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Index
Alaska, 20
Allen, Florence, 22
Attorney General’s Office, 11, 12-13, 17
Bar of the Supreme Court, 11
Bazelon, David L., 20
Beacon Press, 20
Berlin, University of, 16
B.F. Shaw Printing Company v. Helvering, 72 F.2d 187 (D.C. Cir. 1934), 11
Biggs, J. Crawford, 10
Bilbo, Senator, 2
Black, Justice, 20
Boston, 20
Bradlee, Mr., 19
Brandeis, Justice, 7
Brennan, Justice, 8-9, 20
Burger, Chief Justice, 20
Burton, Harold Hitz, 13
California State Court of Appeals, 25
Cardozo, Justice, 13-14
Carter, Jimmy, 20
Chile, 22-23
Christopher, Warren, 17
Church of England, 2
Clark, Ramsey, 17
Cleveland, 3, 5, 10
Congress, U.S., 20
Connecticut, 2
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, 3
Davis, John W., 12-13
“Deconstitutionalizing Justiciability: The Example of Mootness,” 105 Harv. L. Rev. 603
(1992), 7
Democratic Party, 2
Depression, the, 10
“Discrete and Relational Criminal Representation: The Changing Vision of the Right to
Counsel,” 105 Harv. L. Rev. 670 (1992), 7
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District of Columbia, 21
Douglas, Justice, 20
East Cleveland (Ohio), 1
Edwards, Harry T., 20
Ellsberg, Daniel, 18-20
England, 1, 2
Episcopal Church, 2
ERISA, 26
Europe, 3, 10
Federal Communications Commission, 26
Federal Radio Commission, 26
Federal Trade Commission, 11-13
Feke, Robert, 15
Frankfurter, Justice, 20
George Otis Smith case (United States v. Smith, 286 U.S. 6 (1932)), 11-13
Agreed record, 12
Appealed to U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 13
Background, 11-12
Counsel, 12
Motion to certify presented by Griswold, 13
Petition for writ of quo warranto filed, 12
Supreme Court decision, 12-13
George Washington University Law School, 21
Gesell, Gerhard R., 18, 21
Ginsburg, Justice, 20, 22
Gravel, Senator, 20
Griswold, Erwin N.:
Early life:
ancestors, 1
date of birth, 1
political heritage, 1-2
religious beliefs, 2-3
World War I, impact of, 2
Education:
European travel, 3, 10
Harvard Law School, 3, 4-7, 12
admission requirements, 5
decision to attend law school, 5
law clerk to Professor Austin W. Scott, 9-10
on law review, 6-7
high school, 2, 3
Oberlin College, 3-5
mathematical training, 4-5
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Legal career:
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, 3, 10
Harvard Law School, 9, 20, 23, 25
as dean:
appointment, 14
greatest achievements:
contributions to other law schools, 16-17
international legal studies, 16
returning servicemen, legal education for, 15
women, admission of, 15-16
joins faculty, 3, 5, 10
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, 3
judicial selection committee, serves on , 20-21
private practice, transition to, 25
young associates, quality of, 26
Solicitor General’s Office:
as Assistant Solicitor General, 3, 10-13, 25
cases:
B.F. Shaw Printing Company v. Helvering, 72 F.2d 187 (D.C. Cir. 1934), 11
George Otis Smith case (United States v. Smith, 286 U.S. 6 (1932)), 11-13
Kaiwiki Sugar Company v. Burnet, 63 F.2d 822 (D.C. Cir. 1933), 11
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company v. Helvering,
71 F.2d 956 (D.C. Cir. 1934), 11
South Penn Oil Company case (Helvering v. South Penn Oil Company,
68 F.2d 420 (D.C. Cir. 1933)), 11
solicits appellate cases from assistant attorneys general, 11
as Solicitor General, 17-20, 25
Pentagon Papers case (New York Times Company v. United States,
403 U.S. 713 (1971)), 11, 18-20
Supreme Court, perception of, 20
Legal philosophies:
affirmative action, 21-22
courts of appeals organized by subject matter, need for, 23-24, 27
current law, complexity of, 26-27
electronic age, impact of, 27-28
good judges, characteristics of, 21
law review articles, value of, 7
mathematical training, usefulness of in legal work, 4
oral arguments, function of, 24-25
oral arguments, length of, 25
political factions on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 23
pragmatism, 8
“rainmakers,” 25-26
Supreme Court decisions, 8
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Personal life:
Justice Cardozo, relationship with, 13-14
White House receptions, 14
wife, 4, 13-14
Publications:
Ould Fields, New Corne: The Personal Memoirs of a Twentieth Century Lawyer, West
Publishing Company, 1992, 17-19, 24, 26, 27
Griswold, Francis, 2
Griswold, Hope Erwin, 1-3
Griswold, James Harlen, 1-3, 5
Groner, D. Lawrence, 13-14
Harlan, Justice, 8-9, 20
Harvard University:
Harvard Corporation, 15-16
Harvard Law School, 3, 5, 9, 10, 14-17, 20, 23, 25
Harvard Law Review, 6-7
Treasure Room, 15
World War II, impact of, 14-15
Kennedy School of Government, 18
Hastie, Bill, 22
Helvering v. South Penn Oil Company, 68 F.2d 420 (D.C. Cir. 1933) (South Penn Oil Company
case), 11
Henderson, Karen LeCraft, 22
Hitz, William, 13
Hoover, Herbert, 11-13, 14
Hoover, J. Edgar, 19
Howe, Mark, 16
Hughes, Charles Evans, Jr., 2, 10
Internal Revenue Code, 26
Jacobs, Nathan, 6
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, 3, 25, 26
Justice Department, U.S., 21-22
Attorney General’s Office, 11
Attorneys General:
Clark, Ramsey, 17
Mitchell, William D., 12-13
Solicitor General’s Office, 3, 10-13, 17-20
Solicitors General:
Biggs, J. Crawford, 10
Hughes, Charles Evans, Jr., 10
Kaiwiki Sugar Company v. Burnet, 63 F.2d 822 (D.C. Cir. 1933), 11
Kennecott Copper Company, 23
Kennedy School of Government, 18
Landis, Jim, 15
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Letelier case, 23
MacKinnon, George E., 19-20
Mardian, Mr., 19
Martin, George Ewing, 13
Mathias, Senator, 2
McGowan, Carl, 20
Menzel, Donald, 5
Mikva, Abner J., 20
Mitchell, William D., 12-13
New Deal, 10
New Hampshire, 3
New York, 12
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company v. Helvering, 71 F.2d 956
(D.C. Cir. 1934), 11
New York Times Company v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971) (Pentagon Papers case),
11, 18-20
Nixon, Richard M., 17-18
North Carolina, 10
Oberlin College, 3-5
Ohio, 1-3
Ohio Common Pleas Court, 22
Ohio Supreme Court, 22
Ould Fields, New Corne: The Personal Memoirs of a Twentieth Century Lawyer, West
Publishing Company, 1992, 17-19, 24, 26, 27
Pennsylvania, 11, 12
Pentagon Building, 18
Pentagon Papers case (New York Times Company v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971)),
11, 18-20
Information learned after the case, 18-19
Judge MacKinnon’s dissent, 19-20
Settlement, attempt to reach, 19
Pepper, George Wharton, 12-13
Philadelphia, 12
Philadelphia Bar Association, 12
Poletti, Charlie, 12
Pound, Dean, 10
Presbyterian Church, 2-3,
Princeton University, 6
Progressive Party, 1-2
Prohibition, 4
Quakers, 2-3
Republican Party, 1-2
Restatement of Trusts, 9-10
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 10, 22
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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1-2, 12
Royall, Isaac, 15
Russo, Mr., 19
Rutgers University, 6
Scott, Austin W., 9-10
Securities and Exchange Commission, 26
Senate, U.S., 11-13
Smith, George Otis, 11-13
see also George Otis Smith case (United States v. Smith, 286 U.S. 6 (1932))
Solicitor General’s Office, 3, 10-13, 17-20
South, the, 2
South Penn Oil Company case (Helvering v. South Penn Oil Company, 68 F.2d 420
(D.C. Cir. 1933)), 11
Stanford University, 4
Supreme Court, U.S., 25
Bar of the Supreme Court, 11
Cases:
George Otis Smith case (United States v. Smith, 286 U.S. 6 (1932)), 11-13
Pentagon Papers case (New York Times Company v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971)),
11, 18-20
Welch v. Helvering, 290 U.S. 111 (1933), 8-9
Justices:
Black, 20
Brandeis, 7
Brennan, 8-9, 20
Burger, 20
Cardozo, 13-14
Douglas, 20
Frankfurter, 20
Ginsburg, 20, 22
Harlan, 8-9, 20
Warren, 20
Supreme Court of New Jersey, 6
Treasure Room, 15
Treasury Department, U.S., 12
Tydings, Joseph D., 21
Unitarian Church, 20
United States v. Smith, 286 U.S. 6 (1932) (George Otis Smith case), 11-13
Uruguay, 23
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 22
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 22
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 20-25
Cases:
B.F. Shaw Printing Company v. Helvering, 72 F.2d 187 (D.C. Cir. 1934), 11
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George Otis Smith case (United States v. Smith, 286 U.S. 6 (1932)), 11-13
Kaiwiki Sugar Company v. Burnet, 63 F.2d 822 (D.C. Cir. 1933), 11
Letelier case, 23
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company v. Helvering, 71 F.2d 956
(D.C. Cir. 1934), 11
Pentagon Papers case (New York Times Company v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971)),
11, 18-20
South Penn Oil Company case (Helvering v. South Penn Oil Company,
68 F.2d 420 (D.C. Cir. 1933)), 11
Judges:
Bazelon, David L., 20
Edwards, Harry T., 20
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 20, 22
Groner, D. Lawrence, 13-14
Henderson, Karen LeCraft, 22
Hitz, William, 13
MacKinnon, George E., 19-20
Martin, George Ewing, 13
McGowan, Carl, 20
Mikva, Abner J., 20
Wald, Patricia M., 15-16, 20, 22
Wilkey, Malcolm R., 22-23
Political factions, 23
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 21
Cases:
George Otis Smith case (United States v. Smith, 286 U.S. 6 (1932)), 11-13
Pentagon Papers case (New York Times Company v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971)),
11, 18-20
Gesell, Gerhard R., 18, 21
U.S. Navy, 2
Villanova Law School, 16-17
Virgin Islands, 22
Wald, Patricia M., 15-16, 20, 22
Warren, Bull, 16
Warren, Chief Justice, 20
Washington Post, The, 18-20
Welch v. Helvering, 290 U.S. 111 (1933), 8-9
Western Reserve Law School, 5
White House, 12, 14
Wilkey, Malcolm R., 22-23
Wooster College, 3
World War I, 2, 15
World War II, 14-15
Wyzanski, Charlie, 14
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Yale University, 3-4, 6
Yale Law School, 16
Youngstown, 2