– A1 –
I N D E X
Aachen, Germany, 23
ABA (American Bar Association), 203
ABA Appellate Practice Institute, 130
ABC (American Broadcasting Association), 119, 121
AT&T case (see U.S. v. AT&T), 193-194
Abrams, Floyd, 179, 220
ABSCAM, 194-196
Administrative Conference, 61, 77
Alfalfa Club, 93, 223
Allegheny Pittsburgh Coal Co. v. County Comm. of Webster, 488 U.S. 336 (1989), 179-180
All the Pretty Horses by Coleman McCarthy, 198
American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, 129
American Bar Association (ABA), 203
ABA Appellate Practice Institute, 130
ABA Journal, 114
American College of Trial Lawyers, 130
American Judicature Society, 129
American University, 80, 130
Amicus briefs, role of, 166-167
Andrews v. U.S., 373 U.S. 334 (1963), 134
Anecdotes:
About: body-surfing, 223
Castro, meeting with, 138-139
childhood Christmases, 62-63
college, 35-36
Dunbar pool funding, 144-145
gambling, investigating as a reporter, 38-40
Hemingway’s house in Cuba, 138-39
hitchhiking, 16-18, 30
J. Edgar Hoover, 154-155
Senator John Warner, 71-72
Justice Frankfurter, 46-47, 98-99
Justice Jackson, 46, 95-97
Princeton/Yale football game, 35-36
Robert F. Kennedy, 147-148, 148-149
courage of, 148-149
presidential campaign, 147-148
Ronald Reagan, interview with, 120-121
Senator Joseph McCarthy, 48-49
Warren Beatty and Robert F. Kennedy presidential campaign, 211-214
World War II, 23-25
– A2 –
writing Death and the Supreme Court, 115-118
Annapolis, Maryland, 201
Appellate advocacy:
Amicus briefs, role of, 166-167
Arguments in circuit courts and the Supreme Court, 164-165
Before the Supreme Court, 182-183
Briefs, effective writing of, 162, 163
Elements of, 157-158, 160-161
Judges, personal relations with, 184-185, 206
Noted lawyers, 204-205
Oral argument, 161, 163-164
Preparation for, 158-159, 183-184
Armone case (see U.S. v. Armone), 171
Association of American Railroads v. U.S., 603 F.2d 953 (D.C. Cir. 1979), 171
Avery, Sewell, 54
Awalt, Floyd, 60
Baltimore, Maryland, 1, 2, 3, 5, 79, 140, 172
Battle of the Bulge, 24
Bausch, Richard, 223
Bay of Pigs prisoner exchange, 134-140
Goods for the exchange, 136-137
Meeting with Castro, 138-139
Negotiations for, 135
Bazelon, Judge David L., 68, 69
the Beatles, 170
Beatty, Warren, 211-213
Bechet, Sidney, 33
Before Their Time by Robert Kotlowitz, 221
Belgium, 25
Bertel v. Panama Transport Co., 202 F.2d 247 (2nd Cir. 1953) (Boat fire case), 95-97
Bill of Rights, 209
Birney, Arthur, 214
Birney, Jim, 10-11
Black, Justice, 69, 82, 99, 105-106
Black Muslim, 133
Blackmun, Justice, 187
Blackstone Hotel, 151
Blow, George, 51
Boat fire case (see Bertel v. Panama Transport Co.), 95-97
Boston Globe, 155
Brandeis, Justice, 69, 107
Branzburg v. Hayes, 408 U.S. 665 (1972), 177-178
Brennan, Justice, 56, 210-211
Breyer, Justice, 56
Britain, 27, 80
– A3 –
Brown, Edmund, 116, 117
Brown, Larry, 199
Brown University, 36
Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), 82-91, 101, 211, 223
Chief Justice Warren’s first draft opinion, 84 – 85
Impact of case, 89-91
Justice Jackson’s unpublished opinion, 83-87, 89, 90
Law clerks research committee, 87
Opinion delivered, 85-86
Bramus (dog), 144
Bunche, Ralph, 46
Burger, Warren,
During tenure on U.S. Court of Appeals, 68, 69, 131-132, 157
Burton, Justice, 65
Business Week, 147
California, 16, 80, 118, 174, 179
Camp Butner, North Carolina, 26
Canada, 17
Capitol Records, 148, 168, 169
Capitol Records/John Lennon lawsuit, 168-170
Capote, Truman, 119, 120, 122, 132, 156, 176, 200
Carter, President Jimmy, 222
Casey, Frank, 111
Castro, Fidel, 135-138, 149-150
CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System), 214-215
Chalk, O. Roy, 142
Chamber of Commerce, 166
Chaplain of the Senate (paternal grandfather), 3, 54
Cheever, John, 200
Chevy Chase, Maryland, 6, 10, 14
Chicago, Illinois, 151
China, 29
Churchill, Winston, 89, 199
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), 64, 78, 172-173, 217
City of Renton case (see City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc.), 181-182
City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc., 475 U.S. 41 (1986), 181-182
Civitan Club, 61, 76
Clark, Justice, 116
Clifford, Clark, 155
Clifford Irving lawsuit, 155
Clinton, President William J., 78
Club Cavalaro, 168
Cohen, Lester, 112, 132
Cohn, Roy, 172
Collins, Jerry, 112
– A4 –
Colorado, 123
Columbia, Maryland, 79-80
Committee on the Bicentennial History of the District of Columbia Circuit, 129
Committee on Veterans’ Hospitals, 77
Connecticut, 17
Connecticut Avenue, 61
Connolly, Paul, 112, 113, 132
Connors, Chuck, 145
Corcoran, Tommy “the Cork”, 57
Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia, 60, 76
Crazy Rhythm by Len Garment, 199
Cuba, 134-137, 191
Dakota, the, 169
Danaher, Judge John A., 68
Davenport College, 32
Davis, John W., 84, 223
Death and the Supreme Court by E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr., 114-118
Death penalty:
Book on, 114-118
Cases, 122-123
Garrison v. Patterson, 391 U.S. 464 (1968), 122-123, 176
TV documentary on, 119-122, 156
Denver, 17
Department of Justice, U.S., 99, 146
Antitrust Division, 140
Segregation in, 146
Depression (the Great), 12, 13
Determan, Sally, 123
Dexter, Pete, 198
Dillard, Hardy, 44
District of Columbia, 3, 80, 142, 146, 197, 199
District of Columbia Area Council on Alcoholism, 77
District of Columbia Bar, 61, 76, 130, 202-203
D.C. Bar Foundation, 130
D.C. Bar Judicial Evaluation Committee, 130
President of, 202-203
District of Columbia, Corporation Counsel of the, 60, 76
District of Columbia Superior Court:
Johnson v. D.C., 230 A.2d 483 (D.C. 1967), 153-154
Donleavy, J.P., 200, 223
Donovan, Jim, 135
Dorsey brothers, 33
Douglas, Elsie, 106
Douglas, Justice, 46, 48, 67, 69, 82, 92, 93, 105, 185
– A5 –
Doumar, Judge Bob, 51
Dunbar School, 144
Dunn, Dan, 13
Durham v. U.S., 214 F.2d 862 (D.C. Cir. 1954), 68
Edgar Award, 115
Edgerton, Judge Henry W., 131
Eighth Circuit, 174
Eimann v. Soldier of Fortune Magazine, 880 F.2d 830 (5th Cir. 1989), 174
Einstein, Albert, 98
Ella Mae Work case (see Work v. U.S.), 130-131
Elman, Ziggy, 33
England, 21
Ennis, Bruce, 204
Ernie Fitzgerald case (see Nixon v. Fitzgerald), 217-218
Estonia, 172
Evanston, Illinois, 7
Evening Star, The, 111
Executive Office Building, 141, 150
Exide Electronics case (see Hendry v. Exide Electronics Corp.), 174-176, 184
FAA (Federal Aviation Association), 14
Fahy, Judge Charles, 68, 131
Father and Son, 199
Faulkner, William, 33, 198
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 154, 194
Federal Trade Commission, 109, 123
Feldman, Mike, 149
Ferren, Judge John, 189
Ferris & Company, 6
Ferris, George, 6, 19
First Amendment, 178, 182
Fitzgerald case (see Nixon v. Fitzgerald), 217-218
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 198
Florida, 123, 135-136, 189, 224
Folger Theater, 197
Ford model “T” automobile, 3
Forrest, Mrs. (ancestor of EBP), 1
Fort Benning, Georgia, 20
Fotomat, 156
Fourteenth Amendment, 86-87
Fourth Amendment, 131
France, 21, 23, 80
Francis Gary Powers/U2 incident, 62, 77, 78
Frankfurter, Justice, 46, 47, 52, 69, 105
As a teacher, 95, 97
Judicial philosophy, 98
– A6 –
Method of working, 91-93
Fuller, Chief Justice, 46
Fulwood, William, 133-134
Fulwood case (see Fulwood v. Clemmer)
Fulwood v. Clemmer, et al. , 206 F. Supp. 370 (D.D.C., 1962), 133-134
Garfield Hospital, 3, 6
Garment, Len, 199, 219
Garrison case (see Garrison v. Patterson), 122-123, 176
Garrison v. Patterson, 391 U.S. 464 (1968), 122-123, 176
Gary Powers, 62, 77, 78
George Mason University, 80
Georgetown, Washington, D.C., 199
Georgetown University Law Center, 59, 60, 76
Georgetown University Law Alumni Club of Washington, 61, 76
G.I. Bill, 31
Gimbell, Pidey, 120
Ginsburg, Justice, 56
Goodman, Benny, 33
Goodrich, Judge George, 6, 10-11
Goodwill Industries Group, 77
Governor Marvin Mandel (see U.S. v. Mandel), 176
Grandfathers of EBP, 1-5, 9, 54, 201
Grant, Cary, 143
Great Depression (see Depression)
Great Lakes, 18
Greece, 80
Greenwich Village, New York, 169
Greyhound Corp. v. I.C.C., 668 F.2d 1354 (D.C. Cir. 1981) (Greyhound Lines cases), 171
Greyhound Lines cases (see Trailways Lines, Inc. v. I.C.C. ; Pennsylvania Public Utility Comm. v.
U.S.; Greyhound Corp. v. I.C.C.; and Association of American Railroads v. U.S.), 171
Griswold, Professor Erwin, 181
Gurganas, Allan, 223
Haley, Bill, 33
Harcourt, Brace, 114
Harlan, Justice, 92-93, 211
As a teacher, 97
Judicial philosophy, 99
Method of working, 93
Harlow, Jean, 1
Harris, Judge Stanley S., 52, 53, 108
Hartson, Nelson, 112
Harvard Law School, 42
Harvard University, 31, 106
Havana Libra, Cuba, 139
Hayworth, Rita, 155
– A7 –
Hedgesville, West Virginia, 79
Heine, Eerik, 172-173
Heine v. Raus, 399 F.2d 785 (4th Cir. 1968), 172-173
Hendry v. Exide Electronics Corp., 974 F.2d 1342 (9th Cir.1992) (Exide Electronics case), 174-176
Hemingway, Ernest, 33, 138-139, 198
Hewes, Prettyman, and Awalt, 57, 60, 61
Hewes, Tommy, 60
Hill, Dr. Henry, 1, 2
Hill, Lucy (Prettyman), 1 ,2, 5
Hitler, Adolph, 27, 199
Hogan & Hartson L.L.P., 1, 30, 52, 61, 71, 76, 81, 108, 113, 123, 126, 133, 152-153, 171, 197, 201
Community Service Department, 127-128, 188, 189
Death penalty cases, 123
Key partners in the 1950s, 112
Major clients, 111
Street Law program, 190-191, 224
Type of practice in the 1950s, 109-112
Holland, 25
Holiday, Billie, 33
Hollywood, California, 80, 120
Hoover, J. Edgar, 154-155
Hopewell, Virginia, 41, 59
House Ethics Committee, 194
House Oversight Subcommittee, 193-194
Howry, Edward, 123
Hughes, Howard, 155
Hughes, Justice, 69
Hughes Tool Co. v. Transworld Airlines, Inc., 410 U.S. 975 (1973) (TWA case), 155
Hunt, Nelson Bunker, 168, 218-219
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, 119
Interagency Committee on Transport Mergers, 142
Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), 141
Ireland, 80
Irving, Clifford, 155
Irving Street, 14
Italy, 80
Jackson, Bill, 106
Jackson, Justice, 46, 47, 69, 81, 82-92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 99, 101, 103, 105-106
As a teacher, 95
Boat fire case anecdote (see Bertel v. Panama Transport Co.), 95-97
Brown v. Board of Education, unpublished opinion in, 83-90
Illness and death, 84-86, 91-92
Judicial philosophy, 99
Methods of working, 81-82
At Nuremberg, 106-107
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Papers, publication of, 106
Jackson, Robert, 208
Jackson v. U.S., 395 F.2d 615 (D.C. Cir. 1968), 156-157
Japan, 80
Johns Hopkins University, 20
Johnson case (see Johnson v. D.C.), 153-154
Johnson, President Lyndon B., 150-151, 152, 222
Johnson v. D.C., 230 A.2d 483 (D.C. 1967), 153-154
Jones, Nubby, 108, 112, 222
Jones v. Wolf, 443 U.S. 595 (1979), 155
Judges:
Effect of personal life on judicial views, 186-187
Qualities of a good judge, 208-209
Role of the judiciary, 209-211
Judicial Conference Committee, U.S., 77
Judicial Fellows Program, 130
Judicial restraint, 98
Juri Raus case (see Heine v. Raus), 172-173
Justice Department, see Department of Justice, U.S.
Kansas, 16
Kapp, Robert H., 1
Katherine Ann Porter Room at University of Maryland, 200
Keesecker, Victoria, 79-80
Kelly, Joe, 37, 44, 132
Kennedy Administration, 133
Kennedy, Edward, 191-192
Kennedy, Ethel, 143, 148
Kennedy family, 53
Kennedy, President John F., 140, 141, 143, 149, 222
Kennedy, Justice, 54, 56, 73
Kennedy, Kathleen, 148
Kennedy, Robert F. (Bobby), 45, 47, 48, 50, 134, 137, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 148, 149,
151, 211, 212, 214, 219, 220, 222, 223
Bay of Pigs prisoner exchange, 134, 137
Character of, 146, 147-149, 219
In law school, 45, 47, 48, 50-51
Presidential campaign, 147-149
Warren Beatty’s involvement, 211-213
Projects in the District of Columbia, 142-146
Relationship with EBP, Jr., 45, 50-51, 140-149, 151
See also under Prettyman, E. Barrett, Jr.
Kenwood, Maryland, 7, 10
KGB, 172
Khan, Aga, 155
Khan, Yasmin, 155
– A9 –
Kidnapped, 13
Kluger, Richard, 83-84, 86
Koran, 133
Korean War, 29
Krupa, Gene, 33
Lacovara, Phil, 205
Lancaster, Burt, 223
the Lawyers Club, 129
Lennon, John, 168-170
Lennon Remembers by John Lennon and Jan Wenner, 169
Leonard, Elmore, 223
Les Miserables, 13
Leventhal, Judge Harold, 68
Levy, Morris, 168-169
Lexington, Virginia, 5
Libel Show, 44
Livingston, President of Capitol Records, 148
Lloyds of London, 156
London, England, 21, 25
Loos, Carl, 71
Loos, Dick, 71
Lucas, Dr. (Canon), 11, 12
Mailer, Norman, 198, 223
Mandel case (see U.S. v. Mandel), 176
Mandel, Governor Marvin, 176
Mantle, Mickey, 145
Marciano, Rocky, 145
Marshall, Justice, 84, 157, 177-178, 183, 223
Maryland, 1, 6, 7, 10, 14, 76, 79, 80, 176, 180-181
Massachusetts, 17, 113
Matthews, Judge Burnita Shelton, 133
McCarthy, Coleman, 198
McCarthy, Cormac, 34
McCarthy, Senator Joseph, 46, 48-49
McGowan, Judge Carl, 68
McGuire, Noreen, 16, 80
McGuire, Ollie, 112
McNeil, Edward Lee, 180, 181
McNeil case (see McNeil v. Director, Patuxent Institution), 180-181
McNeil v. Director, Patuxent Institution, 407 U.S. 245 (1972), 180-181
Media Law Reporter, 130
Methodist Church, 156
Mikva, Judge Abner J., 167
Miller, Jack, 218
Miller, Judge Wilbur Kingbury, Jr., 68-69, 157
– A10 –
Mintz, Seymour, 111, 112, 132, 155
Mississippi, 133
Model-T, 2
Morgenthau, Hans, Jr., 60
Moscow, Russia, 215
Movable Feast, A, by Ernest Hemingway, 198
Muhlenberg College, 215
Musial, Stan, 145
Mystery Writers of America Best Crime Book of the Year, 115
NAACP, 166
National Institute of Arts & Letters, 119
National Wildlife Federation, 156
Nebraska, 178
Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart, 427 U.S. 539 (1976), 178-179
Nevada, 117, 181
Nevada case (see U.S. v. Nevada), 181
New Haven, Connecticut, 36
New Jersey, 24, 80
Newport, Rhode Island, 37-40
New York, 33, 36, 80, 93, 107, 114, 135, 148, 149, 168, 169, 200, 215, 216, 219, 220
New York, New York, 33, 80, 114, 119, 148, 149, 168
New York Herald Tribune, 36
Ninth Army, 84th Division, 22
Ninth Circuit, 14, 174, 184
Nixon Administration, 217
Nixon, President Richard M., 147, 217-219
Nixon v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 731 (1982) (Ernie Fitzgerald case), 217-219
Nolan, John, 135, 191
Normandy Beach, France, 22
North Carolina, 174
Nuremberg, Germany, 106, 107
O’Connell, Helen, 33
O’Connor, Justice, 54, 56, 73
Oberdorfer, Judge Louis F., 134
Ocean City, Maryland, 8, 14-15, 16, 63, 79
Olin Corporation, 156
Olympic Games, 214-215
Ono, Yoko, 169
Oppalocka, Florida, 135
Oregon, 212
P&F Shoeshine Company, 19
Pacelli case (see U.S. v. Armone), 171
Pacelli, Vincent, 171
Paddock, Courtney Prettyman, 2, 7-8, 12, 15, 21-22, 57, 64, 78, 131
Paddock, George, 7
– A11 –
Palmer, Arnold, 145
Paramount Pictures case, 176
Paris, France, 25
Paris Trout, 198
Patrick, Duke, 112
Patuxent Institution, 180-181
Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 37
PEN/Faulkner Foundation, 34, 197-198
Penn Central Railroad, 141
Pennsylvania, 195, 215
Pennsylvania Public Utility Comm. v. U.S., 749 F.2d 841 (D.C. Cir. 1984) (Greyhound
Lines cases), 171
PEPCO, 111
Phi Gamma Delta, 32
Pillsbury Co. v. FTC, 354 F.2d 952 (5th Cir. 1966), 109, 123-124, 173-174
Pillsbury Mills case (see Pillsbury Co. v. FTC), 109, 123-124, 173-174
Pillsbury Company, 174
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), 86
Plimpton, George, 223
Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982), 157
Poitier, Sidney, 223
Porter, Katherine Anne, 34, 119, 155, 199, 200
Powers, Gary Francis, 77, 78
President’s Commission on Narcotics and Drug Abuse, 62, 77
President’s Conference on Administrative Procedure, 62, 77
Presidents of the United States:
Carter, Jimmy, 222
Clinton, William J., 78
Johnson, Lyndon B., 150-151, 152, 222
Kennedy, John F., 140, 141, 143, 149, 222
Nixon, Richard M., 147, 217-219
Reagan, Ronald, 119, 120, 156, 216
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 27, 54, 59, 60
Truman, Harry F., 29, 54, 55, 57
Wilson, Woodrow, 3
Prettyman, Judge E. Barrett (EBP):
Civic activities, 61, 76, 77
Death of, 10
Early life, 4, 67
Education, 59
Flying, fear of, 14
Hobbies, 62-64
Integrity of, 64, 65
Journalist in Hopewell, Virginia, 41, 59
Judicial philosophies:
– A12 –
ideology, 54, 56, 72-73
reversal by higher court, 66-68
role and function of courts, 72-73, 102-103
Legal career (prior to judgeship):
Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia, 60, 76
General Counsel of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, 60
Georgetown Law School, teaching at, 60
Hearing officer for conscientious objectors, Office of the Attorney General, 61,
76
Hewes, Prettyman, and Awalt, 57, 60, 61
Money, attitude toward, 53
Noted judges, 69
Noted lawyers, 70
Performing Arts, interest in, 62-63
Political views, 54
Relationship with his family:
children, 62-64
father, 4-5
EBP, Jr., 73-75
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit:
Administrative Conference, establishes, 61-62, 77
appointed to, 57-58
Chairman, Board of Inquiry into the Francis Gary Powers-U2 investigation, 62, 77-
78
Chairman, Committee on Veterans’ Hospitals, 62, 77
Chairman, U.S. Judicial Conference Committee, 77
Chairman, President’s Commission on Narcotics and Drug Abuse, 62, 77
Chairman, President’s Conference on Administrative Procedure, 62, 77
Chief Judge of the, 58
colleagues, relationships with, 68-69
contributions to court, 65, 66
important cases, 66-68
law clerk selection, 71-72
retirement from, 58-59
U.S. Courthouse for the D.C. Circuit, named for, 76-78
Washington, DC, ties to, 76
Prettyman, E. Barrett, III (Ty), 79, 80
Prettyman, E. Barrett, Jr. (EBP, Jr.):
Achievements, 225
Authors, favorite, 33-35, 198-199
Career (prelaw):
journalism, at The Providence Journal, 37-40
Career goals, 19-20
change from journalism to law, 40-43
journalism, 40, 41, 42
– A13 –
legal career, 52-54
regrets, 220-221
Solicitor General, ambition to be, 220-222
Castro, impressions of, 138-139, 149-150
Civic activities:
Alfalfa Club, 223
D.C. Bar, President of, 202-203
organizations, 129-130
PEN/Faulkner Foundation, 34, 197-198
Street Law program for children, 190-191, 224
Consultant to TV program, Separate But Equal, 223
Death penalty:
author of Death and the Supreme Court, 114-118
cases, 114-117, 122-123,
Garrison v. Patterson, 391 U.S. 464 (1968), 122-123, 176
pro bono work on, 123
discussion with President Reagan on, 120-121
documentary for ABC Television on, 119-122, 176
interest in, 114-123, 176
Early life:
childhood, 6-7
family background, 1-6, 10
family political views, 54
family relationships with:
children, 63, 79-80,
grandchildren, 80
grandparents, 1-3, 4, 5, 9, 54, 201
mother, 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 14, 57, 64, 65
sister, 2, 7-8, 12, 15, 21-22, 57, 64, 78, 131
family trips, 14-15, 63
friendships, 3, 6, 10-11, 19, 51, 52, 55, 92-93, 115, 116, 169, 200, 216, 217, 224
Great Depression, effect of the, 12-13
hitchhikes across United States, 8, 9, 15, 16-18, 30, 33
religion in the family, 3, 4, 9
Education:
Somerset School, 10-11
St. Albans, 10-12
University of Virginia School of Law, 31-32, 40, 42-50
activities, 44-45, 50
friendships, 45, 50-52
on Law Review, 43-44, 49
Legal Forum speakers, 45-49
professors, 44
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Yale University, 5, 11-12, 30-36
extracurricular activities, 33, 35-36
literary interests, 33-35
Father (EBP):
influence of, 4, 37, 40, 43, 52-53, 62, 63, 64, 66, 73, 74, 75
relationship with, 73-75
retirement of, 58, 59
Favorite authors, 198-199
Favorite books, 13, 33, 198-199
Hobbies:
body surfing, 223
collections, first editions of books and autographs of authors, 201-202
Inventions, 213-214
Kennedy, Robert F., work with:
builds playground in District of Columbia, 142-144
impressions of, 146-147, 219
relationship with, 45, 47-48, 50-51, 140-149
reopens swimming pool in District of Columbia, 144-145
stay-in-school program, 145-146
works on RFK’s presidential campaign of, 147-149, 211-213
Legal career:
in federal government:
Supreme Court:
clerkships:
for Justice Frankfurter, 92-94
Frankfurter as a teacher, 95
Frankfurter’s method of working, 92-93
for Justice Harlan, 92-94
Harlan as a teacher, 97
Harlan’s judicial philosophy, 99
Harlan’s method of working, 93
for Justice Jackson, 81-91, 95-97
Boat fire case (see Bertel v. Panama Transport Co.),
5-97
Brown v. Board of Education, 82-91
editing Jackson’s opinions, 88-89
Jackson as a teacher, 95
Jackson’s judicial philosophy, 99
Jackson’s method of working, 81-82
impact of clerkships on career, 103-104
Justice Warren, views of, 100-102
relations among justices, 82, 92, 104-106
role of Supreme Court law clerks, 94-95
in executive branch:
at the Department of Justice, U.S.:
– A15 –
as Special Assistant to the Attorney General, 141
Bay of Pigs prisoner exchange, 134-140
at the White House:
as Special Assistant to the White House, 141
in legislative branch:
as Consultant to the Senate Refugee Subcommittee, 191-193
as Counsel to the House Oversight Committee, 193-194
as Special Counsel to the House Ethics Committee (ABSCAM), 194-
196
Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. (since 1955 ), 52
antitrust practice, 111
appellate work, interest in, 153, 156-157
authors, as clients, 199-200
clients, 155-156
death penalty cases, 122-123, 176
joining the firm, 108-109
leaving the firm, 133
notable cases, 153-157, 167-182
in circuit courts, 171-177
in the Supreme Court, 177-182
Allegheny Pittsburgh Coal Co. v. County Comm. of Webster,
488 U.S. 336 (1989), 179-180
Andrews v. U.S., 373 U.S. 334 (1963), 134
Branzburg v. Hayes, 408 U.S. 665 (1972), 177-178
Capitol Records/John Lennon case, 168-170
City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc., 475 U.S. 41 (1986), 181-
182
Clifford Irving case, 155
Eimann v. Soldier of Fortune Magazine, 880 F.2d 830 (5th Cir.
1989) (Soldier of Fortune case), 174
Garrison v. Patterson, 391 U.S. 464 (1968), 122-123, 176
Hendry v. Electronics Corp., 974 F.2d 1342 (9th Cir.1992)
(Exide Electronics case), 174-176, 184
Fulwood v. Clemmer, et al. , 206 F. Supp. 370 (D.D.C., 1962), 133-
134
Greyhound Lines cases (Trailways Lines, Inc. v. I.C.C., 766
F.2d 1537 (D.C. Cir. 1985); Pennsylvania Public
Utility Comm. v. U.S., 749 F.2d 841 (D.C. Cir. 1984);
Greyhound Corp. v. I.C.C., 668 F.2d 1354 (D.C. 1981), 171
Heine v. Raus, 399 F.2d 785 (4th Cir. 1968) (Juri Raus case), 172-
173
Hughes Tool Co. v. Transworld Airlines, Inc., 410 U.S. 975
(1973) (TWA case), 155
Jackson v. U.S., 395 F.2d 615 (D.C. Cir. 1968), 156-157
Johnson v. D.C., 230 A.2d 483 (D.C. 1967), 153-154
– A16 –
Jones v. Wolf, 443 U.S. 595 (1979), 155
McNeil v. Director, Patuxent Institution, 407 U.S. 245 (1972), 180-181
Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart, 427 U.S. 539 (1976), 178-179
Nixon v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 731 (1982) (Ernie Fitzgerald case), 217-
219
Paramount Pictures case, 176
Pillsbury Co. v. FTC, 354 F.2d 952 (5th Cir. 1966), 109, 123-124, 174
Teleprompter Cable Systems v. FCC, 543 F.2d 1379 (D.C. Cir. 1976),
167
U.S. v. Armone, 363 F.2d 385 (2nd Cir. 1966) (Pacelli case), 171-172
U.S. v. Mandel, 437 F.Supp. 258 (D.Md. 1977) (Governor Marvin
Mandel case), 176,
U.S. v. Western Electric, 900 F.2d 283 (D.C. Cir. 1977), 167
Western Pacific Railroad v. U.S., 379 U.S. 956 (1965), 151-152, 176
Work v. U.S., 243 F.2d 660 (D.C. Cir. 1957), 130-131
Olympic Games negotiations, 214-215
partner in, 153
pro bono cases, 130-31, 134, 153-54, 189-90,
railroad clients, 151-152
returning to the firm, 152-153
Supreme Court practice, 134, 155-156, 177-182
Toshiba Corporation International Advisory Group, 215-216, 194-196
Legal philosophies, 53
appellate advocacy:
amicus briefs, role of, 166-167
arguments in circuit courts and the Supreme Court,
comparison and contrast, 164-165
before the Supreme Court, 182-183
briefs, effective writing of, 162-163
elements of, 157-158, 160-161
judges, personal relations with, 184-185, 206
noted lawyers, 204-205
oral argument, 161, 163-164
preparation for, 158-159, 183-184
jurists, effect of personal life on judicial views, 186-187
judges, qualities of a good, 208-209
judiciary, the role of, 209-211
lawyers and pro bono work, 188
Solicitor General, qualities of a good, 207-208
trial strategy and the appellate record, 176
Legal profession:
– A17 –
law firm associates, changes in since the 1950s, 124-126
practice of law, changes in since the 1950s, 110, 126-127
Literary career:
awards, 115
Death and the Supreme Court, 114-118
law journal articles, 130
sued for libel, 113
Literary interests, 13, 33-35
Marriages, 50, 79-80
Mentors and influential teachers, 36-37, 44, 132
Money, attitude toward, 53
Nixon, President Richard M., interview with, 217-219
Noted lawyers, 132
P & F (Prettyman & Ferris) Shoeshine Company, 19
Performing arts, interest in, 62-63
Political views, 54-56
Porter, Katherine Anne, friendship with, 119, 155, 199-200
President, D.C. Bar, 202
Presidents, contact with, 140, 143, 149-151, 216-219
Publications:
article published in the American Bar Association Journal, 114
assisted William Jackson in publication of book of writings by Justice Jackson,
The Supreme Court in the American System of Justice, 106
Death and the Supreme Court, 114-115, 118
Reagan, President Ronald, interview with, 156
Public Service:
PEN/Faulkner Foundation, service on board, 197-198
pro bono work, 188-190
Street Law program, 190-191
scholarships, 190-191
working with children, 189-191
Sister, Courtney Prettyman Paddock, 7-8, 21-22, 64, 78
TV documentary on the death penalty with Truman Capote, 119-122, 156
U.S. Army career:
drummer, 25
effect of, 26, 27, 221
infantry, 21-27
injured, 24-26
joins, 20
Views on:
pro bono obligation, 188-189
Vietnam War, 26-29
Prettyman grandfathers, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9
Prettyman, Jill Savage, 79, 80
Prettyman, John, 1
– A18 –
Prettyman, Lucy Hill, 5
Prettyman, Ty, 79, 80
Princeton University, 31, 35-36
Pro bono matters, 53, 123-124, 127-28, 130, 188-89
Hogan & Hartson’s commitment to, 127-128, 188-189
Views of EBP, Jr. on, 53, 127-128, 130, 188-189
Raus, Juri (see Heine v. Raus), 172
Raven-Hansen, Peter, 217
Reagan, Nancy, 120
Reagan, President Ronald, 119, 120, 156, 216
Red Cross, The American, 21
Red Cross Roll Call, 77
Reed, Justice, 85
Rehnquist, Chief Justice, 81, 99, 187
Renton, Washington, 181
Reporters’ Committee for Freedom of the Press, 155
Revercomb, Judge George H., 51
Rhode Island, 37-40
Riggs Bank, 111
Rio Grande Railroad, 152
Roberts, John, 160, 204
Robinson, Jackie, 145
Rockville, Maryland, 2, 3
Roosevelt, President Franklin Delano, 27, 54, 59, 60
Routh, Steve, 123
Rudolph, Wilma, 145
Ruge, Ferdinand, 36-37, 132
Russia, 214
Salt Lake City, Utah, 16, 17
San Clemente Inn, 217-218
San Diego, California, 16, 18
San Francisco, California, 23
San Quentin, 116, 117
Saroyan, William, 200
Savage, Evelyn, 50, 79
Scalia, Justice, 99, 185, 187
Scotland, 21
Seattle, Washington, 181
Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), 167
Semmes, Tick, 214
Senate Refugee Subcommittee, 191-193
Separate But Equal, a George Stevens television production, 223
Ship of Fools by Katherine Ann Porter, 199-200
Silberman, Judge H. Laurence, 167
Simple Justice, 83-84, 86
– A19 –
Sinatra, Frank, 33
Sing, Sing, Sing, 33
Smith, Joe, 111, 124
Smith, Joseph J., Jr., 108
Smith, Red, 36
Smith, Steve, 149
Smith, Walter, 123
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson, 35
Soldier of Fortune case, (see Eimann v. Soldier of Fortune Magazine), 174
Solicitor General of the United States, 95, 107, 204, 220
qualities needed for, 207-208
Somerset, Maryland, 10
Somerset School, 10, 11
Souter, Justice, 56, 100, 187
South Africa, 156
Southern Pacific Railroad, 152
Spartanburg, South Carolina, 87
Sporkin, Judge Stanley, 224
St. Albans News, 10
St. Albans School, 10-11, 36, 130
St. John’s College, 201
St. Louis, Missouri, 16
St. Mary’s County, Maryland, 1
Stafford, Jean, 200
Stay-In-School Benefit, 143
Steinbeck, John, 33
Stephens, Judge Harold M.., 56
Stevens, George, 223
Stevens, Justice, 105, 159
Stoddard case (see U.S. v. Stoddard), 174
Stone, Robert, 223
Supreme Court, U. S., 81, 208
Argument before theory, 165
Black/Jackson feud, 105-106
Collegiality of, 104-106
Effect of justice’s personal life on judicial views, 186, 187
Effect on Justices, 100, 101
Judicial philosophies in, 98-102
Justices:
Black, Hugo L., 69, 82, 99, 105-106
Blackmun, Harry A., 187
Brandeis, Louis D., 69, 107
Brennan, William J., Jr., 56, 210-211
Burton, Harold H., 65
Clark, Tom C., 116
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Douglas, William O., 46, 48, 67, 69, 82, 92, 93, 105, 185
Frankfurter, Felix, 15, 46-47, 52, 69, 91-94, 97, 99, 105
Fuller, Melville, 46
Harlan, John M., 92-94, 97, 99, 210
Hughes, Charles Evans, 69
Jackson, Robert H., 46, 69, 81-91, 93, 95-97, 103, 105-106, 107
Kennedy, Anthony M., 56, 73
Marshall, Thurgood, 157, 177-178, 183
O’Connor, Sandra Day, 56, 73
Reed, Stanley F., 85
Rehnquist, William H., 99, 187
Scalia, Antonin, 99, 185, 187
Souter, David H., 100, 187
Stevens, John Paul, 105, 159
Thomas, Clarence, 91, 99, 105, 187
Vinson, Fred M., 47, 82, 84, 87, 105
Warren, Earl, 84, 87, 93, 100-102, 187, 210, 211
White, Byron R., 99
Notable cases:
Allegheny Pittsburgh Coal Co. v. County Comm. of Webster, 488 U.S. 336 (1989), 179-
180
Andrews v. U.S., 373 U.S. 334 (1963), 134
Branzburg v. Hayes, 408 U.S. 665 (1972), 177-178
Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), 82-91, 101, 211, 223
City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc., 475 U.S. 41 (1986), 181-182
Garrison v. Patterson, 391 U.S. 464 (1968), 122-123, 176
Hughes Tool Co. v. Transworld Airlines, Inc., 410 U.S. 975 (1973) (TWA case),
155
Jones v. Wolf, 443 U.S. 595 (1979), 155
McNeil v. Director, Patuxent Institution, 407 U.S. 245 (1972), 180-181
Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart, 427 U.S. 539 (1976), 178-179
Nixon v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 731 (1982) (Ernie Fitzgerald case), 217-219
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), 86
Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982), 157
U.S. v. Nevada, 412 U.S. 534 (1973), 181
Western Pacific Railroad v. U.S., 379 U.S. 956 (1965), 151-152, 176
Relations among the justices, 82, 92, 104-106
Reversal of EBP by, 66-68
Supreme Court Historical Society, 129
Switzerland, 80
Taiwan, 29
Tamm, Judge Edward A., 58, 157
Tatel, Judge David S., 223
Taylor, Arthur, 214-216
Teleprompter Cable Systems v. FCC, 543 F.2d 1379 (D.C. Cir. 1976), 167
– A21 –
Teleprompter case (see Teleprompter Cable Systems v. FCC), 167
Texas, 80
The Evening Star, 111
The Ginger Man by J.P. Donleavy, 200
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 199
The New York Times, 41
The Providence Journal, 37, 38-40, 41, 42, 132
The Supreme Court in the American System of Justice by Justice Jackson, 106
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, 13
The Washington Post, 41, 154
The Washington Times, 41
Thomas, Justice, 91, 99, 105, 187
Time Magazine, 98, 155
Tittle, Y.A., 145
Toshiba Corporation International Advisory Group, 215-216
Trailways Lines, Inc. v. I.C.C., 766 F.2d 1537 (D.C. Cir. 1985) (Greyhound Lines cases), 171
Tracy, Dick, 13
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, 13
Treasury Department, U.S.
Bureau of Internal Revenue, 60
Internal Revenue Service, 60
Tribe, Larry, 167, 205-206
Trimble, South, 3
Truman, President Harry F., 29, 54, 55, 57
Tunney, Gene, 145
TWA case (see Hughes Tool Co. v. Transworld Airlines, Inc.), 155
Twain, Mark, 34
U.N. Plaza, 148
U.S. v. Armone, 363 F.2d 385 (2nd Cir. 1966), 171
U.S. v. AT&T, 567 F.2d 121 (D.C. Cir. 1977), 193
U.S. v. Mandel, 437 F.Supp. 258 (D.Md. 1977), 176
U.S. v. Nevada, 412 U.S. 534 (1973), 181
U.S. v. Stoddard, 875 F.2d 1233 (1989), 174
U.S. v. Western Electric, 900 F.2d 283 (D.C. Cir. 1977), 167
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 57
Argument before, theory, 165
Judges:
Bazelon, David, 68
Burger, Warren E., 68, 131, 132, 157
Danaher, John A., 68
Edgerton, Henry W., 131
Fahy, Charles, 68, 131
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 56
Leventhal, Harold, 68
– A22 –
McGowan, Carl, 68
Mikva, Abner J., 167
Miller, Wilbur K., Jr., 68, 69, 157
Silberman, Laurence H., 167
Stephens, Harold M., 56
Tamm, Edward A., 58, 157
Tatel, David S., 223
Washington, George Thomas, 68
Notable cases:
Francis Gary Powers/U2 incident, 62, 77-78
Greyhound Lines cases, (Trailways Lines, Inc. v. I.C.C., 766 F.2d 1537 (D.C. Cir.
1985); Pennsylvania Public Utility Comm. v. U.S., 749 F.2d 841 (D.C. Cir.
1984); Greyhound Corp. v. I.C.C., 668 F.2d 1354 (D.C. 1981), 171
Teleprompter Cable Systems v. FCC, 543 F.2d 1379 (D.C. Cir. 1976), 167
U.S. v. AT&T, 567 F.2d 121 (D.C. Cir. 1977), 193
U.S. v. Western Electric, 900 F.2d 283 (D.C. Cir. 1977), 167
Work v. U.S., 243 F.2d 660 (D.C. Cir. 1957), 130-131
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 174
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit:
Pillsbury Mills case (see Pillsbury Co. v. FTC), 124, 173-174
Soldier of Fortune case (see Eimann v. Soldier of Fortune Magazine), 174
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit:
Juri Raus case (see Heine v. Raus), 172-173
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit:
General, 14
Exide Electronics case (see Hendry v. Exide Electronics Corp.), 174-176, 184
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit:
Pacelli case (see U.S. v. Armone), 171
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit:
Stoddard case (see U.S. v. Stoddard), 174
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit:
Garrison case (see Garrison v. Patterson), 122-123, 176
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia:
EBP, Jr., as Chair of Committee to Write the Bicentennial
History of the D.C. Circuit, 129
Fulwood v. Clemmer, 206 F. Supp. 370 (D.D.C. 1962), 133-134
Jackson v. U.S., 395 F.2d 615 (D.C. Cir. 1968), 156-157
Judges:
Harris, Stanley S., 52, 53, 108
Matthews, Burnita Shelton, 133
Oberdorfer, Louis F., 134
Sporkin, Stanley, 224
Tamm, Edward A., 58
U.S. v. AT&T, 567 F.2d 121 (D.C. Cir. 1977), 193-194
– A23 –
U.S. v. Stoddard, 875 F.2d 1233 (6th Cir. 1989), 174
U.S. v. Western Electric, 900 F.2d 283 (D.C. Cir. 1990), 167
United States Courthouse for the District of Columbia, named for EBP, 76
University of Maryland, 200
University of Virginia Law Review, 43, 44, 45, 47, 49-50
University of Virginia School of Law, 32, 40-50, 81, 91, 146
Moot Court, 45, 50
University of Virginia School of Law Legal Forum, 45-49, 146
Van Dyne, S.S., 13
von Kann, Curtis E., 217
Vidal, Gore, 198
Vietnam, 26, 27, 28, 147, 192
Vietnam War, 27-28, 191-193
Vince Pacelli case (see U.S. v. Armone), 171, 172
Vinson, Chief Justice, 47, 82, 84, 87, 105
Virginia, 80
Virginia Law School, (see University of Virginia School of Law)
Voluntary D.C. Bar Association, (see D.C. Bar), 61, 76, 130
Warner, Senator John, 71-72, 77
Warren, Chief Justice, 84, 87, 93, 99, 101-102, 187, 210, 211
Judicial philosophy of, 100-102
Methods of working, 88
Warren, Red, 200
Warren, Robert Penn, 200
Washington, D.C., (see District of Columbia)
Washington, Judge George Thomas, 68
Washington Board of Trade, 61, 76
Washington Gas Light Company, 111
Webster, David, 112
Welles, Orson, 155
Wellesley College, 36, 79
Welty, Eudora, 34-35, 200
Westcott, Glenway, 223
Western Electric case (see U.S. v. Western Electric), 167
Western Pacific Railroad v. U.S., 379 U.S. 956 (1965), 151-152, 176
West Virginia, 179
White, Justice, 99
White House, The 143, 150-151
Williams, Edward Bennett, 70, 112, 119, 219
Williams College, 30
Wills, Maury, 145
Wilson Administration, 54
Wilson, President Woodrow, 3
Wise, George, 111
Woonsocket, Rhode Island, 37
– A24 –
Work, Ella Mae, 130-131
Work v. U.S., 243 F.2d 660 (D.C. Cir. 1957), 130-131
World War II, 20-27, 61
Wounded Knee, South Dakota, 156
Wright, Charles Alan, 155, 205
Wright, Judge J. Skelly, 119
Yale Daily News, 31, 41
Yale Law School, 42
Yale University, 5, 11-12, 30, 31, 32, 35, 51-52, 79
Young, Lester, 33