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Oral History of Frank Q. Nebeker
INDEX
Acheson, David C., 68, 70, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88
and Kennedy Administration, 65, 67
and Special Assistant U.S. Attorneys, 71, 72
and Stewart case, 171, 176
Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (Pub. L. 79-404, 60 Stat. 237), 226
Agnew, Spiro, 75
Aikens, Arnold T. (“Skip”), 84
Akins, John W., 235
Altshuler, Oscar, 64
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 148, 149
American University’s Washington College of Law, 18–19
Amsterdam, Anthony, 58, 63, 88, 92
Andretta, Sal, 32, 84
Appellate Judges Conference (ABA Judicial Division’s), 246, 247
Seminar Series, 125, 145–46, 152, 162, 244
Avant, Otis, 44, 46
Bacon, Sylvia, 142–44
Bail Reform Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-465, 80 Stat. 214), 134–38
Baker, James, 210–11
Bastian, Walter, 61, 95, 101, 103, 105
Bazelon, David L., 55, 83, 90, 94, 101, 102, 167, 172
Beach, Edward L., 27–28
Beard, Edward A. (“Buddy”), 44, 46
Belcher, Carl W., 41, 44, 45, 50–51, 62, 65, 66, 71, 82, 83, 84, 89
Belson, James A., 240
Bennett, Wallace, 15–16, 17
Biden, Joseph, 247
Bonabond, Inc., 134
Bonner, John T. (“Jack”), 46
Bonner, Walter J., 34, 46, 63
Bonsteel, Betty, 17
Bookstaver, David R., 19
Bradley, Omar, 223
Brennan, William, 124
Bress, David G., 87, 115
Bryant, William B., 55
Burger, Wade, 213–14, 216, 218
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Burger, Warren E., 61, 95, 98, 103, 104, 191, 213, 248
and Clemmer case, 100–102
and free will concept, 57–58, 91, 96–97
and Stevas, 140, 223, 224
and Stewart case, 170, 176
Bush, Barbara, 209
Bush, George H. W., 202, 208–209, 220, 221
Campbell, Robert, 182
Caputy, Victor, 138
Carroll, Lewis, 89
Carter, Angela, 147–149, 150
Carter, James E. (“Jimmy”), 121
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 16–17
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Pub. L. 88-352, 78 Stat. 241), 120
Clemmer, Donald, 97
Clinton, William, 246, 247
Comeau, Robert F., 224–25
confessions, 5, 37, 59–61, 106
Congressional ethics standards, 184–86, 192, 202–204
Corporation Counsel’s Office (D.C.), 51–52, 77
Cosmos Club, 182, 187–89
Council for Court Excellence, 161
court reform, 111–13
See also District of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970
Cranston, Alan, 187–88, 219, 221–22
Criminal Justice Act (18 U.S.C. §3500), 89, 112
Curran, Edward M., 99, 119
Daly, Edmund T., 32–33, 37, 39, 41, 45
Danaher, John, 61, 95, 101, 103–104
Davis, F. Gary, 209
Davis, Marlene, 217–18
Derwinski, Edward J., 158, 215, 219, 236
Designated Agency Ethics Officials (DAEOs), 197, 200
Determan, Dean, 73
Determan, Sara-Ann (“Sally”), 73
District of Columbia Bar Association Library, 80, 81
District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 33, 52, 74, 76, 83, 118, 133, 168, 175
bail appeals, 136–37
Building Committee, 128–31
frivolous appeals, 105–107, 153
Joint appendix, 88–89
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judges, 139, 176
oral arguments, 155–56
reorganization, 126–27
summary calendar of cases, 153–55, 157–60, 228
transcripts, 110–12, 114, 117–18, 130
District of Columbia Court of General Sessions, 111, 120, 132
District of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-358, 84
Stat. 473), 125–26, 132–34
District of Columbia Municipal Court of Appeals, 44–45, 74, 85, 118, 132, 133, 168
domestic violence, 40
Dorsey, Melanie, 223, 224
Douglas, Charles, 183–84, 206–207
Douglas, William O., 135, 137
Doyle, John, 67, 68
drug violence, 36
Dulles, Allen, 26
Duncan, Charles T., 65, 67, 83–84
Edgerton, Henry W., 94, 167
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (“Ike”), 16, 25, 26, 27, 57
Eisenhower, Mamie, 24, 25, 26
Ellison, Newell, 139
Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-521, 92 Stat. 1824), 210
Ethics Reform Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-194), 183–84, 206, 207–208
Fahy, Charles, 95, 101
Farley, John J., III, 219, 221, 222
Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1996, 247–48
Ferren, John M.,122–23, 124
Fickling, Austin L., 139
First Amendment rights, 144, 145, 147, 152, 184, 207
Flannery, Thomas A., 138
Frank, Barney, 185–86, 202–204
Frankfurter, Felix, 58, 88
free will, 57–58, 96–97
Freed, Daniel J., 138
Freeman, Carol Garfield, 63, 87, 88
Frost, Robert, 27
Gallagher, George R., 139, 143
Gardner, Fred P., 235–37
Gasch, Oliver, 31, 32, 50, 59–60
General Services Administration (GSA), 213–14
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George Washington University Law School, 2, 11
Gillespie, Joseph, 70–71
Government Operations Committee, 204, 206, 215
Gray, C. Boyden, 208–209
Greene, Harold H., 120–21, 125
Greene, William P., 222
Greenhall, William, 34
Gustitus, Linda J., 204–205
habeas corpus, 64, 108–109, 135
Halleck, Charles W., 34, 126
Hannon, Joseph, 68, 70, 84, 86, 138, 237
Hannon, Michael, 237
Hantman, Alfred L., 176
Harahan, Samuel F., 161
Harris, Stanley S., 75, 121, 122, 223
Hart, George L., Jr., 138
Hauser, Richard, 182, 187, 191–92
health care issues, 142–50
Hellmuth Obata and Kassabaum, 128–29
Hinckley, John, 97
Hoffa, James (“Jimmy”), 31, 47, 82
Holdaway, Ronald M., 221, 224
Holtzoff, Alexander, 172–74
Hood, Andrew M., 120, 125, 128, 139, 153
Horner, Constance J., 182, 192
hospitals
ethics panels, 146, 151
tort liabilities, 146–47
House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, 219, 231
Hucks, Sally T., 47, 48, 82–83
Hughlett, Fleet S., 44, 46
Humphrey, Hubert, 75
in forma pauperis statute (28 U.S.C. § 1915) applicants, 105–106, 118, 178, 179
insanity defense, 55–59, 91–95, 96–97, 106, 241
Ivers, Donald L., 220, 221, 222
Johnson, Lyndon, 120, 192
Joint Committee on Judicial Administration, 119–20
judges, 4, 34
personal liability of, 244–48
Judicial Conference of the United States, 102
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Advisory Committee on Rules, 165
judicial reorganization. See District of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of
1970
Justice Department, U.S. (DOJ), 28, 111, 118
Civil Division, 66–67, 85–86
Criminal Division, Appellate Section, 47–49, 52–53, 65, 82–83
Internal Security Division, 29–31
Special Assistant U.S. Attorneys from, 71–73
Kaplan, Lou, 63
Kay, Alan, 63
Kelly, Catherine B., 139
Kennedy, John F., 65, 83, 86
Kennedy, Edward, 247
Kennedy, Robert, 87
Kern, John W., III., 125, 139, 152–53
Kleindienst, Richard, 115, 119–20
Korean War, 12, 13
Kramer, Kenneth B., 219, 220, 221, 222
Landau, Jacob Charles (“Jack”), 91–92, 242
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA), 130–31
Leban, Abbott, 63
Legal Aid Agency, 98, 104
Levin, Carl, 204, 205, 215–16
Lewin, Nathan, 199, 200–201
Ley, Jane S., 199, 209
Mack, Julia Cooper, 73
Mankin, Hart T., 221
Martin, Robert, 171, 172, 174–75
Matthews, Burnita Shelton, 169
McCaffrey, Mary Jane, 24, 28
McCullough, William M., 115
McGowan, Carl, 101
McIntyre, Fred L., 125
McKay, James C., 198, 200, 227
Meese, Edwin III, 198–99, 201, 202
Messerman, Gerald, 87, 171, 176
Meyers, Tedson J., 189
Miller, Wilbur K., 101
Mitchell, John N., 115
Montgomery, Gillespie V. (“Sonny”), 219, 225, 231
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motions panels, 104–105
Municipal Court for the District of Columbia, 33, 36, 52, 63, 71, 110, 121, 132
Murphy, Tim, 40
Murrow, Edward R., 30
Myers, Frank H., 139
Natcher, William H., 128–29, 131
National Finance Center, 214
Nebeker, Frank K., 1–2, 28–29
Nebeker, Frank Q. – Personal
American University’s Washington College of Law, 18–19, 28
birth, 1
children, 4, 15, 25, 117
father, 1–2, 9, 13, 15, 27, 193
influence of, 4–5, 24
law practice, 22–23
judgeship, 3–5
George Washington University Law School, 11, 14, 18
grandfathers, 9
mother, 1, 2, 9, 69, 182–83, 193
National Guard service, 12–13, 20–21
Ogden High School, 2
Polk public school, 2
religion, 23–24
sisters, 69, 193
uncle, 1, 9
University of Utah, 6–7, 18
Utah State Road Commission summer job, 12
vacations, 69–70, 117, 181–82, 191
Washington, D.C. move, 7, 10–12, 13–14, 22, 23–24
Weber College, 3, 6, 16
wife, 7–8, 11, 13–15, 22, 23–24, 70, 117, 220
CIA job, 14–15, 16–17
at White House social events, 25, 26, 201–202
Nebeker, Frank Q. – Professional
adjunct professor at American University, 180, 181
and Appellate Judges Conference Seminar Series, 125, 145–46, 152, 207, 244–45
Assistant U.S. Attorney for D.C., 32
Appellate Division, 41, 43, 44–47, 82
brief printing, 62–63
Chief of, 52, 70–72, 82, 84–86, 109–12, 115–16, 159, 163, 184, 240–41
Clemmer case, 97–104
colleagues, 63
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and effects of Mallory, 59–62
en banc cases, 90–92, 94–95, 241–42
Hucks case, 47–51, 82–83
interdepartmental recruitment, 71–74
internal operating procedures, 163
staff, 87–88
Stewart case, 171–77
Civil Division, 65–69, 70, 84
cases, 67, 68–69
Felony Trial Section offer, 65, 83
Misdemeanor Section, 32–40, 43–44, 82
salaries, 70
Associate Judge for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 103, 116–19, 191
Bouknight case, 133–35
Building Committee, 125, 127–31
Carter case, 147–50
clerk selection, 224
Crews case, 121–25
Neuman case, 177–81
Osborne case, 142–47
retirement, 181
Chief Judge to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, 180–81, 214–15, 246
cases, 226–27
clerk selection, 223–25
confirmation process, 187–88, 206
Court creation, 217–19, 225
Frankel case, 158–59, 227–31
Gardner case, 235–37
judges, 220–22
retirement, 239
rules adoption, 220, 222–23
salary, 187
Coordinator for Congressional Courtesy Tours of the White House, 24–25
Department of Justice, Internal Security Division, Espionage and Sabotage Unit, 29–31
interview, 28–29
Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, 31–32
Director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, 181–82, 194–98, 204–205, 213–14
appointment confirmation, 205–206, 215
and Congressional ethics standards, 184–86, 202–204
and Ethics Reform Act of 1989, 183–84, 206–208
ethical obligations seminars, 209–12
and House Committee on Government Operations, 183, 204, 206
Meese investigation resolution, 198–202
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salary, 215–16
Executive Office of the President correspondence secretary, 24–25, 27
General Sessions judgeship offer, 116
member of Cosmos Club, 182, 187–89
member of Lawyers Club of Washington, 187, 188
on personal liability of judges, 244–48
Senior Judge for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 239–40
Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for D.C., 32
on State v. First Amendment rights, 144–45, 152
and Stevas, 139–40, 142, 223–24
on summary calendar for cases, 153–55, 157–60, 228
on unpublished decisions, 159–66
White House file room staff, 17–18
Nebeker, Louanna (nee Visintainer), 7–8, 11, 13–15, 22, 23–24, 70, 117, 220
CIA job, 14–15, 16–17
White House social events, 25, 26, 201–202
Newman, Theodore R., 224
Nixon, Richard M., 115, 116, 119, 75–76
no-citation rule, 152, 153, 159–66
Nunzio, Nicholas S., 127
Obata, Gia, 129
O’Connell, Edward, 63
O’Donnell, John Jude, 38–39
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 184–85, 203
Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 192
Ogden, Utah, 1, 2–3
O’Malley, Thomas, 138
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Pub. L. No. 90-351, June 19, 1968, 82
Stat. 197), 118–19
Osborne, Charles P., 142–45, 146–47
Ottenberg, Miriam, 43
Packer, Earl and Iris, 10–11, 14, 25
Pailen, Donald, 72
Paris, John, 146, 147, 151–52
Park, Ellen Lee, 70, 84
Paulson, Nathan J., 84–85, 100, 139
Pension Building, 126–27
Potts, Stephen D., 212
preliminary hearing rule, 102–103
Pulliam, Gladys, 245–46
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Rauh, Carl, 119
Reagan, Nancy, 201, 204–205
Reagan, Ronald, 56, 97, 182–83, 185, 186, 192–94, 203
Rehnquist, William H., 123, 219, 236
right to counsel, 59–61
Rogers, William P., 28
Rosenberg, Beatrice (“Bea”), 73, 99
Rule 5 of Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, 102–103
Ryan, James, 173–74
Ryan, Joseph, 95
Santarelli, Donald E., 115–16, 119, 130
Schweinhaut, Henry A., 167
Scott, Robert, 89
Silbert, Earl, 119
Smith, Donald S., 32, 34, 38, 63
Smith, John Lewis, Jr., 120
Smithson, Frederick G., 138
Steinberg, Jonathan R., 221–22
Stevas, A. L., 85, 100, 139–40, 142, 223–24
Stewart, Willie Lee, 167–68, 170–71, 173–76
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 33, 120, 125–26, 132, 133, 142, 168–69
Supreme Court, U.S., 55, 94–95, 97, 102, 108, 125, 184, 214, 237
Crews case, 121–23
doctrine of capable repetition, 149–50
Pulliam case, 245–46
Stewart case, 170–71, 176
Tamm, Edward A., 49
Terry, John, 63, 87
Textile Fiber Product Identification Act (15 U.S.C. § 70), 67
third party custody, 134–35
Thompson, William, 125
Thurman, Strom, 246–47, 248
Tkash, Walter, 25
Treasury Department, U.S., 217–18
Troxell, Edward P., 31, 32
Truman, Harry S, 12
United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia
Appellate Division, 41, 47–49, 50–53, 64, 66–67, 77, 86
brief printing, 62–63
Civil Division, 65–69, 84
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Grand Jury Section, 36, 64, 85
Misdemeanor Section, 32–33, 34–35, 36, 37–39, 44, 59, 76, 111
physical premises of, 76–81
staffing of, 74–76, 85
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 122, 215, 221
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 33, 44–45, 52, 84, 85, 86, 95,
132–33, 144
and assistant U.S. Attorneys, 89–90
case types, 53–55
Clemmer case, 98, 101, 104
Stewart case, 167–69
and unpublished decisions, 153, 166
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 234–35, 236, 237, 238
U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, 158–59, 160, 162, 180–81, 213, 214–15
cases, 226–27, 234–37
Clerk’s Office, 223–25
convocation, 219–20
headquarters, 194–95, 216–17
lawyers and, 237–38
judges, 220–22
panel review, 231–33
rules procedure, 220, 222–23
single-judge authority, 220, 225, 227–33
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 35–36, 45, 61, 64, 120–21, 132, 133
U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE), 183, 194, 195–200, 210, 212, 213–14
University of Utah, 2, 6
Veterans Affairs, U. S. Department of, 180–81, 226
Board of Veterans Appeals, 226, 230, 231, 235, 238
Wagner, Annice, 239
Walsh, Leonard P., 120
Warner, John, 205–206
Warren, Earl, 26
Washington, George T., 94, 95, 101, 167
Washington, Walter, 189
Weaver, Robert C., 197–98
Weisberger, Joseph R., 245, 246, 247–48
Williams, Edward Bennett, 31–32, 47
Wood, Kenneth D., 46
Work, Chuck, 40
Wright, J. Skelly, 101, 104, 111, 144–45, 152
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Yeagley, J. Walter, 143
Zimmerman, Gil, 70, 84