Oral History of Alan Morrison
INDEX
Abram, Morris, 163
Abzug, Bella, 68
Adams, Gene, 314, 315–16
Adams, John, 22
Administrative Conference in the United States, 193, 195, 256, 262, 283
Administrative Office of U.S. Courts, 276
Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 72, 74, 252, 254, 255
agency deference, 252–55
Aldock, John, 170
Allbach, Betty, 12
Allegheny Airlines, 207–208
Allen, James, 49
America, Inc., 22, 295
American Airlines, 158–60
American Bar Association (ABA), 80, 278
ethics rules, 138
and fee schedules, 25, 39
Judicial Evaluation Committee, 57–58, 59
and lawyer advertising, 39, 40, 137
secrecy rules, 300
American Law Institute’s Aggregate Litigation Project, 181
Anderson, Jack, 33
Anti-Injunction Act, 179
Appleseed Foundation, 305–306, 313
Appointments Clause, 101, 110
Armstrong, Mac, 258
Arnold & Porter, 15–16, 33, 287, 290, 313
Baird, Zoe, 279
Baker, Robert (“Bobby”), 159
Balanced Budget Amendment, 90–92, 114
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act. See Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act
Bank of America, 312
Barron, Fred, 169
Bates, John R., 136
Bator, Paul, 13, 105–106
Bauman, Jeffrey D., 15
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Bazelon, David L., 68, 190, 241, 248, 253, 287, 288
Bell, Griffin, 56
Bellia, Patricia L., 322–23
Berdoll, Grover Cleveland, 5
Bickel, Alexander M., 265
Bierbower, James, 290, 293
Bigelow, Jeffrey C., 133
Blackmun, Harry A., 12, 82, 136–37, 282
and Alexander, 251
and Bigelow, 133, 134, 135, 289
and Mistretta, 107
Bok, Derek, 12–13, 14
Bonner, Ray, 38, 41, 132
Boreman, Herbert S., 125
Bork, Robert, 58, 67, 69, 70, 126, 247–48, 265, 284
and D.C. Circuit cases, 66, 193, 244, 263, 270–71, 273
Born, Brooksley, 290
Boyle, Terrence, 154
Brandon, Robert, 305, 319
Brennan, William J., 12, 108, 153
Breyer, Stephen G., 100, 102, 118, 121, 266, 324
Bristol-Myers, 175
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 295, 298–300
Bryan, Albert, Jr., 41, 124–25, 128–29, 131
Bryan, Albert, Sr., 131
Bumpers, Dale, 252
Bumpers Amendment, 252–53
Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety, 218
Burger, Warren E., 83, 127, 131, 136, 149, 184, 263, 288
Bush, George H. W., 60
Bush, George W., 113, 114, 120, 203, 281
administration, 176, 304
Business Roundtable, 208
Butterfield, Alexander P., 67
Byrd, Robert C., 115, 116, 117
campaign contributions, illegal, 158–62
Canby, William C., Jr., 136
Carter, James E., 49, 59, 194–95, 200, 245
administration, 56, 191, 192, 193, 234,
and D.C. Circuit, 251, 254, 274
and statutes, 196, 199
Casner & Leach Cases and Text on Property, 121
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Catholic Church, 301
Center for Law in the Public Interest, 162
Center for Public Representation, 33, 34
Center for Study of Responsive Law, 25, 31
Chadha, Jagdish, 75–76, 78, 83, 84–85
Cheney, Richard, 266–67, 269, 270
Citizen Action, 131
Civil Justice Reform Act Committee, 275, 276
civil rights groups, 50–51
Clark, Ramsey, 73, 75
Class Action Fairness Act, 176, 178
Claybrook, Joan, 185, 212–13, 234, 235, 237, 238
and Congress Watch, 50, 211
and organized labor, 220–21
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, 16–18
Clifford, Clark, 162, 164–65
Clinton, Hillary, 286
Clinton, William J., 62, 114, 115, 118, 176, 194–95, 259
administration, 199, 254, 274, 279, 280, 283, 284
Cohen, Louis R., 117
Cohn, Diane, 215
Cohn, Roy, 165
Coleman, William, 112
Colson, Charles, 188
Commerce Clause, 151–52, 154, 155, 206
Congress, U.S., 44, 53, 75, 137, 214, 250
and administrative deference, 252
and asbestos legislation, 171, 176
and balanced budget, 90
and cigarette advertising ban, 134, 204
and courts, 275–76, 278
and Federal Advisory Committee Act, 55–56
and FOIA, 262
and Impoundment Control Act, 65–66
and Independent Counsel statute, 96, 99
and judges’ pay, 108–109, 110
and legislative veto, 66, 72, 73–74, 83–84, 107, 112, 120, 194
and line-item veto, 114–20
and preemption, 201, 203–204, 205, 206
and Repetitive Stress Rule, 113–14
and rule-making, 190, 251, 275
and Sentencing Guidelines, 47, 101–102, 107–108
and War Powers Resolution, 92–96
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and Washington Metropolitan Airports Authority, 110–12
and White House, 194, 196–97, 198
Congressional Budget Office, 85–86
Consumer Product Safety Act, 49
Consumer Product Safety Commission, 185
Consumer Protection Act, 49–50
Contract with America, 114, 120
Cooper, Charles (“Chuck”), 117, 284
Cordileone, Lou, 12
Counterintelligence Program (COINTELPRO), 50–51
Covington & Burling, 15, 32, 60, 69, 187, 217, 239, 290
Cox, Archibald, 47, 66–67, 68, 69, 96
and American Airlines case, 158–59
Craven, James, 126
Curran, Polly, 38–39
Cutler, Lloyd N., 49, 88, 90, 117, 159, 164, 187
Dalesio, Leo, 220
Dalkon Shield, 156, 171, 172–73, 175, 201
Davidson, Michael, 79–80, 117, 322–23
Dellinger, Walter, 117, 283, 310, 324
Democratic National Committee (DNC), 305, 318
DeMoisey, J. Fox, 296–97, 299
Dingell, John, 185, 196, 198
District of Columbia Bar, 293
bar exam restriction, 293–94
Board of Governors, 289–91
citizen representation, 292
fee arbitration component, 291–92
malpractice component, 292
District of Columbia Judicial Conference, 292–93
District of Columbia Superior Court, 260
Dobrovir, William, 36
Dodell, Nathan, 290–91
Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, 35
Douglas, John, 290
Dow Corning, 175–76
Dunn, Serena, 143
Earthjustice, 61, 237, 239
Economic Stabilization Act, 189
Edell, Mark, 203
Edelstein, David, 222
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Edwards, Harry T., 245–46
Eilberg, Joshua, 85
Ellsworth, Larry, 42, 72, 75–76, 215
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 252
Equal Access to Justice Act, 228, 233, 261
Ervin, Sam, 44, 45
Estrada, Miguel, 322–23
Fair Elections Legal Network, 305, 319
Fairfax County (VA) Bar Association, 41, 124–25, 127, 128
Farah, Edward, 145
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 55–56, 57, 58, 59, 100
Federal Arbitration Act, 206, 220
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 50–51
Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act of 1969, 204
Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 184, 201
Federal Election Commission (FEC), 71–72, 73, 74, 75
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), 77, 80–82, 241
Federal Records Act, 59–60
Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 122, 123, 132
and prescription drugs, 39, 131
Feinberg, Ken, 175, 177
Fenty, Adrian M., 305
Feren, John, 162–63
Field, Thomas, 250
Fielding, Fred, 88, 283
Finney, Thomas, 162, 164
First Amendment rights, 39, 40, 146, 148, 210, 268
and advertising rules, 130, 132, 133, 135, 136
and IRS, 249, 250, 251
Fitzgerald, Patrick, 98–99
Flom, Joe, 34
Florida State Bar, 140–41, 143, 144, 145
Florida State Supreme Court, 141–43
Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 43, 191–92, 175, 183, 189, 198, 203
and Public Citizen, 22–23, 32, 212, 213, 297
statutes, 200–201, 205
Ford, Gerald, 53
administration, 194, 274
Ford Motor Company, 165
Fort, Ruth, 31
Fortas, Abe, 15
Fox, Arthur, 218, 220, 222
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Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 50–52, 56–57, 59, 60–61
cases, 32, 36, 37, 42–43
fees, 48
and Congress, 262
Exception 1, 54
Exemption 1, 53
Exemption 5, 55–56
Exemption 7, 52–53
and Nixon papers, 54–55
and Supreme Court, 53–54
Fried, Charles, 90, 97, 105
Friedman, Daniel, 136
Friedman, Paul, 229, 258, 260, 275
Friendly, Henry, 1
Fuller, Lon, 13–14
Fundamentals of American Law, 121–22
Furman, Rosemary W., 140–43, 144–45, 146, 147, 186
Garland, Merrick, 259
Gasch, Oliver, 88
General Accounting Office (GAO), 86–90
General Motors (GM), 167–68, 169
Gesell, Gerhard, 69, 70, 244
Gingrich, Newt, 120
Ginsburg, Douglas H., 195, 247–48, 289
Ginsburg, Martin D., 288
Ginsburg, Ruth B., 59, 118, 204–205, 245, 247, 282, 288
Giuliani, Rudy, 20
Glanz, Stanley, 298, 300
Glaspie, April, 54
Glitzenstein, Eric, 57, 59, 60, 214, 215, 217, 239
Gold, Larry, 196, 221
Golden, Vickie, 151–52
Goldfarb, Lewis H., 32, 122–23, 124, 128, 154
Goldfarb, Ron, 154
Goldman, Patti, 61, 103, 112, 239
Goldstein, Thomas, 310
Goldwater, Barry, 68
Gore, Albert, 211
Graham, Daniel Robert (“Bob”), 144
Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act, 85–88, 90, 101, 102, 105, 110
Grassley, Chuck, 259
Gray, Boyden, 32, 193
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Gray, L. Patrick, 29, 51
Green, Joyce, 58, 59, 88
Green, June, 88, 188
Green, Mark, 27, 31
Gressman, Eugene, 79–80
Gribbon, Daniel M., 258
Grossman, Lewis, 321
Hall, Carlyle, 162
Hall, Richard, 22
Halpern, Charles, 15, 22, 162, 163
Hamilton, Fowler, 17
Hartford Insurance Company, 32
Harvard Law School, 6, 9, 282
alumni, 1, 21, 27, 68, 105, 280
professors, 13–14
tuition, 8
Hatch, Orrin, 91, 283
Hechinger, John, 112
Helms, Jesse, 283
Heltzer, Harry, 160
Hendler, Clifford B., 64, 158
Hertz, A. Burke, 122, 123, 139
Herwitz, David, 14
Herzstein, Robert E., 16
Hess, Michael, 19, 20–21, 28–29, 306
Heston, Charlton, 6–7
Hitchcock, Cornish F. (“Con”), 153, 215, 239–40
Hoover, J. Edgar, 50, 51
Horsky, Charles, 290
House Budget Committee, 90–91
Hubbell, Webster L., 286
Hufstedler, Shirley, 77
Hume, Brit, 33
Hunger, Frank, 62
Hussein, Saddam, 54, 93
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), 75, 76, 84–85
Impoundment Control Act, 46, 50, 65–66
Independent Counsel statute, 96–98, 107
Independent Prosecutor, 67, 69
Institute for Public Representation, 215, 287
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 32, 33, 34, 146, 250–51
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and 3M, 160, 161, 163–64
International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), 218–19, 224
and collective bargaining, 219–20
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation (ITT), 32–35, 195
interstate commerce, 41, 124–26, 134
and Commerce Clause, 151, 155, 206
Jacks, W. Thomas (“Tommy”), 28, 36, 38, 41, 44, 45, 65, 124, 215
Jackson, Thomas Penfield, 117
Jacobs, Ted, 24, 25, 26–27, 31
Jaworski, Leon, 69
Johnson, Lyndon B., 246
Joint Committee on Taxation, 250
Jones, William, 71
Jordan, Vernon, 282, 286
Judicial Conference, 247
Justice Department, U.S., 44, 56, 62, 70, 112, 297
and ITT antitrust case, 33, 34
and legislative veto, 72–73, 75, 76, 77–78, 79
and minimum fee schedules, 126
and Public Citizen suit, 58–59
and Sentencing Guidelines, 102, 105
and Teamsters, 222
Kagan, Elena, 259
Katzen, Sally, 199
Kennedy, Anthony, 77, 79, 118, 269
Kennedy, Edward, 100, 102, 203
Kentucky Supreme Court, 297–98
Kerr, Robert S., 164
Kessler, Gladys, 260, 290
Kim, Todd, 310, 315, 316
Klein, Joel, 286
Kleindienst, Richard, 33, 39
Kopp, Robert, 258
Korean War, 6, 18
Kozinski, Alex, 103–104
Kramer, John, 269–70
Kramer, Victor, 33–34, 76, 215, 287
Kutler, Stanley, 61, 63
Laffey Index, 261
Lamberth, Royce C., 260–62, 322, 323
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Lamont, Corliss, 39–40
Landrum-Griffin Act, 222, 223
Lasker, Morris E., 21, 29
lawyers
advertising, 25, 40, 126, 130–32, 135, 136–37, 149–50, 155–57
fees, 162–63, 166–67, 221, 261–62
minimum fee schedules, 39, 41, 122–25, 126, 155
Leach, W. Barton, 14
Lee, Rex E., 79, 90
Legal Aid Bureau, 9–10, 11–12
Legal Aid Society, 142, 143, 145
legislative veto, 66, 71–75, 77, 82–84
See also Congress, U.S. – legislative veto
Lemley, Mark, 309
Letter, Douglas, 258
Leventhal, Harold, 190, 246–47, 253, 287
Levet, Richard H., 20
Levin, Carl, 116, 195
Levitas, Elliot, 77
Levy, Paul A., 209–10, 220, 222, 239
and Internet cases, 223–24
Lewis, Orrin, 124
Libby, Scooter, 98
Liman, Arthur, 163
line-item veto, 90, 114–20, 121
Loss, Louis, 9
Louisiana State Bar, 153
Lowry, Mike, 94
Luttig, J. Michael, 270
Lynch, Mark, 50, 53, 215, 239
MacKinnon, Catherine, 75
MacKinnon, George, 75, 241–42, 249
Mandel, Ernest E., 39, 130–31
Marshall, Thurgood, 12, 108, 148
Martin, Kate, 60
Maryland State Bar, 151
Mattzie, Collette, 239
Mazzochi, Tony, 221
McCain, John, 119
McGowan, Carl, 191, 241
McKnight, William, 161
McLaren, Richard W., 33
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Medical Devices Act, 201, 204, 205
Melton, Howell, 143
Merhige, Robert R., 131, 172, 173, 174
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, 110–13
Meyer, Katherine A., 60, 215, 217, 239
Mikva, Abner, 192, 245, 246, 248, 251, 281
Miller, Betsy, 313
Miller, Cassidy, 61, 62
Mintz, Morton, 22, 295–97
Mitchell, John N., 33
Mitchell, Michael, 35
Moore, Michael, 298
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, 238–39
Morgenthau, Robert M., 11, 19, 20
Morrison, Alan – Personal
American Field Service experience, 3–4
birth, 1
clerkship, 12–13
on diversity, 3
daughters, 5, 21, 270, 278, 281, 304
father, 1–2, 7, 8, 23, 26
grade school, 2, 3
granddaughter, 304
grandfather, maternal, 1, 10
grandfather, paternal, 1, 26
Harvard Law School, 6, 8–9
on Law Review, 9–10, 12
on Legal Aid, 9–10, 11–12
professors, 13–14
high school, 3–4
marriage, 6, 16, 17
mother, 1, 23, 26
Naval ROTC Scholarship Program, 4
Navy service, 5, 6–7
research assistant, 12
sister, 2
on Springfield, 7
summer law jobs, 10
wife, 16, 17, 18, 24, 26, 163
Yale College, 4, 5
Morrison, Alan – Professional
ABA Commission member, 278
Administrative Conference in the United States member, 193, 256, 283
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American Academy of Appellate Lawyers president, 289
with Arnold & Porter, 15–16
assistant U.S. attorney for Southern District of New York, 17–22, 24, 28–29
and bankruptcies, 21
Courts of Appeals cases, 20, 21
Riggs Bank case, 36–37
salary, 18–19, 21
U.S. Steel case, 18–20, 23
Civil Justice Reform Act Committee member, 275–76
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton associate, 16–18
D.C. Appleseed board member, 305–306
D.C. Bar Board of Governors member, 289–92
and D.C. Circuit judges, 241–49, 272–74
D.C. Circuit judgeship consideration, 278–83, 286
D.C. Circuit Judicial Conference member, 247, 287–89, 322–23
D.C. Circuit Rules Committee member, 258–59, 263
and DNC, 305, 318
with Fair Elections Legal Network, 305, 319–21
Fundamentals of American Law, 121–22
professor at American University Law School, 321
professor at Fudan University, 121
professor at Harvard University, 13, 100, 121, 235, 289, 290
professor at New York University, 121–22, 237, 302
professor at Stanford University, 25, 236–37, 238, 302–304, 307
professor at Tulane Law School summer school program, 269–70
professor at University of Hawaii Law School, 170, 235, 278, 280, 322
prosecutor for on-ship court-martial cases, 7, 8
Public Citizen Litigation Group director, 24, 28, 31–32, 214, 235, 302
airline antitrust suit, 165–66
Alan Morrison Supreme Court Fellowship, 230
Amchem asbestos case, 169, 171, 173, 174, 176–77
Americans United case, 249–51
Attorney-client privilege, 297, 299, 300
and attorney fees, 162–63, 166–67, 221, 261–62
bankruptcy cases, 145
BAR/BRI case, 182
campaign contributions cases, 158–62
Chadha case, 44, 75–80, 81–85, 86, 87, 105, 121, 323
Cheney Energy Task Force case, 266–68
Cippolone case, 202, 203, 297
and class action cases, 158–69, 176, 178–83
coupon settlements, 165–66, 167
FERC case, 77, 80–82, 241
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FOIA cases, 32, 36, 37, 42–43, 50–57, 59, 60–61, 262
on full-time practice requirement, 154, 294–95
General Motors trucks case, 167–68, 169, 181
Goldfarb cases, 39, 41, 122–29, 134, 136, 139, 263, 289, 291
and Gramm-Rudman cases, 85–90, 101, 105, 263
immigration cases, 145–46
impoundment cases, 44–45, 65–66
Independent Counsel issues, 47, 96–99, 105, 107
Independent Prosecutor case, 66–70
interview for, 24–25, 31
ITT antitrust case, 32–35, 42, 43, 161, 195
Law Review articles, 176, 179, 195, 268, 303
lawyer advertising cases, 25, 39–40, 130–32, 134, 135, 136–37, 149–50, 155–57
legislative veto cases, 71–75, 80, 83, 107, 241
line-item veto case, 114–20, 121
minimum fee schedule cases, 39, 41, 122–29, 155
Mistretta case, 96, 105–108, 110, 119, 279
and Nader, 211–13
National Security Archive case, 59–60
Nixon tapes case, 61–64
pay case, 108–10
reciprocity cases, 154–55
recruitment, 215–17
regulatory cases, 47–48
on residence requirements for bar admission, 150–55
resignation, 230, 237
Rice case, 284–85
Robins case, 171–74
salary, 24, 217
and sentencing guidelines, 100–108
on settlement secrecy, 182–83, 300–301
silicon gel breast implant case, 175–76
Supreme Court Assistance Project, 185, 216, 224–30, 267, 307
Terminix case, 186, 209–10, 213, 223
tobacco case, 295–300
unauthorized practice cases, 140–48
and War Powers Resolution, 92–96
and Scalia, 70, 262–70, 289, 322–24
Special Counsel to D.C. Attorney General, 307–314
dismissal of, 315–18
gun cases, 309–11, 313, 315–16, 324
Morrison, Alexia, 96, 97–98
Morrison, Anne, 16, 17, 18, 24, 26, 163
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Moss, Frank, 68, 69
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 116
Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) statute, 176, 179
Panel, 181
Mundt, Carl, 212
Murdock, Daniel, 35
Myers, Matthew L., 203
Nader, Ralph, 22, 23, 35, 36, 211, 221
and Allegheny Airlines case, 207–208
and Appleseed, 305
and automobile safety, 185
Congress Project, 38, 50
and Gramm-Hollings-Rudman legislation, 85–86
and impoundment, 44, 45–46, 50, 66
legal services issues, 122
legislative pieces, 49, 53
and Morrison, 211–13
presidential candidacies, 187, 234
and Public Citizen, 24–25, 26–27, 233–34
and Saturday Night Massacre case, 28, 67–70
and separation of powers, 46, 109–10
and thriftiness, 37–38
and truck safety, 218
National Archives
Nixon tapes, 61, 63
Nixon vice-presidential papers, 54
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 201–202
National Labor Relations Act, 219, 224
National Labor Relations Board, 219, 224, 243
National Security Archive, 59–60
National Security Council, 59, 60
National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), 89
NBC News, 50, 51
Nelson, Scott, 237–38
Neugarten, Jerry, 23
New Hampshire Supreme Court, 152
Newman, Jon, 231
Nickles, Peter, 308, 309, 311–13, 314–16, 317–18
Nixon, Richard M., 19, 52, 53, 56, 57, 70, 159, 188
and impoundment, 44, 65
Library, 61–62
and National Archives case, 54–55
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and price controls, 48, 189
and Saturday Night Massacre, 66–67, 69
tapes case, 61–64, 158, 274
and War Powers Resolution, 92–93
Nixon Act, 61
Nizer, Louis, 12
Nussbaum, Bernard W., 286
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 113, 189, 195
O’Connor, Sandra D., 118, 269
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), 199–200
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 90, 194–97, 199, 200
Olson, Theodore B., 80, 96, 97, 283–85
Omnibus Crime Act of 1984, 102
Open Government, 50, 55–56, 230
O’Steen, Van, 136
Paperwork Reduction Act, 199–200, 221
Parker, Barrington, 51, 60
Penn, John G., 272
Perrelli, Thomas J., 322
Pertschuk, Michael, 44, 186
Petkus, Peter, 31
Phillips, Howard J., 68–69, 71, 162–63
Phillips, John R., 162
Phillips Petroleum, 162, 163–64, 166
Pickering, John, 290
Pierce, Lawrence, 29
Pillard, Nina, 236
Piper, Kathryn A., 152
Pittle, Ralph, 172
Plame, Valerie, 98–99
Plesser, Ronald L., 36, 37, 38, 50, 51, 52, 53
Pohlman, John, 75–76
Pointer, Samuel, 175, 176
Pollack, Irving, 34
Powell, Lewis F., 83, 126, 127, 143, 148, 208, 289
Pre-Law Society of Middle Tennessee State University v. American Bar Association, 138
Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act of 1974 (PRMPA), 57–58, 59–61
Prettyman, Barrett, 12, 289
Price-Anderson Act, 213, 250
Privileges and Immunities Clause, 151, 153
PROD. See Professional Drivers Council
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Professional Drivers Council (PROD), 218, 221–22
See also Teamsters for a Democratic Union
Proxmire, William 69
Public Citizen, 24, 28, 258, 270, 282
and agencies
executive branch, 194–203
federal regulatory, 190–92
airlines case, 207–208
Aviation Consumer Action Project, 185, 215
case categories, 47–48, 184–87
Center for Auto Safety, 31, 52, 185–86, 215
and Class Action Fairness Act, 176
Congress Watch, 38, 50, 72, 211, 220
and consumer contracts, 206–207
Corporate Accountability Research Group, 31
Critical Mass, 185, 186
Equal Justice Fellows, 226, 229, 239
and FDA cases, 22–23, 32, 212, 213, 297
and fees, 128–29, 161, 169, 230, 233
Health Research Group, 31, 38, 43, 175, 211, 213
and delivery of medical services, 132–33
and occupational safety, 185, 221
Internet consumer cases, 209–11, 223–24
and judicial nominations, 263
Justice Department suit, 58–59
and law firms, 187–88
Litigation Group, 31, 38, 49–50, 216, 218, 230, 233, 239
mediation of cases, 274–75
medical devices case, 201
minority recruitment, 216
and Nader, 24–25, 26–27, 233–34
and organized labor, 220–21
personnel changes, 235–40
and preemption, 201, 203–205
Public Interest Research Group, 31
recruitment, 215–17, 228–29
and rule-making, 198–99
and Rule 23, 158, 171
salaries, 217, 229
and solicitation, 148–49
Supreme Court Assistance Project, 185, 216, 224–30, 267, 307
and moot courts, 232–33
Tax Group, 38
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tort cases, 202–204
truck safety issues, 218–19
union cases, 189, 221, 222, 224
Raskin, Jamie, 304
Reagan, Ronald, 56, 60, 114, 260
administration, 59, 192, 193, 206
and agency rule making, 195, 196, 197, 199, 274
and Gramm-Rudman Bill, 87, 88
and legislative veto, 77, 80
and War Powers Act, 93, 94
Real, Manuel L., 182
Rehnquist, William H., 98, 113, 118, 133, 135, 206, 254
Chadha case, 83
as Chief Justice, 106, 263, 264
New Hampshire case, 152–53, 231
Rein, Bert W., 13
Restatement of Torts, 121
Revercomb, George H., 94
Rezneck, Daniel A., 290, 291
Ribicoff, Abraham A., 49
Rice, Harold, 284
Richardson, Elliot, 67, 69
Richey, Charles, 208
Riggs Bank, 36–37
Robb, Roger, 241, 249
Roberts, John G., 247, 257, 280
Robertson, James, 260
Robertson, Reuben, 27, 31, 32, 74
Robins (A. H.) Company, 171, 175–76
Reorganization Plan, 172–74
Robinson, Aubrey, 52, 273
Robinson, Spottswood, 244, 273
Robin-Vergeer, Bonnie, 219
Rogers, Judith W., 229, 259, 280, 282
Rohatyn, Felix, 33
Roisman, Florence, 290
Rooker-Feldman doctrine, 295
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 72
Ruckelshaus, William, 67
Rumsfeld, Donald, 266
Sandman, James J., 313
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Saturday Night Massacre, 28, 66–67
Savage, David, 266
Scalia, Antonin, 98, 107, 118–19, 204–205, 206, 232, 254
and D.C. Circuit, 88, 89, 193–94, 247
as law professor, 80
and Morrison, 70, 262–70, 289, 322–24
OLC director, 74, 262
Scalia, Maureen, 270
Schacter, Marvin, 50
Schultz, William B., 43, 164, 198, 217, 235, 239, 271
Duke Power case, 213–14, 250
Scruggs, Richard, 298
Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. (SEC), 34, 161–62
Seminario, Peg, 221
Sentell, David B., 219, 248, 255
Sentencing Commission, U.S., 100, 102, 105, 107
Guidelines, 101–108, 110
Seymour, Whitney North, Jr., 19, 20
Sheppard, William, 141
Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund. See Earthjustice
Silbergeld, Mark, 32, 123
Silberman, Laurence H., 97, 259, 289
Silberman, Ricki, 289
Simms, Larry, 80
Sims, John, 152, 214, 217, 250
Singer, Linda, 305–309, 310, 311, 312–17, 318
Snyder, Allen, 259
Souter, David H., 118, 253, 254, 281
Spann, Gerry, 216
Sporkin, Stanley, 34, 103, 161, 260–61
Starr, Kenneth, 97, 98, 136, 198, 281, 283, 298
Stein, Jacob A., 293
Stern, Carl, 50, 51
Stern, Gerald M., 35
Stevens, John Paul, 118, 252, 324
Stewart, Potter, 12
Stewart, Richard B., 121
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, 10
Sullivan, Kathleen, 285
Sunshine Act, 56
Synar, Mike, 86, 87, 88, 90
Taft-Hartley Act, 137
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Tamm, Edward A., 249, 250, 251
Tankersley, Michael, 60, 239
Tatel, David S., 259, 286
Taylor, John, 61–62
Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU), 222–23
Teamsters Union. See International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT)
Temple, Ralph, 290
Thomas, Clarence, 118, 247, 281
Thompson, Frank, 36, 151
3M Company case, 160–61, 163–64
Tittle, Y. A., 12
trademark infringement, 209–10, 223–24
Transportation Department, U.S., 110–11
Tribe, Larry, 9, 97, 203
Troy, Anthony F. (“Tony”), 134
Tydings, Joseph, 245
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, 190–91, 259–60, 274, 275
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 48, 66, 97, 189, 190–91, 282
Chevron, 252, 254–55
Chief Judge tenure, 248–49
Clark case, 73, 75
“Cotton Dust” case, 190, 195
FERC case, 81
FOIA cases, 42, 43, 52, 54, 55
judges, 241–49, 272–74, 277–78
Judicial Conferences, 247, 287–89, 322–23
Nixon tapes case, 61–64
and oral argument, 256–57
Presidential Records Act cases, 56–60
Rules Committee, 181, 258–59, 262, 263
salaries, 247
and Scalia, 88, 89, 193–94, 247
standing cases, 68–70
statistics collection, 275–78
Synar case, 88–89
unpublished opinions cases, 257–59
Vermont Yankee, 254–55
War Powers Resolution case, 94–95
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 44, 45, 65, 104
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 125–26, 127, 154–55, 174, 277
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 75, 76–78, 79, 80, 81, 103–104
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 20, 230–31, 257, 275
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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), 32
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 43, 52, 55, 58, 117, 190–91, 259–60
procedures, 272, 274, 276
U.S. Supreme Court, 6, 110, 174, 244
Allegheny Airlines case, 208
Amchem case, 169, 171
Bates case, 136
Bigelow case, 133–34, 135
Boddie case, 142
Bowsher case, 89–90, 107
Buckhannon case, 262
Chadha case, 76, 78–79, 81
Chevron case, 252–55
Cippolone case, 202, 203
Clean Water case, 65
clerkships, 12, 15–16
Clinton case, 118–19
D.C. gun case, 324
Duke Power case, 213–14
Evans case, 261
Edenfield case 149
and Federal Arbitration Act, 206
and FOIA cases, 53–54
food additive case, 198
Friedman case, 153
Goldfarb case, 126–27, 133
ITT case, 33, 34
Kleindienst case, 39, 130–31
Lamont case, 39–40
and lower courts, 202
Mead case, 253, 254
and minimum fee schedules, 123
Mistretta case, 105–108
Morrison case, 97–98, 107
New Hampshire case, 152–53, 231–32
Ohralik case, 148–49
Pharmacy case, 131, 134, 135
Plaut case, 283
and preemption, 206
Primus case, 148
Raines case, 117–18, 119
Republican Party case, 268
Riegel case, 201, 202, 205
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Snyder case, 178
and Supreme Court Assistance Project, 224–28, 232
Taxation case, 214, 251
and taxpayer standing, 189
and tort suits, 205
Washington Legal Foundation case, 59
Washington Metropolitan Airports Authority case, 112–13
Vermont Yankee case, 190, 196, 199, 205, 251–52, 254–55
Young case, 198
Zauderer case, 156
Vacancy Act, 68, 70–71
Vance, Cyrus, 159
Vaughn, Robert, 52
Vaughn Index, 52
Virginia State Bar, 139–40, 318
fee schedules, 41, 122–28
full-time practice requirements, 154, 294–95
Virginia Supreme Court, 139–40, 294
Vladeck, David, 57, 98, 200, 237–38
cases, 66, 149
Litigation Group director, 235–36, 279
Vogel, Larry, 18, 19, 21
Vorenberg, James, 282
voting issues, 319–21
Wald, Patricia, 94, 242, 243, 245, 248, 260, 281
on International Court, 246
Walton, Reggie B., 273
War Powers Resolution, 92–96
Washington Legal Foundation, 57–59
Washington Post, The, 74, 109, 295, 314, 316, 318
Waxman, Henry A., 203, 235, 239, 298
Waxman, Seth P., 117, 309
Wegman, Richard, 49
Weicker, Lowell C., 85
Wellford, Harrison, 27, 31, 186
White, Byron R., 83, 113, 135, 154, 174
and Goldfarb, 126–27
and Morrison clerkship, 12, 13
White & Case, 19
Wigmore on Evidence, 121
Wilkey, Malcolm R., 52, 81, 191, 241, 246, 250
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Williams, Harrison, 71
Williams, Lois, 90
Williams, Merrell, 295–300
Williams, Stephen, 94
Wilmer , Cutler & Pickering, 15, , 217, 309
Wilson, David A., Jr., 19
Wolfe, Sidney, 49
Health Resources Group director, 27, 31, 43, 132–33, 175, 221
Public Citizen president, 211, 234
Wolfman, Brian, 169, 170, 181, 201, 237
Litigation Group director, 238–39, 307
Richlin case, 228, 233
Wolfson, Paul, 239, 296, 309
Wollenberg, Roger, 258
Work, Charles R., 290
World War II, 1, 2, 3, 6
Wright, J. Skelly, 241
Wyatt, Tarrant & Coombs, 295, 296–97
Yale College diversity, 4–5
Young, Jack, 318
Zauderer, Philip Q., 156
Zieve, Allison, 268
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Cases Cited
AFL-CIO v. Marshall, 617 F.2d 636 (D.C. Cir. 1979), 190, 195
In re A.H. Robins Co., 88 B.R. 742 (E.D.Va.1988),
aff’d, 880 F.2d 694 (4th Cir.), cert. denied sub nom. Menard-Sanford v. A.H. Robins Co.,
493 U.S. 959 (1989), 171–74
A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, 295 U.S. 495 (1935), 110
Alexander v. Americans United, 416 U.S. 752 759 n. 10 (1974), 249–51
Alitalia v. Porta, No. 00 civ. 9731 (S.D.N.Y.), 210
Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor, 521 U.S. 591 (1997), 169, 171
Armstrong v. Bush, 924 F.2d 282, 286 n.2 (D.C. Cir. 1991), 60
Armstrong v. Executive Office of President, 1 F.3d 1274 (D.C. Cir. 1993), 60
Baker v. Exxon Corp., 239 F.3d 985 (9th Cir. 2001), 233
Bates v. State Bar of Arizona, 433 U.S. 350 (1977), 136, 137, 147, 148
Bigelow v. Virginia, 421 U.S. 809 (1975), 133–34, 135, 289
Boddie v. Connecticut, 401 U.S. 371 (1971), 142, 143, 144
Bolling v. Sharpe, 347 U.S. 497 (1954), 153
Bowsher v. Synar, 478 U.S. 714 (1986), 89–90, 107, 110, 263
Brink v. DaLesio, 667 F.2d 420 (4th Cir. 1982), 220, 223
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. v. Williams, 62 F.3d 408 (D.C. Cir. 1995), 298–300
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. v. Wigand, 913 F. Supp. 530 (W.D. Ky. 1996), 299
Buckhannon Board & Care Home, Inc. v. West Virginia Department of Health & Human
Resources, 532 U.S. 598 (2001), 261–62
Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1 (1976), 71, 72
Chadha v. INS, 634 F.2d 408, 412 (9th Cir. 1980), 75–76
Cheney v. United States District Court, 124 S. Ct. 2576 (2004), 266–68
Chevron USA, Inc. v. Cayetano, 57 F. Supp. 2d 1003, 1004–05 (D. Haw. 1998), 255
Chevron USA, Inc. v. Cayetano, 224 F.3d 1030, 1032 (9th Cir. 2000), 255
Chevron USA, Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984), 252–55
Cipollone v. Liggett Group, 789 F.2d 181 (3d Cir. 1986), 202
Cipollone v. Liggett Group, 505 U.S. 504 (1992), 203, 297
City of New Haven v. United States, 809 F.2d 900 (D.C. Cir. 1987), 66
Clark v. Valeo, 559 F.2d 642 (D.C. Cir. 1977), 73, 75, 78
Clinton v. City of New York, 524 U.S. 417 (1998), 118–19
Connecticut v. Doehr, 501 U.S. 1 (1991), 230–31
Connick v. Myers, 461 U.S. 138 (1983), 197
Consumer Energy Council of America, et al. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, et al.,
673 F.2d 425 (D.C. Cir. 1982), 77, 80–82, 241
Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, 553 U.S. _ (2008), 320
Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, 509 U.S. 579 (1993), 276
District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. ___ (2008), 310–11, 324
Doe v. Kamehameha Schools, 416 F.3d 1025 (9th Cir. 2005), 285–86
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In re Domestic Air Transportation Antitrust Litigation, 137 F.R.D. 677 (N.D. Ga. 1991), 165–66
Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, 438 U.S. 59 (1978), 213–14, 250
Dunn v. Florida Bar, 889 F.2d 1010, 1013-15 (11th Cir. 1989), 143
Edenfield v. Fane, 507 U.S. 761 (1993), 149
EPA v. Mink, 410 U.S. 73 (1973), 53
Evans v. Jeff D., 475 U.S. 717 (1986), 261
Florida Bar v. Brumbaugh, 355 So. 2d 1186, 1194 (Fla. 1978), 142, 143
Florida Bar v. Furman, 376 So. 2d 378 (Fla. 1979), 140–45
Florida Bar v. Went for It, Inc., 515 U.S. 618 (1995), 149
Frazier v. Heebe, 788 F.2d 1049 (5th Cir. 1986), 153
In re General Motors Corp. Pickup Truck Fuel Tank Product Liability Litigation, 55 F.3d 768
(3d Cir.), cert. den. GMC v. French, 64 USLW 3241 (1995), 167–68, 169, 181
Georgine v. Amchem Products, Inc., 83 F.3d 610, 632 (3d Cir. 1996), 169–71
Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963), 15
Goldfarb v. Supreme Court of Virginia, 766 F.2d 859, 864 (4th Cir. 1985), 154
Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar, 355 F. Supp. 491, 496 (E.D. Va. 1973), 39, 41, 124–25
Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar, 497 F.2d 1 (4th Cir. 1974), 125–26, 128–29
Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar, 421 U.S. 773 (1975), 126–27, 133, 134, 136, 139, 289
Gonzales v. Oregon, 546 U.S. 243 (2006), 253
Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, 295 U.S. 602 (1935), 68, 105
INS v. Chadha, 462 U.S. 919 (1983), 44, 75–80, 81–83, 86, 87, 105, 121, 323
Kleindienst v. Mandel, 408 U.S. 753 (1972), 39, 130–31
Kutler v. Carlin, 139 F.3d 237 (D.C. Cir. 1998), 61–64, 274
Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, Inc., 572 F. Supp. 354, 371 (D.D.C. 1983), 261
Lamont v. Postmaster General, 381 U.S. 301 (1965), 39–40
Local 2677, American Federation of Government Employees v. Phillips, 358 F. Supp. 60
(D.D.C. 1973),
68–69, 71, 162–63
Lowry v. Reagan, 676 F.Supp. 333 (D.D.C. 1987), 94–95
Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555 (1992), 265
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority v. Citizens Against Aircraft Noise, 501 U.S. 252
(1991), 112–13
Mistretta v. United States, 488 U.S. 361 (1989), 96, 105–108, 110, 119, 279
Mokhiber ex rel. Ford Motor Co., v. Cohn, 783 F.2d 26 (2d Cir. 1986), 165
Monsanto Co. v. McFarling, 488 F.3d 973 (Fed. Cir. 2007), 309
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Morrison v. Board of Law Examiners of North Carolina, 453 F.3d 190 (4th Cir. 2006),
154–55, 294
Morrison v. Olson, 487 U.S. 654 (1988), 47, 97–98, 105, 107, 283
NAACP v. Button, 371 U.S. 415 (1963), 148
Nader v. Allegheny Airlines, 426 U.S. 290 (1976), 207–208
Nader v. Bork, 366 F. Supp. 104 (D.D.C. 1973), 68–70
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964), 133
New York Times Co. v . United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971), 88, 283
Ohralik v. Ohio State Bar Ass’n, 436 U.S. 447 (1978), 148–49
Ortiz v. Fibreboard Corp., 527 U.S. 815 (1999), 134 F.3d 668, 171
Parker v. Brown, 317 U.S. 341 (1943), 41, 125, 126, 130, 136
Pinsky v. Duncan, 898 F.2d 852 (2d Cir. 1990), 230–31
Piper v. Supreme Court of New Hampshire, 723 F.2d 98 (1 Cir. 1983), 152 st
Plaut v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc., 514 U.S. 211 (1995), 283
Powell v. McCormack, 395 U.S. 486 (1969), 118
In re Primus, 436 U.S. 412 (1978), 148–49
Public Citizen v. Burke, 843 F.2d 1473 (D.C. Cir. 1988), 57–59
Public Citizen v. Department of Justice, 491 U.S. 440 (1989), 58–59
Public Citizen v. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 374 F.3d 1209 (D.C. Cir. 2004),
219
Raines v. Byrd, 521 U.S. 811 (1997), 117–18, 119
Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC, 395 U.S. 367 (1969), 134
Regan v. Taxation with Representation, 461 U.S. 540 (1983), 214, 250–51
Republican Party of Minnesota v. White, 536 U.S. 765 (2002), 268
Rice v. Cayetano, 146 F.3d 1075 (9 Cir. 1998), rev’d 528 U.S. 495 (2000), 284–85 th
Richlin Security Service Co. v. Chertoff, 128 S. Ct. 2007 (2008), 228, 233
Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc., 128 S. Ct. 999 (2008), 201, 202, 205
Rodriguez et al. v. West Publishing Corp., CV No. 05-3222 (C.D. Cal.), 182
Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), 133
In re Sealed Case, 838 F.2d 476 (D.C. Cir. 1988), 97
ServiceMaster Co. v. Virga, Civil Action No. 99-2866-TUV (W.D. Tenn. 2008), 209–10, 213,
223
In re Silicone Gel Breast Implant Products Liability Litigation, MDL 926, No. CV-92-10000-S,
(N.D. Ala.), 175–76
Skidmore v. Swift & Co., 323 U.S. 134 (1944), 254
In re Smith, 233 S.E.2d 301 (S.C. 1977), 147–48
Smith v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 475 F. Supp. 2d 1318, 1321-22 (N.D. Ga. 2007), 211, 223
Snyder v. Harris, 394 US 332 (1969), 178
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Snyder’s Drug Stores, Inc. v. North Dakota State Board of Pharmacy, 202 N.W.2d 140 (N.D.
1972), 132
State Highway Commission v. Volpe, 479 F.2d 1099 (8th Cir. 1973), 44–45, 65
Supreme Court of New Hampshire v. Piper, 470 U.S. 274 (1985), 152–53, 231–32
Supreme Court of Virginia v. Consumers Union, 446 U.S. 719 (1980), 136
Supreme Court of Virginia v. Friedman, 487 U.S. 59 (1988), 153
Swiger v. Allegheny Energy Inc., 540 F.3d 179 (3d Cir. 2008), 238–39
Synar v. United States, 626 F. Supp. 1374, 1391 (D.D.C. 1986), 670 F. Supp. 410 (D.D.C. 1987),
88–89, 263
Train v. Campaign Clean Water, Inc., 420 U.S. 136 (1975), 65
United Church of Christ v. FCC, 359 F.2d 994 (D.C. Cir. 1966), 184
United States v. American Airlines, Inc., CR 869-73, 158–60
United States v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 728 F. Supp. 1032 (S.D.N.Y.), aff’d ,
907 F.2d 277 (2d Cir. 1990), 222
United States v. International Telephone & Telegraph Corp., 349 F. Supp. 22, 29 (D.
Conn.1972), aff’d sub nom. Nader v. United States, 410 U.S. 919 (1973), 32–35, 195
United States v. Mead Corporation, 533 U.S. 218 (2001), 253, 254
United States v. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co., 551 F.2d 1106 (8 Cir. 1977), t
h
160–61, 163–64
United States v. National Society of Professional Engineers, 555 F.2d 978 (D.C. Cir. 1977),
127–28
United States v. Phillips Petroleum Company and William W. Keeler, CR 998-73, 162, 163–64,
166
United States Steel Corp. v. United States, 445 F.2d 520 (2d Cir. 1971), 18–20, 23
Vaughn v. Rosen, 484 F.2d 820, 157 U.S. App. D.C. 340 (D.C. Cir. 1973), 52, 241
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 435 U.S. 519
(1978), 190, 196, 199, 205, 251–52, 254–55
Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, 373 F. Supp. 683
(E.D. Va. 1974), aff’d, 425 U.S. 748 (1976), 40–41, 130–33, 134, 135, 136, 289
Washington Legal Foundation v. United States Dept. of Justice, 691 F.Supp. 483, 490 (D.D.C.
1988), 57–59
Young v. Community Nutrition Institute, 476 U.S. 974 (1986), 198
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952), 323
Zauderer v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the Supreme Court of Ohio, 471 U.S. 626 (1985),
156
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