jr., 36
Carlton Hotel, 4
Civil procedure
see Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, adoption of and Pleading, common law
Civil Rights Committee, 8-9
Clinton, William Jefferson, 10
Committee of Nine, 7-8
Corcoran, Howard F., 47
Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia, 37
Cox, Archibald, 19
Cuba, 3
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Curran, Edward M., 46
Delaware, 21
Depression, the, 4-5
Desegregation, 8-9, 16-17, 22-23, 24, 38-40
District of Columbia:
Bar exam, 2
Corporation Counsel, 37
Desegregation of schools, 22-23, 38-40
Georgetown, 3-4
District of Columbia Bar Association, 10-11
District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 10
Douglas, Charles A., 2-3, 48-49
Douglas, Justice, 13
Douglas, Obear & Douglas, 2-5, 6, 48-49
Dulany, Benjamin W., 24-27
Opinion of EDC, 30
Ecclesiastical Court case:
EDC serves as assessor, 27
EDC subpoenas presiding bishop, 27-28
Edgerton, Henry W., 37
Episcopal Church, 27-28
F.H. Smith Company, 5
Fahy, Charles, 37-38
Fairfax County, Virginia, 23, 26-27
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, adoption of, 5-6, 37
Fortas, Justice, 9
Garfield, Joseph A., 24-26
Garfield Apartments, 24-26
Garfield v. Sankin case (Benn v. Sankin, 410 F.2d 1060 (D.C. Cir. 1969); cert. den.,
396 U.S. 1041 (1970)), 24-26
Gasch, Oliver, 10, 29
Georgetown, 3-4
Giese v. United States, 323 U.S. 682 (1945), 12-13
Justice Douglas leaves Court during argument, 13
Goldsborough, T. Alan, 21-22, 42-43
Griffith, Clark, 20-21, 35
Griffith Stadium, 21
Halsey Stewart, 4
Hammill, Park & Sanders, 25
Harding, Warren G., 48
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Hartson, Nelson T., 49
Harvard University, 2
Hatch Act case (Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority v. United States Civil Service
Commission, 437 F.2d 1346 (4th Cir. 1971); cert. den., 403 U.S. 936 (1971)), 24
Havana, Cuba, 3
Hiss, Alger, 36
Hobson v. Hansen, 408 F.2d 175 (D.C. Cir. 1969), 22-23, 39-40
Hoehling, Adolph A., Jr., 41
Hoffman, Walter E., 16
Hogan, Frank, 48-49
Hogan & Hartson, 47-49
Holtzoff, Alexander, 25, 50
Embarrassing case, 45
Practices favoritism, 45-46
Howard v. Brown:
Background of case, 21-22
Judge falls asleep during trial, 22, 42
Howard v. Capital Transit Co., 13-14
Hughes v. WMCA, Inc., 379 U.S. 694 (1965), 18
Jackson, Stonewall, 1
Jackson, Thomas, 22-23, 39, 47
Jackson & Campbell, 22-23, 39
James v. Almond, 170 F.Supp. 331 (E.D. Va. 1959); dismissal under Rule 14, 359 U.S. 1006
(1959):
Injunction to reopen schools, 17
“Massive resistance” laws, 16-17, 24
Senator Byrd’s resolution to abolish public school system, 17
James v. Duckworth, 267 F.2d 224 (4th Cir. 1959); cert. den., 361 U.S. 835 (1959), 16-17, 24
Jones, William B., 24-26
Justice Department, U.S., 38-39, 45
Attorney General’s Office, 7-8, 43
Solicitor General, 19, 38
U.S. Attorney’s Office, 38
Kay, Alan, 26-27
Keech, Richmond B., 50
Kentucky, 2
Kern, John W., 26
Kimmel, Admiral, 15
Laws, Bolitha J., 43
Lee, Robert E., 1, 17
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Letts, F. Dickinson, 42, 43
Lewis, John L., 2, 21, 43
Lewis, Oren R., 23-24
Lexington, Virginia, 1
Lindenthal, Mr., 35-36
Louisville, Kentucky, 2
MacKinnon, George E., 40
Mann v. Davis, 377 U.S. 678 (1964), 18-20, 24
Background of case, 18
Plaintiff’s argument, 19
Solicitor General’s argument, 19
Supreme Court opinion, authorship, 20
“Massive resistance” laws, 16-17, 24
Matthews, Burnita Shelton, 46-47
Mayflower Hotel receivership cases, 4-5
McGuire, Matthew F., 45
Mexico, 3
Mikva, Abner J., 43
Miller, Justin, 36
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 20-21, 35
Morris, James W., 44
Municipal Court of the District of Columbia, 3-4
Alexander, Harry T., 9
Location of, 4
Murphy, H. Gabriel, 20
Murphy v. Washington American League Base Ball Club, Inc., 324 F.2d 394 (D.C. Cir. 1963),
20-21, 35
“Negro Question”, 8-9
New York Times, 28
Norfolk, Virginia, 16-17, 26
Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority v. United States Civil Service Commission,
437 F.2d 1346 (4th Cir. 1971); cert. den., 403 U.S. 936 (1971) (Hatch Act case), 24
Obear, Hugh, 6, 15, 49-50
Obscenity laws, 11-12
“One-man, one vote” cases, 18-20, 24
Parmelee v. United States, 113 F.2d 729 (D.C. Cir. 1940), 11-12
Dissenting judge, 12
Pearl Harbor hearings, 15
Pine, David A., 12-13
Portrait of, 44-45
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Pleading, common law, 5-6
Portrait, of Judge Pine, 44-45
Prettyman, E. Barrett, 37, 41
Pritchard, Ed, 23-24
Probate Office (circa 1920), 5
Proctor, James M., 38
Register of Wills Office (circa 1920), 5
Rehnquist, Chief Justice, 40-41
Rhyne, Charlie, 9
Robb, Charles H., 34-35
Robb, Roger, 21, 35-36, 47
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 13, 47
Russia, 23-24, 35-36
Russian spy case, 23-24
Schools, desegregation of, 16-17, 22-23, 24, 38-40
Segregation, 8-9, 17
see also Desegregation and Schools, desegregation of
Selective Service Act (Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, September 16, 1940, c.720,
54 Stat. 885), 12-13
Selective Service Committee, 12-13
Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, September 16, 1940, c.720, 54 Stat. 885, 12-13
Sheraton Park Hotel, 4
Siddons, Frederick L., 42, 50
Sims v. Reynolds, 377 U.S. 533 (1964), 18
Solicitor General, 19, 38
South Carolina, 2
Standard Oil of New Jersey, 3
Stark, Admiral, 15
Supreme Court, U.S., 43, 48
Cases:
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), 24, 38-39
Giese v. United States, 323 U.S. 682 (1945), 12-13
Hughes v. WMCA, Inc., 379 U.S. 694 (1965), 18
Mann v. Davis, 377 U.S. 678 (1964), 18-20, 24
Sims v. Reynolds, 377 U.S. 533 (1964), 18
Justices:
Burger, 23, 40
Douglas, 13
Fortas, 9
Rehnquist, 40-41
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Vinson, 12, 36-37
Warren, 20
White, 20
Justices, relations between, 40-41
Tamm, Edward Allen, 49-50
Opposition to appointment to federal bench, 49-50
Tampico, Mexico, 3
Teapot Dome scandal, 48
U.S. Army, 1-2
U.S. Attorney’s Office, 38
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit:
Cases:
Garfield v. Sankin case (Benn v. Sankin, 410 F.2d 1060 (D.C. Cir. 1969); cert. den.,
396 U.S. 1041 (1970)), 24-26
Hobson v. Hansen, 408 F.2d 175 (D.C. Cir. 1969), 22-23, 39-40
Howard v. Capital Transit Co., 163 F.2d 910 (D.C. Cir. 1947), 13-14
Murphy v. Washington American League Base Ball Club, Inc., 324 F.2d 394 (D.C. Cir.
1963), 20-21, 35
Parmelee v. United States, 113 F.2d 729 (D.C. Cir. 1940), 11-12
Circa 1920, 6
Committee on Admissions and Grievances, 10
Comparison between judges of 1920s and today, 41
Judges:
Arnold, Thurman, 38
Bazelon, David L., 23, 39, 40
Burger, Warren E., 23, 40
Edgerton, Henry W., 37
Fahy, Charles, 37-38
MacKinnon, George E., 40
Mikva, Abner J., 43
Miller, Justin, 36
Prettyman, E. Barrett, 37, 41
Proctor, James M., 38
Robb, Charles H., 34-35
Robb, Roger, 21, 35-36, 47
Tamm, Edward Allen, 49-50
Van Orsdel, Josiah A., 36
Vinson, Frederick M., 12, 36-37
Wright, J. Skelly, 22-23, 38-40
Judges, relations between, 37, 40-41
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit:
Hatch Act case (Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority v. United States Civil Service
Commission, 437 F.2d 1346 (4th Cir. 1971); cert. den., 403 U.S. 936 (1971)), 24
James v. Duckworth, 267 F.2d 224 (4th Cir. 1959); cert. den., 361 U.S. 835 (1959),
16-17, 24
U.S. Courthouse, 6
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia:
Assignments, in early days, 28-29, 50-51
Circa 1920:
common law pleading in, 5-6
description of, 5-6
Howard v. Brown, 21-22, 42
Judges:
Bailey, Thomas Jennings, 32, 50
Corcoran, Howard F., 47
Curran, Edward M., 46
Gasch, Oliver, 10, 29
Goldsborough, T. Alan, 21-22, 42-43
Hoehling, Adolph A., Jr., 41
Holtzoff, Alexander, 25, 45-46, 50
Jones, William B., 24-26
Keech, Richmond B., 50
Laws, Bolitha J., 43
Letts, F. Dickinson, 42, 43
Matthews, Burnita Shelton, 46-47
McGuire, Matthew F., 45
Morris, James W., 44
Pine, David A., 12-13, 44-45
Proctor, James M., 38
Siddons, Frederick L., 42, 50
Tamm, Edward Allen, 49-50
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia:
Cases:
Alan Kay case, 26-27
James v. Almond, 170 F.Supp. 331 (E.D. Va. 1959); dismissal under Rule 14,
359 U.S. 1006 (1959), 16-17, 24
Russian spy case, 23-24
Judges:
Hoffman, Walter E., 16
Lewis, Oren R., 23-24
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U.S. Tax Court:
Benn v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 22 T.C.M. (CCH) 707 (1963), 26
Kern, John W., 26
Unified Bar, 10-11
United Mine Workers, 2, 21, 43
Van Orsdel, Josiah A., 36
Vinson, Chief Justice, 12, 36-37
Vinson, Frederick, Jr., 36
Virginia:
Alexandria, 26
Desegregation of schools, 16-17, 24
Fairfax County, 23, 26-27
House of Delegates, 18-20
Lexington, 1
“Massive resistance” laws, 16-17, 24
Norfolk, 16-17, 26
“One-man, one-vote” cases, 18-20, 24
Senate, 18-20
Virginia Bar Relations Committee, 10
Walsh, Lawrence, 8
Wardman, Harry, 4-5
Wardman Park Hotel, 4-5
Warren, Chief Justice, 20
Washington & Lee University, 1-2
Washington Senators, 20-21, 35
Wendt, Father, 27-28
White, Justice, 20
Williams, Edward Bennett, 9, 49
Wilmington, Delaware, 21
World War I, 1-2
World War II, 12-13, 15, 21, 43
Wright, J. Skelly, 22-23, 38-40