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INDEX
Acheson, David C., 66-67, 70, 72-73, 85-88, 90, 172, 176
and Kennedy Administration, 66, 69, 88
and Special Assistant U.S. Attorneys, 73
and Stewart case, 171, 176
Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (Pub. L. 79-404, 60 Stat. 237), 247
Agnew, Spiro, 77
Aikens, Arnold T. (“Skip”), 86
Akins, John W., 252
Altshuler, Oscar, 65
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 149-50
American University’s Washington College of Law, 19-20, 25, 29, 180
Anders v. California, 108
Amsterdam, Anthony, 60, 65, 90, 94
Andretta, Sal, 35, 86
Appellate Judges Conference (ABA Judicial Division’s), 263-64
Seminar Series, 126, 146-47, 153, 162, 193, 224, 261
Avant, Otis, 46, 48, 112
Bacon, Sylvia, 143–45
Bail Reform Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-465, 80 Stat. 214), 135, 137, 139, 141
Baker, James, 228
Bastian, Walter, 63, 97, 102, 105-06
Bazelon, David L., 57, 85, 91-92, 96, 102-03, 168, 172-73, 203
Beach, Edward L., 28, 29-30
Run Silent, Run Deep (book))
Beard, Edward A. (“Buddy”), 46, 48
Belcher, Carl W., 44, 46-47, 52, 54, 63, 66, 68, 73, 84-86, 91
Belson, James A., 257
Bennett, Wallace, 16-18, 34
Biden, Joseph, 264
Blue v. United States, 103
Bonabond, Inc., 136
Bonner, John T. (“Jack”), 48
Bonner, Walter J., 35, 65
Bonsteel, Betty, 18
Bookstaver, David R., 20
Bradley, Omar, 240
Brennan, William, 129
Bress, David G., 88, 117
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Bryant, William B., 57
Burger, Wade, 231-32, 234, 236
Burger, Warren E., 59, 63, 93, 97-106, 127, 141, 171, 177, 203, 209, 231-32, 242, 265
and Clemmer case, 103
and free will concept,
and Stevas, 141, 241
and Stewart case, 171
Bush, Barbara, 226-27
Bush, George H. W., 220, 225-26, 239
Campbell, Robert, 182
Caputy, Victor, 139
Carroll, Lewis, 91
Carter, Angela, 148
Carter, James E. (“Jimmy”), 122
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 15, 17
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Pub. L. 88-352, 78 Stat. 241), 122, 262
Clemmer, Donald, 99
Clinton, William, 263-64
Comeau, Robert F., 241-42
confessions, 5, 39, 52, 61-63, 106-08
Congressional ethics standards, 186
Corporation Counsel’s Office (D.C.), 53-54, 73, 78, 204
Cosmos Club, 182, 187-89, 204
Council for Court Excellence, 162
court reform, 114
See also District of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970
Court Reorganization Act, 127, 134
Cranston, Alan, 186-88, 236, 238
Criminal Justice Act (18 U.S.C. §3500), 90, 113
Curran, Edward M., 100, 120
Daly, Edmund T., 34, 39, 41, 43, 47
Danaher, John, 63, 102, 105, 266
Davis, F. Gary, 226
Davis, Marlene, 234
Derwinski, Edward J., 158, 232, 236, 244
Designated Agency Ethics Officials (DAEOs), 214, 216
Determan, Dean, 74
Determan, Sara-Ann (“Sally”), 74
District of Columbia Bar Association Library, 81-82, 101
District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 35, 46-47, 54, 76-77, 85-87, 105, 111, 117-21, 123, 133-34, 136, 139, 152, 156, 158, 167-68, 170, 174, 176-77, 179, 191, 208, 230-31, 240, 244, 250, 255, 257, 260-62, 266
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bail appeals, 137
Building Committee, 126, 128-29, 265
frivolous appeals, 107-09, 150
Joint appendix, 90, 97, 120, 175
judges, 4, 35, 38, 58, 60, 64, 72, 74, 82, 86, 99, 102-03, 107, 117, 119-20, 122, 126-27, 132, 136, 139, 148, 152, 160-61, 165, 167, 186, 190-94, 196-97, 200-01, 205-07, 33, 236-37, 241-42, 244-45, 252, 257, 262-63, 266
oral arguments, 87, 91, 143, 147, 154-55, 157, 175, 194, 203, 244, 248, 250, 258
reorganization, 65, 110, 113, 116, 119-20, 126-27, 132-134, 149, 191
summary calendar of cases, 152-54, 157-59, 163, 205, 244, 267
transcripts, 51, 90, 107, 109, 111-13, 115, 118-19, 131, 177, 179, 190. 224. 258, 264
District of Columbia Court of General Sessions, 117, 121, 132-33
District of Columbia Municipal Court of Appeals, 35, 38, 46-47, 54, 61, 65, 72, 76, 87, 111, 119, 121, 133, 168
domestic violence, 23, 42
Dorsey, Melanie, 239
Douglas, Charles (“Chuck”), 183, 223-24
Douglas, William O., 135, 137
Doyle, John, 69-70
drug violence, 38
Dulles, Allen, 28
Duncan, Charles T., 66-67, 69, 85
Edgerton, Henry W., 96, 167
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (“Ike”), 17, 27-29, 59
Eisenhower, Mamie, 25-28
Ellison, Newell, 139
Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-521, 92 Stat. 1824), 226
Ethics Reform Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-194), 224
Fahy, Charles, 97, 102
Farley, John J., III, 236-37, 239
Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1996, 263
Ferren, John M., 123-24
Fickling, Austin L., 139
First Amendment rights, 144-45, 147, 163, 183, 223-24
Flannery, Thomas A., 138
Frank, Barney, 185, 219-20
Frankfurter, Felix, 60, 90
free will, 59-60, 98-99
Freed, Daniel J., 138
Freeman, Carol Garfield, 65, 89
Frost, Robert, 29
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Gallagher, George R., 139, 143, 192, 196, 207
Gardner, Fred P., 251-53
Gasch, Oliver, 33-34, 52, 61
General Services Administration (GSA), 211, 231, 232
George Washington University Law School, 2, 10, 12, 15
Gillespie, Joseph, 72
Government Operations Committee, 221, 223, 233
Gray, C. Boyden, 225
Greene, Harold H., 120-21, 126, 192, 195-96, 239
Greene, William P., 239
Greenhall, William, 35
Gustitus, Linda J., 221
habeas corpus, 66, 109, 135
Halleck, Charles W., 35, 127
Hannon, Joseph, 69-70, 72, 86-87, 138, 237, 253
Hannon, Michael, 253
Hantman, Alfred L., 175
Harahan, Samuel F., 161
Harris, Stanley S., 77, 122-23, 192, 195, 201, 203, 207, 239
Hart, George L., Jr., 138
Hauser, Richard, 186, 208
health care issues, 144–47, 167
Hellmuth Obata and Kassabaum, 129
Hinckley, John, 58-59, 77, 81, 98
Hoffa, James (“Jimmy”), 32-33, 49, 84
Holdaway, Ronald M., 238, 240
Holtzoff, Alexander, 172-74
Hood, Andrew M., 127, 128-29, 139, 153, 190
Horner, Constance J., 181, 209
hospitals
ethics panels, 15
tort liabilities, 146-47
House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, 247
Hucks, Sally T., 49-50, 84-85
Hughlett, Fleet S., 46, 48, 112
Humphrey, Hubert, 77
in forma pauperis statute (28 U.S.C. § 1915) applicants, 106-09, 118, 177-78
insanity defense, 57–63, 90, 93-98, 108, 257
Ivers, Donald L., 237-39
Johnson, Lyndon, 121, 209
Joint Committee on Judicial Administration, 120-21
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judges, 4, 35, 38, 58, 60, 64, 74, 82, 84, 137, 191
centrist, 201
magistrate, 99
Municipal Court, 72
personal liability of, 262-63
senior, 154, 181, 191, 198, 205, 210, 255-56
Superior Court, 33, 35, 91, 121, 126-27, 133-34, 168, 191, 195, 253
trial, 51, 58, 60, 72, 95, 107, 112-13, 137, 172
Judicial Conference of the United States, 103
Advisory Committee on Rules, 165
judicial reorganization. See District of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of
1970
Justice Department, U.S. (DOJ), 25, 29-30, 32-34, 49, 55, 66-68, 72-73, 75, 87, 112, 116, 118, 123-24, 184, 215
Civil Division, 67-70, 72, 78, 87, 89, 215
Criminal Division, 30
Appellate Section, 49, 50-51, 66, 75, 78, 101, 123
Internal Security Division, 30-33, 36
Special Assistant U.S. Attorneys from, 33-34, 36, 73
Kaplan, Lou, 65
Kay, Alan, 65
Kelly, Catherine B., 139
Kennedy, John F., 66, 69, 123-24
Kennedy, Edward, 263
Kennedy, Robert, 88
Kern, John W., III., 126, 139, 152, 192, 203, 207
Kleindienst, Richard, 116, 119-20
Korean War, 13-14
Kramer, Kenneth B., 236-39
Landau, Jacob Charles (“Jack”), 92–93, 257-58
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA), 131
Leban, Abbott, 65
Legal Aid Agency, 100, 105-06
Levin, Carl, 221-22, 232
Lewin, Nathan, 215, 217
Ley, Jane S., 216, 226
Mack, Julia Cooper, 75
Mankin, Hart T., 238
Martin, Robert, 171, 174–75
Matthews, Burnita Shelton, 169
McCaffrey, Mary Jane, 25, 29
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McCullough, William M., 116
McGowan, Carl, 102
McIntyre, Fred L., 126
McKay, James C., 215, 217, 243
Meese, Edwin III, 215, 217-19
Messerman, Gerald, 89, 171, 175-76
Meyers, Tedson J., 188
Miller, Wilbur K., 102
Mitchell, John N., 116
Montgomery, Gillespie V. (“Sonny”), 236, 241, 247
motions panels, 105-06
Municipal Court for the District of Columbia, 35, 38, 46-47, 72, 7687, 111, 119, 121, 133, 163
Murphy, Tim, 42
Murrow, Edward R., 31
Myers, Frank H., 139
Natcher, William H., 128–29, 131-32
National Finance Center, 231
Nebeker, Frank K., 1–2, 29-30
Nebeker, Frank Q. – Personal
American University’s Washington College of Law, 19-20, 25, 29, 179
birth, 1
children, 4, 16, 26, 28, 117
father, 1–7, 9-10, 14, 16, 23-25, 28, 30, 210
influence of, 4–5, 9, 24
law practice, 2–3
judgeship, 4-5
George Washington University Law School, 10, 12, 15, 19
grandfathers, 8
mother, 1, 2, 9-10, 24, 71, 181–82, 210
National Guard service, 12–13
Ogden High School, 2
Polk public school, 2
religion, 25
sisters, 71, 210
uncle, 9
University of Utah, 2, 6–7, 19
Utah State Road Commission summer job, 13
vacations, 71, 117, 181–82, 208
Washington, D.C. move, 2, 7, 10–14, 17, 23–24
Weber College, 3, 6, 9, 16
Nebeker, Frank Q. – Professional
adjunct professor at American University, 179
Appellate Judges Conference Seminar Series, 125, 145–46, 152, 154, 161, 192, 223, 248, 260
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Assistant U.S. Attorney for D.C., 34
Appellate Division, 36, 41, 43–48, 53, 82
brief printing, 64
Chief of, 54, 73, 76, 82–87, 89-90, 92, 94, 104, 111–12, 115–16, 159, 162, 171, 184, 240–41, 256-58
Clemmer case, 99–105
colleagues, 4, 65, 73, 163, 181
and effects of Mallory, 61, 63
en banc cases, 57, 93-95, 101, 103, 122, 124, 149, 163, 169-71, 196, 198, 241–42, 252, 257
Hucks case, 49–50, 84-85
interdepartmental recruitment, 74
internal operating procedures, 163
staff, 54, 63-64, 76, 82, 84, 93, 99, 116, 182, 184, 212, 215, 218, 225
Stewart case, 115, 167, 170–77
Civil Division, 67-70, 72, 81, 85-87, 89, 222
cases, 67–69
Felony Trial Section offer, 85
Misdemeanor Section, 34, 47, 78, 84
salaries, 186, 232, 235
Associate Judge for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 186, 194, 237
Bouknight case, 134–35
Building Committee, 126, 128-29
Carter case, 147–48
clerk selection, 250
Crews case, 122–26
Neuman case, 141, 177-80
Osborne case, 141, 143-48
retirement, 200, 238, 255
Chief Judge to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, 158, 179-80, 186, 214–15, 231, 246, 255, 262
cases, 158, 180, 208, 242-43, 251-52
clerk selection, 256
confirmation process, 186-87, 222
Court creation, 211, 231, 260
Frankel case, 158–59, 244, 246
Gardner case, 251-53
judges, 248-52
retirement, 200, 249
rules adoption, 209, 214, 239-44
salary, 186
Coordinator for Congressional Courtesy Tours of the White House, 26
Department of Justice, Internal Security Division, Espionage and Sabotage Unit, 30-31
interview, 33-34
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Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, 34
Director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, 181–83, 194–98, 200, 208–09, 211–12
appointment confirmation, 205–206, 215
and Congressional ethics standards, 183
and Ethics Reform Act of 1989, 224
and House Committee on Government Operations, 221, 223, 232
Meese investigation resolution, 215
Executive Office of the President correspondence secretary, 25
General Sessions judgeship offer, 117
member of Cosmos Club, 181, 186-88
member of Lawyers Club of Washington, 186-87
on personal liability of judges, 262-63
Senior Judge for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 186, 255-56
Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for D.C., 34
on State v. First Amendment rights, 145
and Stevas, 139–40, 142, 240
on summary calendar for cases, 152–54, 157–60, 163, 205, 244, 256
on unpublished decisions, 153, 157, 159-62, 164-65, 248, 257
White House file room staff, 19, 25
Nebeker, Louanna (nee Visintainer), 7–8, 10-11, 23–24, 27-28, 71, 117, 150, 197, 206, 208, 218, 236
CIA job, 15, 17
White House social events, 27, 201–202
Newman, Theodore R., 190-99, 201-03, 241
Nixon, Richard M., 77, 116-17, 120
no-citation rule, 152, 163-65, 167
Nunzio, Nicholas S., 127-28
Obata, Gia, 129-30
O’Connell, Edward, 65
O’Donnell, John Jude, 40, 204
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 184, 220
Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 181, 209
Ogden, Utah, 1-3, 8, 10, 12, 16
O’Malley, Thomas, 138
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Pub. L. No. 90-351, June 19, 1968, 82
Stat. 197), 119
Osborne, Charles P., 141, 143-47
Ottenberg, Miriam, 45
Packer, Earl and Iris, 10–12, 15, 17, 27
Pailen, Donald, 73
Paris, John, 145, 147, 151
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Park, Ellen Lee, 72, 86
Paulson, Nathan J., 86, 101, 139
Pension Building, 127
Potts, Stephen D., 229
preliminary hearing rule, 103
Pulliam, Gladys, 260-63
Rauh, Carl, 119
Reagan, Nancy, 221
Reagan, Ronald, 58, 98, 210, 218-19, 225
Rehnquist, William H., 124, 236, 252
right to counsel, 61-62
Rogers, William P., 28
Rosenberg, Beatrice (“Bea”), 75, 101
Rule 5 of Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, 103-04
Ryan, James, 173–74
Ryan, Joseph, 97
Santarelli, Donald E., 116, 119, 130
Schweinhaut, Henry A., 167
Scott, Robert, 90-91
Silbert, Earl, 119
Smith, Donald S., 34, 36, 41, 65
Smith, John Lewis, Jr., 121
Smithson, Frederick G., 138
Steinberg, Jonathan R., 238-39
Stevas, A. L., 86, 101, 139–40, 142, 178, 240
Stewart, Willie Lee, 115, 167, 170–71, 173–75, 177
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 34-35, 65, 91, 121, 126-27, 133, 142, 168–69, 191, 195
Supreme Court, U.S., 57, 60, 90, 96, 98, 104, 106, 108-09, 120, 124-25, 140, 149-50, 214, 237
Crews case, 122-23
doctrine of capable repetition, 150
Pulliam case, 260-63
Stewart case, 115, 167, 170–77
Tamm, Edward A., 51
Terry, John, 65, 89
Textile Fiber Product Identification Act (15 U.S.C. § 70), 68
third party custody, 135-36
Thompson, William, 125
Thurman, Strom, 262, 264
Treasury Department, U.S., 235
Troxell, Edward P., 33-34
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Truman, Harry S, 13
United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia
Appellate Division, 36, 43-49, 52–54, 63, 65, 73, 76, 79, 81, 84, 86-87, 90-92, 111-12, 116, 157, 159, 162, 171, 184, 222, 256
brief printing, 64
Civil Division, 67-70, 72, 78, 81, 85-87, 89, 215, 222
Grand Jury Section, 38, 65, 81, 86, 139
Misdemeanor Section, 34–35, 45-47, 78, 84
physical premises of, 77-79
staffing of, 76, 85
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 123
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 35, 86, 133-34, 186
and assistant U.S. Attorneys, 87-88
Clemmer case, 103, 107, 109
Stewart case, 115, 167, 170–71, 173–75, 177
and unpublished decisions, 159-60, 166, 171-72
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 260-63
U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, 164-65, 167, 169, 186, 193, 272
cases, 222
Clerk’s Office, 105
convocation, 245
headquarters, 220, 242-43
lawyers and, 237–38
judges, 220–22
panel review, 255, 257
rules procedure, 220, 222–23, 246
single-judge authority, 253, 257
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 37-38, 47, 61, 65, 68, 121, 133, 168-69, 195
U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE), 186, 189, 211, 213, 215-16, 219-20, 222-24, 226, 231-35, 255
University of Utah, 2, 6, 19
Veterans Affairs, U. S. Department of, 180–81, 226, 242-43
Board of Veterans Appeals, 180, 242, 246, 248, 251, 254
Wagner, Annice, 255
Walsh, Leonard P., 121
Warner, John, 222-223
Warren, Earl, 27
Washington, George T., 97,
Washington, Walter, 188
Washington Post, 46, 96, 201, 207, 269
Weaver, Robert C., 214
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Weisberger, Joseph R., 261-63
Williams, Edward Bennett, 33, 49
Wood, Kenneth D., 48
Work, Chuck, 43
Wright, J. Skelly, 144, 152
Yeagley, J. Walter, 143
Zimmerman, Gil, 72, 86
