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INDEX
Note: Gerhard A. Gesell is referred to in index entries as G.A.G.
Acheson, Dean (District of Columbia attorney and Secretary of State), 21, 32, 36
G.A.G. appraisal, 61-62
African-Americans, 70-71
Agriculture, Department of, U.S., 26
“America Firsters,” 45, 47, 52-53
American Bar Association (A.B.A.), 75
American College of Trial Lawyers, 60-61
American Football League, suit against National Football League, 42
American Red Cross, 42
Anderson Fellowship (Yale Law School), 12-13
Andover – See Phillips Andover Academy
Andrews, Neil (SEC attorney), 17
Antitrust law, 37-38, 41-42
Alibi defense, 38-41
Armed forces, U.S., integration of, 54-59
Army, U.S., 54, 55, 56-57
Arnold, Thurman (Yale Law professor), 7-8, 62
Folklore of Capitalism, 8
Mayor, 8
Methodology, 8
Procedure I, II, III, 8
Symbols of Government, 8
Trial lawyer, 8
Atlanta, Georgia, 2, 17, 29
Atlantic City, New Jersey, 38
Attachment (legal doctrine), 10-11
Austern, Thomas (District of Columbia attorney), 33
Awards
Edward J. Devitt Distinguished Service Award, i
Henry Fellowship (Yale), 3
Baltimore, Maryland, 37
Bar examination, 12
Barkley, Alben W. (U.S. Senator, Kentucky), 46, 49-50
Bartow, Mr. (J.P. Morgan partner), 19
Bazelon, David L. (U.S. Circuit Court Judge), 59
Belasco Theater (District of Columbia), 42
Biggs, Mr. (Justice Department attorney), 40-41
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Bills and Notes (Yale Law School course), 8, 9
Black Forest (Germany), G.A.G. visits, 4
Blough, Roger (president, U.S. Steel), 68
Blumquist, Mr. (TNEC investigator), 65
Boston, Massachusetts, 66
Brandeis, Justice Louis D., 61, 63
G.A.G. appraisal, 64-65
Brennan, Justice William J., Jr., 26
Bress, David (District of Columbia attorney), 44
Brewster, Kingman (Yale University president), 12
Brown, Alex, & Sons, 34
Brown, Doris (G.A.G.’s secretary), 38
“Bucket shops,” 16-17
Burger, Chief Justice Warren E., 26
Burling, Edward (“Eddie”) (District of Columbia attorney), 32, 33-34, 36, 43
Burns, John (“Johnny”) (General Counsel, SEC), 15
California, 66
California Street, District of Columbia, 28
Callahan, Timothy “Big Tim” (SEC attorney), 16, 17
Cambridge University, 3
Capitol Hill, 38, 41, 66, 70
See also Congress, U.S.; House of Representatives, U.S.; Senate, U.S.
Cardozo, Justice Benjamin Nathan, 5
Growth of the Law, 5-6
Nature of the Judicial Process, 5-6
Cardozo, Michael (TNEC attorney), 23
Carothers, Hamilton (District of Columbia attorney), 42
Case method, use of, in legal education, 6
Chandler, Jefferson (G.A.G.’s grandfather), 3
Chapman, Oscar (Democratic politician), 66
Chayes, Abram (attorney and professor, Harvard Law School), 63
Chemical firms (British, French, German), 36
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Canal (District of Columbia), 25
Chicago, Illinois, 37, 70
Children’s Hospital, District of Columbia, 30, 45
China, 42
Communist, 53
Churchill, Winston S. (British Prime Minister), 46
Cincinnati, Ohio, 37
Civil Aeronautics Board, U.S. (CAB), 37, 41
Clark, Judge Charles E. (former dean, Yale Law School, and U.S. Circuit Court Judge), 20
Clark, Ramsey (U.S. Attorney General), 60, 73, 74
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Clark, Samuel (SEC trial examiner), 20
Clifford, Clark (District of Columbia attorney and Secretary of Defense), 73
“Cold War” (1946-1991), 44
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (poet/essayist), 3
Columbia Law School, 26
Communist witch hunt – See McCarthyism
Congress, U.S., 38, 53, 74
See also Capitol Hill; House of Representatives, U.S.; Senate, U.S.
Connecticut, 9, 14, 15
Bar, 15
Bar examination, 12
Connecticut Law Journal, article by G.A.G. in, 10-11
Contract law, 8
Corby Court (fraternity, Yale Law School), 11-12
Corcoran, Thomas (District of Columbia attorney) 21-22
Covington, Mr. (“Judge”) (District of Columbia attorney), 33, 34-36
Covington & Burling (District of Columbia law firm), 21
G.A.G. practice with, 24, 28, 31, 32-45, 46, 63, 75
See also G.A.G.: Professional
Cravath, Swaine & Moore (New York law firm), 7, 25
D. C. Circuit’s Advisory Committee for Reorganization of the Local Court System –
See U.S. Courts, D.C. Circuit, Advisory Committee for Reorganization of the Local
Court System
Davenport, Dr. (TNEC sociologist), 23
Davis, John W. (New York attorney), 19-20
Davis, Polk & Wardwell (New York law firm), 19-20
Depression, Great (1929-1941), 4, 6, 10, 14, 15
Detroit, Michigan, 16, 17, 37
Dewey, Thomas E. (politician and public official), 5
New York district attorney, 21
Diamond Head, Hawaii, 51
District of Columbia, 11, 14, 18, 32, 37, 56, 65
Bar, 34, 44, 59, 60, 75
During New Deal, 28-32, 44, 61
During World War II, 42, 44
Segregation, 30-32
Douglas, John (District of Columbia attorney), 68
Douglas, Justice William O., 24-26
Attorney at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, 7
Chairman of Securities and Exchange Commission, 20-22, 24-26
Presidential candidate, potential, 25
Public Control of Business course, 7
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Supreme Court Justice, 7, 25-26
Yale Law School professor, 7, 24
Dulles, John Foster (New York attorney and Secretary of State), 4
Dulles International Airport (District of Columbia), 72
DuPont du Nemours, E.I., Company, 32, 34, 35, 42
Cellophane monopoly case, 38
Dye cartel case, 38
Justice Department investigation, 36-37
Eastman, James O. (U.S. Senator, Mississippi), 58-59, 74-75
Hearings on G.A.G., 74-75
Europe, 4, 54
G.A.G. tours, 4
Evidence (Yale Law School course), 8-9
Fahy, Charles (U.S. Circuit Court Judge), 54
Far East, 44
Farley, James A. (“Jim”) (Democratic politician), 69
Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S., 39, 70, 72, 75
Federal Court – See U.S. District Court
Federal Reserve Board, U.S., 37
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 75
Federal Trade Commission, U.S., 37
Ferguson, Homer (U.S. Senator, Michigan), 46-47, 49-50, 53
Flannery, Thomas Aquinas (U.S. District Court Judge), 59
Florida Humus securities fraud, 18-19
Flynn, Jack (SEC attorney), 16, 17
Fortas, Justice Abe, 54
Frank, Jerome (New York attorney, U.S. Circuit Court Judge), 24, 26-28
Agriculture Department, 26
Columbia Law professor, 26
SEC Chairman, 26-28
Frankfurter, Justice Felix, 61
G.A.G. appraisal, 62-64
French code traffic during World War II, 50
Fuess, Claude Moore (teacher, Phillips Andover), 2
Gainesville, Georgia, 17
Galiher, Richard (“Dick”) (District of Columbia attorney), 44
General Electric price-fixing case, 38-42
General Motors, 35
General Welfare Series (Home Library Foundation), 18
Georgetown (District of Columbia), 31
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Georgia, University of, 2
Germany, 4, 54
Code traffic during World War II, 50
G.A.G. visits, 4
Gesell, Gerhard (father of G.A.G.), 14, 66
Gesell, Gerhard A.: Personal
Chandler, Jefferson (grandfather), 3
Education, 2-3
Phillips Andover, 2-3
Yale College, 2-4
Yale Law School, 4-13, 24, 62
Gesell, Gerhard (father), 14, 66
Gesell, Marion (Peg) (wife), 17, 28-29, 31, 32, 42, 63, 67-68, 72, 74
Influence of Yale Law School, 13, 24
Matthews, Mr. (uncle), 11
“My Jealous Mistress, 1932-1984,” i
Parents, 2
Phillips Andover, 2-4
Travel, 4
World War II, 42
Yale College, 2-4
G.A.G. as English major, 2-3
Gesell, Gerhard A.: Professional
American College of Trial Lawyers, 60-61
Awards
Anderson Fellowship (Yale Law School), 12-13
Edward J. Devitt Distinguished Service Award, i
Bar memberships
Connecticut, 12, 15
District of Columbia, 34-35
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 34
U.S. Supreme Court, 34
Career choice, 3-4
Connecticut Law Journal, article on attachment in, 10-11
Corporate clients, 36, 37
Bank of America, 37
DuPont, 32, 34-35, 36-37, 38, 42
General Electric, 37, 38-42
Grace, W.R., 37
IBM, 37, 49
National Football League, 37, 42
Pan American Grace Airways, 37, 42
Parke-Davis, 37, 43
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Procter & Gamble, 37, 72
Scott Paper, 37, 38
Southern Railway, 28, 37
The Washington Post, 37, 42, 43
Transamerica, 37
Upjohn, 37
White Motor, 37
Covington & Burling (1940-1967), 24, 28, 31, 32-45, 46, 63
Antitrust alibi defense, 38-41
Antitrust cases, 37-38, 41-42, 43
DuPont investigation, 36-37
Functions and responsibilities, 36, 43
Libel cases, 43
Partner, 33
Salary, 33-34
Declines appointment as Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, 68
Early employment, 2
Influence of Yale Law School, 13, 24
Law clerks, 13
Lie detectors, G.A.G. memo analyzing unreliability, 41
Methodology, 8
New Haven Legal Aid Bureau, 9-10, 11
Portrait at Yale Law School, 12
Protecting Your Dollars (1936), 18
Securities and Exchange Commission (1935-1940), 13-28, 33, 34, 62
General Counsel’s Office, 15
Responsibilities, 16, 29-30
Kopald-Quinn case, 17-18
Salary, 33-34
Technical advisor to Chairman, 24
Whitney case, 18-21, 32
Solicitor General, considered for, 73
Special Counsel to Joint Congressional Committee Investigating the Pearl Harbor
Disaster, 45-54
Resignation, 50, 53
Teaching at Yale Law School, 13
Temporary National Economic Committee (TNEC), 22-24, 64
Functions and responsibilities, 22-23
The New York Times, 2
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 12
Nomination and confirmation, 69, 72-76
Gesell, Gerhard A.: Public Service
Chairmanships
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D. C. Circuit’s Advisory Committee for Reorganization of the Local Court
System, 45, 73
President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces, 45, 54-59,
68-69, 74
“Gesell Report,” 58-59
Committees and boards, 12
Beauvoir School board, 45
Children’s Hospital board, 45
Community Chest board, 45
Executive Committee (Yale Law School), 12
Madeira School board, 45
St. Alban’s School board, 45, 75
Yale Law School Association of Washington, D.C., 12
Yale Law School Special Gift Funds Campaign, 12
Yale University Council, 12
Political activities, 66-69
Advance man, 1956 Stevenson campaign, 66
Chairman, Credentials Committee, 1965 Presidential Inauguration, 67
District of Columbia local government, 66
Humphrey campaign (1960), 66, 67
“Intellectuals for Johnson” (1964), 66-67
Gesell, Marion (“Peg”) (wife of G.A.G.), 17, 28-29, 31, 32, 42, 63, 67-68, 72, 74
Goebbels, Dr. Josef (German propaganda minister), 5
Goering, Hermann (German air minister), 5
Gordon, Spencer (District of Columbia attorney), 44
Grand Rapids, Michigan, 37
Great Neck, Long Island, N.Y., 19-20
Green, June Lazenby (U.S. District Court Judge), 59
Griswold, Erwin (dean, Harvard Law School, and Solicitor General), 73
Haley, Mr. (SEC Commissioner), 27
Halsey, Admiral William F., 51
Hand, Learned (U.S. Circuit Court Judge), 32
Hartford, Connecticut, 11, 14
Harvard Law School, 15, 24, 35, 61-63, 73
Hawaii, 51-52
Hitler, Adolf (German dictator), 4-5
“Hitler” ballot, and insurance industry, 23
Hoffa, James R. (president, Teamsters Union), 68
Hogan & Hartson (District of Columbia law firm), 44
Holtzoff, Alexander (U.S. District Court Judge), 43
Home Library Foundation, 18
Hornblower, Mrs. Marshall (District of Columbia activist), 66
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Horskey, Charles (“Charlie”) (District of Columbia attorney), 33
Houston Natural Gas case, 27-28
House of Representatives, U.S., 38, 74
See also Capitol Hill; Congress, U.S.; Senate, U.S.
Howe, Ernest (TNEC official), 23
Hruska, Roman (U.S. Senator, Nebraska), 75-76
Hughes, Chief Justice Charles Evans, 22
Humphrey, Hubert H. (U.S. Senator, Minnesota, and Democratic presidential candidate), 66, 67
Indianapolis, Indiana, 37
Indonesia, 52
Insurance industry, 22-24
Burial, 23, 24
“Hitler” ballot, 23
Hughes investigation (1905), 22
Lack of federal regulation, 22
Life, 22
Mutual companies, 23-24
“Nickel-and-dime” burial, 23
Savings bank life insurance, 64
Integration of armed forces, 54-59
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), 37, 49
Investment Trust Act of 1935, 29-30
Iron Curtain (1946-1989), 44
Italian code traffic during World War II, 50
J.P. Morgan &. Co. – See Morgan, J.P., & Co.
Jacksonville, Florida, 55-56
Japan, 44
Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), 42, 44, 45-54
Codes broken by U.S., 45, 46, 49-50
Johnson, Lady Bird (First Lady), 69
Johnson, President Lyndon B., 59, 66-67, 70-71
Nominates G.A.G. to U.S. District Court for District of Columbia, 69, 72-76
Joint Congressional Committee Investigating the Pearl Harbor Disaster, 45-54
Executive session, 49-50
Jones, John (District of Columbia attorney), 68
Jones, Nubbie (District of Columbia attorney), 44
Judicial Council Committee – See U.S. Courts, D. C. Circuit, Advisory Committee for
Reorganization of the Local Court System
Justice Department, U.S., 17, 36, 74
Antitrust Division, 40-41
Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, G.A.G. declines appointment, 68
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Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, 68, 71
DuPont case, 36-37
General Electric price-fixing case, 38-42
Solicitor General, G.A.G. considered for, 73
Kalamazoo, Michigan, 37
Kansas City, Missouri, 70
Keats, John (poet), 3
Keech, Richmond Bowling (U.S. District Court Judge), 43
Keefe, Frank B. (U.S. Representative, Wisconsin), 47-49, 53
Kefauver, Estes (U.S. Senator, Tennessee), 38, 41, 75-76
Kellogg, James (“Jim”) (chairman, New York Stock Exchange), 66-67
Kennecott Copper Co., 35
Kennedy, President John F., 44, 45, 54, 55, 56, 66, 67, 68, 69
Cabinet search committee (1960-1961), 67-68
President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces, 45, 54-59, 68-69, 74
Kennedy, Robert F. (U.S. Attorney General and Senator, New York), 44, 66, 67, 68-69
Kester, John G. (District of Columbia attorney), 1
Kimmel, Admiral Husband E., 45-46, 50-51, 52
King, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther (civil rights leader), 44
Korean Conflict (1950-1953), 44
Krock, Arthur (journalist), 68
Labor law (Yale Law School course), 7
Lafayette Square (District of Columbia), 54
Lamont, Mr. (financier), 21
Landis, James M. (legal scholar, SEC chairman), 11, 14, 35
Lie detectors, 41
Links Club (New York, N.Y.), 19
London, England, 37
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (poet), 3
Los Angeles, California, 66, 72
MacArthur, General Douglas R., 49, 52
McArdle, Paul (District of Columbia attorney), 59
McCarthy, Joseph R. (U.S. Senator, Wisconsin), 43, 68
McCarthyism, 44
McDougall, Myres S. (Yale Law professor), 7
McNamara, Robert S. (U.S. Secretary of Defense), 54, 58, 68
Mahoney, Joseph (U.S. Senator, Wyoming), 22
Marine Corps, U.S., 42, 55
Marshall, Burke (Justice Department official), 68, 70, 71
Marshall, Justice Thurgood, 71
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Marshall, General George C., 46, 47-49, 50, 52, 53
Maryland, 61
Massachusetts, 64
Matthews (Mr.), uncle of G.A.G., 11
Meridian, Mississippi, 31
Metropolitan Club (District of Columbia), 68
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 22-23, 64-65
Midway, Battle of (1942), 49
Mitchell, William D. (chief counsel of Pearl Harbor investigation), 45-46, 50, 53
Resignation, 50, 53
Montreal, Canada, 37
Moore, Underhill (Yale Law professor), 8, 9
Moore, John (“Johnny”), 2
Morgan, House of, 19-20
Morgan, J.P., & Co., 19-20
Morgan, J. P., Jr. (financier), 19-20, 21
Moyers, Bill (Presidential assistant), 69
Munich, Germany, G.A.G. visits, 4
Nagel, Benjamin (“Benny”) (Yale professor), 2
National Football League, 37, 42
National Guard, integration of, 56, 68-69
Naval Reserve, U.S., 32, 36
Navy, U.S., 45-54, 55-56
New Deal, 11, 15, 28-32, 38, 44
New Dealers, 15, 30, 35
New Haven, Connecticut, 10, 14
New Haven Legal Aid Bureau, 9-10, 11
New Jersey, 41
New York, N.Y., 17, 18, 19, 21, 25, 35-36, 37, 39, 40, 61, 64-65, 70
New York State, 75
New York Stock Exchange (N.Y.S.E.), 18-21, 28, 36
New York Yacht Club, 19
O’Brian, John Lord (District of Columbia attorney), 46, 74
Ossining, N.Y., State Prison (“Sing Sing”), 21
Owen, Robert (District of Columbia attorney), 39-40
Oxford University, 3
Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, 4
Pacific Ocean, 52
Panama Canal Zone, 51-52
Parker, Barrington, Sr. (U.S. District Court Judge), 59
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Parker, John J. (U.S. Circuit Court Judge), 27
Patton, General George S., 49
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Japanese attack (1941), 42, 44
Perez, Leander (Louisiana politician), 74
Perkins, Frances (“Ma”) (U.S. Secretary of Labor), 65
Phi Beta Kappa, 2
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 39-40, 73
Philippines, 51-52
Phillips Andover Academy, 2-3
Phoenix, Arizona, 66
Pierson, Norman (Yale professor), 3
Poe, Edgar Allan (poet), 3
Pollak, Louis H. (dean, Yale Law School, and U.S. District Judge), 73
Portland, Oregon, 66
Postal Inspectors, U.S., 16
Powhatan Hotel (District of Columbia), 62
President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces, 45, 54-59, 68-69, 74
“Gesell Report,” 58-59
Procedure I, II, III (Yale Law School courses), 8
Protecting Your Dollars by G.A.G., 18
Prudential Life Insurance Company, 22-24, 64
Public Control of Business (Yale Law School course), 7
Purcell, Hanson (chairman, SEC), 34, 69
Rauh, Joseph L. (District of Columbia attorney), 65
Reichstag (Berlin, Germany), 4
Republican Party (U.S.), 18, 45
Richardson, Seth W. (second chief counsel of Pearl Harbor investigation), 50
Roberts, Justice Owen J., 45
Robinson, Aubrey, Jr. (Associate Judge, District of Columbia Juvenile Court, and U.S. District
Judge), 59-60
Robinson, Spottswood William, III (U.S. District and Circuit Court Judge), 71
Robinson & Cole (Hartford, Conn., law firm), 14
Roger Smith Hotel (District of Columbia), 62
Rome, Italy, 37
Roosevelt, President Franklin D., 18, 22, 29-30
Death, 44
Indifferent to segregation, 30-31
Names Douglas to Supreme Court, 25
Pearl Harbor, 45-54
Staff, 29-30
Rowe, James (“Jim”) (Presidential assistant), 29-30, 66, 74
Russia – See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.)
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Sacco, Nicola (defendant), 62
Sacks, Albert M. (attorney and dean, Harvard Law School), 63
San Francisco, California, 51
Savings bank life insurance, 64
Scott Paper Company case, 38
SEC – See Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Secret Service, U.S., 28
Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. (SEC), 11, 13-28, 29, 33, 34, 35, 62
Enforcement, 16
Functions and responsibilities, 16, 26-28
General Counsel’s Office, 15
Opinion letters, 16
Senate, U.S., 39, 69, 74
Committees, 39
See also Capitol Hill; Congress, U.S.; House of Representatives, U.S.
Senate Caucus Room, 22
Seymour, Whitney North, Sr. (New York attorney), 70-71
Shelley, Percy Bysshe (poet), 3
Shorb, Paul (District of Columbia attorney), 33
Short, General Walter, 45-46, 52
Shriver, Sargent (Democratic politician), 67
Shulman, Harry (Yale Law professor), 7
“Sing Sing” prison – See Ossining, N.Y., State Prison
Slayton, John (former governor of Georgia), 17
Smathers, George (U.S. Senator, Florida), 75
South America, 37
Southern Railway, 28, 37
Stark, Admiral Harold R. (“Nellie”), 46, 52
State Department, U.S., 32
Stennis, John C. (U.S. Senator, Mississippi), 58
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Governor of Illinois and Democratic Presidential candidate), 66, 68
Stimson, Henry L. (U.S. Secretary of War), 47
Stock Exchange Gratuity Fund, 19
Stutz Auto Company, 17
Tamm, Edward Allen (U.S. District and Circuit Court Judge), 43, 59
Tampa, Florida, 37
Taxation, 9
Taxation (Yale Law School course), 9
Temporary National Economic Committee (TNEC), 21-24, 64
Insurance investigation, 22-24
Volumes 2 and 28, 23
Texas, 70, 72
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The Folklore of Capitalism by Thurman Arnold, 8
The Growth of the Law by Benjamin Nathan Cardozo, 5-6
The Nature of the Judicial Process by Benjamin Nathan Cardozo, 5-6
The New York Times, 2, 5, 62, 64, 67-68
The Symbols of Government by Thurman Arnold, 8
The Washington Post, 37, 42, 43
Tort law, 8
Torts (Yale Law School course), 7
Trenton, New Jersey, 37
Truman, President Harry S, 28, 49, 50, 54
Tydings, Joseph (U.S. Senator, Maryland), 60
Underwood, E. Marvin (U.S. District Judge, N.D. Ga.), 17
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), 44
Code traffic during World War II, 50
Union Trust Building (District of Columbia), 33
United Nations, 43
United Services Organization (U.S.O.), 42
U.S. Courts, D.C. Circuit, 44, 59
Advisory Committee for Reorganization of the Local Court System, 45, 59-61, 73
U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
Judges:
Bazelon, David L., 59
Fahy, Charles, 54
Robinson, Spottswood William, III, 71
Tamm, Edward Allen, 43, 59
Wald, Patricia, 59
Wright, J. Skelly, 26
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 27-28
U.S. Courts of Appeals, 37
U.S. Court of Claims, 37
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, 12, 43, 60, 73
G.A.G. named to, 12, 69, 72-76
Judges:
Flannery, Thomas Aquinas, 59
Holtzoff, Alexander, 43
Keech, Richard Bowling, 43
Parker, Barrington, Sr., 59
Robinson, Aubrey, Jr., 59-60
Robinson, Spottswood William, III, 71
Tamm, Edward Allen, 43, 59
U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut, 15
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 17
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U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 17-18
U.S. Steel, 68
U.S. Supreme Court, 26, 46, 64, 71
G.A.G. argues cases, 37, 38, 64
Supreme Court Justices, 64
Brandeis, Louis D., 61, 63, 64-65
Brennan, William J., Jr., 26
Burger, Warren E., 26
Cardozo, Benjamin Nathan, 5
Douglas, William O., 7, 24-26
Fortas, Abe, 54
Frankfurter, Felix, 61, 62-64
Hughes, Charles Evans, 22
Marshall, Thurgood, 71
Roberts, Owen J., 45
Vinson, Fred M., 58
U.S.S. Arizona (battleship), 51
U.S.S. Enterprise (aircraft carrier), 51
Vance, William (Yale Law professor), 8-9
Evidence course, 8-9
Vanzetti, Bartolomeo (defendant), 62
Vietnam Conflict (1954-1975), 44, 73
Vinson, Chief Justice Fred M., 58
Wald, Patricia M. (U.S. Circuit Court Judge), 59
Wall Street financial district (New York City), 7, 21, 26
Wallace, Henry A. (U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and Vice President), 65
Washington (state), 38
Washington, Walter (mayor of Washington, D.C.), 66
Washington Star, 68
West Virginia, 67
1960 Democratic primary, 67
Westinghouse, 39
Westwood, Howard (District of Columbia attorney), 33
White House (District of Columbia), 67, 69
Oval Office, 70
Whitney case, 18-21, 32
Whitney, George (financier), 20, 35-36
Whitney, Richard (financier), 18-21, 32, 61, 62
Williams, Stanley (Yale professor), 2-3
Williams & Connolly (D.C. law firm), 1
Wilmington, Delaware, 37
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Wilson, President Woodrow, 66
Wofford, Harris (Democratic politician), 67-68
World War II (1941-1945), 28, 32
Wright, J. Skelly (U.S. Circuit Court Judge), 26
Yale Bowl, 2
Yale College, 2-4, 11-12
Henry Fellowship, 3
Yale Daily News, 2
Yale-Georgia football game, 2
Yale Law School, 4-13, 15, 16, 24, 62, 65, 68, 73
Admissions process, 6
Anderson Fellowship, 12-13
Clark, Charles E. (former dean), 20
Corby Court fraternity, 11-12
Curriculum, 6-9
Bills and notes course, 8, 9
Case method, use of, 6
Evidence course, 8-9
Labor law course, 7
Procedure I, II, and III courses, 7
Public Control of Business course, 7
Taxation course, 9
Torts course, 7
Executive Committee, 12
Faculty, 6-9
Arnold, Thurman, 7-8, 62
Douglas, William O., 7, 24
McDougall, Myres S., 7
Moore, Underhill, 8, 9
Rodell, Fred, 9
Shulman, Harry, 7
Vance, William, 8, 9
Fundraising, 12-13
Influence on G.A.G., 13, 24
New Haven Legal Aid Bureau, 9-10, 11
Portrait of G.A.G. at, 12
Special Gift Capital Funds Campaign, 12
Yale Law School Association of Washington, D.C., 13
G.A.G. as second president, 13
Yale University Council, 12
Young, Whitney (civil rights leader), 55, 58
Youngman, William (“Bill”) (D.C. attorney), 22
TABLE OF CASES
Scott Paper Company v. Marcalus Manufacturing Company, Inc., et al, 326 U.S. 249, 66 S.Ct.
101, 90 L. Ed. 47 (1945)
United States v. E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Co., 351 U.S. 377, 76 S. Ct. 994, 100 L. Ed.
1264 (1956)
TABLE OF STATUTES
Public Utility Holding Company Act, 49 Stat. 803 (1935), 15 U.S. Code §§79 et seq., 28