Index
Adam Clayton Powell case (Powell v. McCormack, 395 U.S. 486 (1969)), 21-22,32
Advertising Council, 9
Advisory Committee on Procedures, 27-28, 32
Ailes, Steve, 19-20
Anecdotes:
About judges:
Bryant, William B., 22-23
Goldsborough, T. Alan, 6
Leventhal, Harold, 17
Pine, David A., 5
Ellison, Newell, 38
About lawyers:
Anglo Iranian Oil Company, 13
Army-McCarthy hearings, 9
Baker, Stewart, 34
Baldwin, Mr., 15-16
Baldwin tapes, 15-1 6
Bar order, 13-14
Bastian, Walter M., 2
Bazelon, David L., 16,25,29
Bell, Griffin, 17-18
Bethlehem Steel, 3,4-5
British Petroleum Corporation, 13-14
Bromley, Bruce, 4-5,21,32
Bryant, William B., 22-23
Buffalo, New York, 9
Burger, Chief Justice, 21-22,33
Bush Administration, 29
Campbell, Ed, 19-20
Carter, President, 29
Carter Administration, 17- 18
Clark, Bennett Champ, 25
Columbia University, 19
Steel seizure case (Youngstown Sheet and Tube v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952)), 2432
Jenrette case, 23
Cob, ROY, 8-9
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Commerce Department, U.S., 3
Committee on the Administration of Justice, 38
Individual calendar system:
experimental program set up, 20-21
recommended, 20
advisory committee, 19
funding of, 19
Management survey of courts, 18-19,25-26,35-36
Master calendar system, functioning of, 19-20
Members of, 19-20
Congress, U.S., 19,21,35
Congressional Medal of Honor, 9
Court of General Sessions
Covington & Burling, 19
Cravath firm, 4-5,21,32
Curtis, Professor, 9- 10
Curtis v. Time, Inc., 251 F.2d 389 (D.C. Cir. 1958), 9-10
Danaher, John A., 25
Dean, John, 15
Delaware, 9
Democratic National Committee, 15
District of Columbia Bar, 30
Relationship with federal courts, 32-35
District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 35-36
District of Columbia Court of General Sessions, 35-36
District of Columbia COW:
Jurisdiction of, 35-36
Reorganization of, 35-36
see District of Columbia Court of General Sessions
Opinion from the bench by Judge Holtzoff, 10
District of Columbia School Board, 36-37
Douglas, Paul, 30
Durham case (Durham v. Unitedstates, 214 F.2d 862 (D.C. Cir. 1954)), 25
Eden, Anthony, 13-14
Edgerton, Henry W., 16,25,29
Edwards, Harry T., 29
Ellison, Newell, 19-20, 38
Fahy, Charles, 16, 25,29
Federal Trade Commission, 13
“Fifth Street” Bar, 23
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Food and Drug Administration, 17
Foodand Drug case (Monsanto v. Kennedy, 613 F.2d 947 (D.C. Cir. 1979)), 17
Ford, Charles, 23
Ford Foundation, 19
Fortas, Justice, 25
Friedman, Paul L., 30
Gasch, Oliver, 20-21
Gesell, Gerhard R., 19-2 1
Ginsburg, Justice, 29
Goldsborough, T. Alan, 12,22
Green, June L., 19-20
Griswold, Erwin, 28
Hart, George L., Jr., 20
Hazard, Geof, 19
Hobson, Julius, 37
Hobson case (Hobson v. Hansen, 408 F.2d 175 (D.C. Cir. 1969)), 37
Hogan & Hartson, 2
Holtzoff, Alexander, 29
Arguing before, 8
Curtis v. Time, Inc., 251 F.2d 389 (D.C. Cir. 1958), 9-10
Hoover, J. Edgar, known as lawyer for, 8
“the irascible”, 7
Reputation of, 7-8, 10, 11
Schine Chain Theatres case, 8-9
Steel seizure case (Youngstown Sheet and Tube v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952)), 2-5
UnitedStates v. UnitedMine Workers ofAmerica, 330 U.S. 258 (1947), 6-7
Adam Clayton Powell case (Powell v. McCormack, 395 U.S. 486 (1969)), 21-22,32
Hoover, J. Edgar, 8,29
Howard Johnson Motel, 15
Hruska Committee, 27
Illinois, 30
Individual calendar system, 19-2 1
Jenrette, John, 23
Jenrette case, 23
Johnson, Andrew, 2-3
Johnson, President (Lyndon), 29,30
Jones, Edmund, 2
Judicial Conference, 32
Justice, Judge, 26-27
see also under Committee on the Administration of Justice
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Justice Department, U.S., 29
Attorneys General:
Bell, Griffin, 17-1 8
McReynolds, James C., 3-4
Solicitor General’s Office, 8,33
Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia, 35-36
Keindl, Theodore, 4
Kennedy, President, 29,30
Kirkland, James R.:
Oil cartel case, 1 3 – 14
“the unready”, 13
Korean War, 2,9
LaGuardia, Mr., 6-7
Laughlin, John J., 23
Laws, Bolitha J., 18,20
Leatherneck Magazine, 9- 10
Leventhal, Harold, 16,17,21,29
Lewis, John L., 6-7
Liddy, Mr., 15- 16
Life Magazine, 9-10, 11-12
Life Magazine trademark case, 1 1 – 12
Livingston, Dr., 17
Los Angeles Times, 15- 16
Louisiana, 30,37
MacKinnon, George E., 29
Maine, Assistant Attorney General of, 34
Marine Corps, 9- 10
Master calendar system, 3, 11, 18, 19-20
Matthews, Burnita Shelton, 5
McConnell, Ed, 19
McGowan, Carl, 21,29,30
McReynolds, Justice, 3-4
Medina, Harold, Jr., 10
Medina, Harold, Sr., 10
Mikva, Abner J., 29
Miller, Wilbur K., 25
Mississippi v. Johnson, 71 U.S. 475 (1867), 2-3
Monsanto v. Kennedy, 613 F.2d 947 (D.C. Cir. 1979) (FoodandDrug case), 17
see also under Committee on the Administration of Justice
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Municipal Court
Murphy, Justice, 34
Myers, Abraham, 9
National Center for State Courts, 19
Naval Academy, 9
Nelson, Jack, 15
Nixon, President, 2 1, 29
Nixontapes, 23
Nixon Administration, 3 8
Noms-LaGuardia Act, March 23, 1932, c. 90,47 Stat. 70, 6-7
Oil cartel case:
see Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Bar order, 13-14
British government, role in, 13-14
Sovereign immunity in, 13-14
Transferred to New York, 14
Advisory Committee on Procedures, 27-28,32
Committee on the Administration of Justice, 18-2 1,25-26
District of Columbia, settles in, 1
District of Columbia Bar, President of, 30
Legal career:
Pickering, John H.:
law clerk to Justice Murphy, 34
at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, 1
arguments, tailoring to appellate panel, 25
bench/ bar relationships, 34-35
Legal philosophies:
appearance of non-local lawyers before Federal courts, 32-33
appointment of non-local lawyers to Federal bench, 22, 24, 30
caliber of Federal bench, 29-30
diversity of Federal bench, 22
judges’ perspectives, 29
political views of the court, “swings” in, 24, 28-29
quality of advocacy before the Federal courts, 33-34
“second most important court in the federal system”, 30
Adam Clayton Powell case (Powell v. McCormack, 395 US. 486 (1969)), 21-22,32
Curtis v. Time, Inc., 251 F.2d 389 (D.C. Cir. 1958), 9-10
Food and Drug case (Monsanto v. Kennedy, 613 F.2d 947 (D.C. Cir. 1979)), 17
Life Magazine trademark case, 1 1 – 12
Memorable cases:
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Oil cartel case, 13- 14
Schine Chain Theatres case, 8-9
Steel seizure case (Youngstown Sheet and Tube v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952)), 2-5, 32
Taft-Hartley injunctiodcoal mine strike case, 17-1 8
Watergate burglars’case (Unitedstates v. Liddy, 478 F.2d 586 (D.C. Cir. 1972)), 15-16
Pine, David A.:
“the careful”, 2
Steel seizure case (Youngstown Sheet and Tube v. Sawyer, 343 US. 579 (1952)), 2-5
Powell, Adam Clayton, 21-22,32
Powell v. McCormack, 395 US. 486 (1969) (Adam Clayton Powell case), 32
Affirmed in US. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 21
Reversed in U.S. Supreme Court, 21-22
Pratt, John H., 19-20
Reagan Administration, 29
Reneck, Dan, 19-20
Robb, Roger, 29
Robinson, Aubrey E., Jr.:
Individual calendar system, experiment with, 20-2 1
Strengths of, 17
Taft-Hartley injunctiodcoal mine strike case, 17- 18
Robinson, Spottswood W., 111, 29
Rosenberg, Maurice, 19
Sawyer (Secretary of Commerce), 3
Schine, David, 8-9
Schine, J. Meyer, 8-9
Schine Chain Theatres case:
see also Steel seizure case (Youngstown Sheet and Tube v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952))
Private antitrust action, 8
Removal, 9
Reputation of, 14- 1 5
Watergate burglars’case (United States v. Liddy, 478 F.2d 586 (D.C. Cir. 1972)), 15-16
Watergate case, role in, 14-16
Sirica, John J.:
Sovereign immunity, 13- 14
Standard Oil of Ohio, 13
State Attorneys General Association, moot court, 34
State Department, US., 14
Steel seizure case (Youngstown Sheet and Tube v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952)), 2-5,32
Stevenson, Adlai, 30
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 22, 35-36
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Supreme Court, U.S.:
Adam Clayton Powell case (Powell v. McCormack, 395 U.S. 486 (1969)), 21-22,32
Appeal to, from District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 36
Justices:
Burger, 21-22, 33
Fortas, 25
Ginsburg, 29
McReynolds, 3-4
Murphy, 34
Warren, 21-22
Mississippi v. Johnson, 71 U.S. 475 (1867), 2-3
Moot court as practice for, 34
Quality of advocacy before, 33-34
Steel seizure case (Youngstown Sheet and Tube v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952)), 2-5,32
Unitedstates v. UnitedMine Workers ofAmerica, 330 US. 258 (1947), 6-7
Taft-Hartley Act (Labor-Management Relations Act, June 23, 1947, c. 120, 61 Stat. 136), 6
Injunction under, 17-1 8
Tafr-Hartley injunctiodcoal mine strike case, 17- 18
Time Magazine, 10
Truman, President, 2-3,29
Truman Administration, 13, 24
Tydings, Joseph, 19
Tydings, Millard, 19
United Mine Workers, 6-7
Unitedstates v. Liddy, 478 F.2d 586 (D.C. Cir. 1972) (Watergate burglars’ case):
see also Curtis v. Time, Inc., 251 F.2d 389 (D.C. Cir. 1958)
Appeal, panel for, 16
Baldwin tapes:
release of, 16
subpoena for, 15
Democratic National Committee, 15
Howard Johnson Motel, 15
Liddy and others, 15
Los Angeles Times, 1 5- 16
Appealed to US. Supreme Court, 7
Fines levied in, 7
Opinion in, 6-7
Unitedstates v. UnitedMine Workers ofAmerica, 330 US. 258 (1947):
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 30
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 30
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 35
Advisory Committee on Procedures, 27-28,32
Committee on the Administration of Justice, 18-21,25-26,34-35, 38
Curtis v. Time, Inc., 251 F.2d 389 (D.C. Cir. 1958), 9-10
Durham case (Durham v. Unitedstates, 214 F.2d 862 (D.C. Cir. 1954)), 25
Food and Drug case (Monsunfo v. Kennedy, 6 13 F.2d 947 (D.C. Cir. 1979)), 17
Hobson case (Hobson v. Hansen, 408 F.2d 175 (D.C. Cir. 1969)), 37
Indigent defendants, appointment of lawyers for, 7,24-25,37
Judges:
Bastian, Walter M., 2
Bazelon, David L., 16,25,29
Burger, Warren E., 2 1-22,33
Clark, Bennett Champ, 25
Danaher, John A., 25
Edgerton, Henry W., 16,25,29
Edwards, Hany T., 29
Fahy, Charles, 16,25,29
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 29
Leventhal, Harold, 16, 17,21,29
MacKinnon, George E., 29
McGowan, Carl, 21,29,30
Mikva, Abner J., 29
Miller, Wilbur K., 25
Robb, Roger, 29
Robinson, Spottswood W., 111, 29
Wald, Patricia M., 29
Wilkey, Malcolm R., 29
Wright, J. Skelly, 29, 30,37
Judges sitting by designation:
criticism of, 28
selection of, 26-28
naming of, 24,26-27
viewpoints of, 25
Size of bench, 3 1-32
Watergate burglars’ case (United States v. Liddy, 478 F.2d 586 (D.C. Cir. 1972)), 15- 16
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia:
Changes in jurisdiction, 36-38
Drug cases congesting calendar, 36-38
Individual calendar system, 18-21
Panels:
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Jenrette case, 23
Judges:
Bastian, Walter M., 2
Bryant, William B., 22-23
Friedman, Paul L., 30
Gasch, Oliver, 20-21
Gesell, Gerhard R., 19-2 1
Goldsborough, T. Alan, 6-7, 12,22
Green, June L., 19-20
Hart, George L., Jr., 20,21
Holtzoff, Alexander, 2-3, 7- 1 1,29
Kirkland, James R., 13 – 14
Laws, Bolitha J., 18,20
Matthews, Bumita Shelton, 5
Pine, David A., 2-5
Pratt, John H., 19-20
Robinson, Aubrey E., Jr., 17- 18,20-2 1
Robinson, Spottswood W., 111, 29
Sirica, John J., 14-16
Youngdahl, Luther W., 11-12
Judges sitting by designation on U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit,
Li$e Magazine trademark case, 1 1 – 12
Master calendar system, 3, 1 1, 18, 19-20
Oil cartel case, 13- 14
Schine Chain Theatres case, 8-9
Size of bench, 3 1-32
Tafr-Hartley injunctiodcoal mine strike case, 17- 18
26-28
U.S. Steel, 4-5
U.S. WarBonds, 9
“Uptown Bar”, 23
Wald, Patricia M., 29
Warren, Chief Justice, 21-22
Watergate burglars‘ case (Unitedstates v. Liddy, 478 F.2d 586 (D.C. Cir. 1972)), 15-16
Watergate case, 14- 16,23
Webster, Bethuel, 13-14
Webster, Sheffield & Cristie, 13
Weiner, Fritz, 8
Whiteford, Carmody, Hart & Wilson, 2
Wilkey, Malcolm R., 29
Wilkin, Judge, 27
Williams, Ed, 19-20
Williams, Harrison, 23
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Wilmer, Richard, 1,22,3 1
Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, 1
Wilson, John, 19-20,23
“the knowledgeable advocate”, 2
Steel seizure case (Youngstown Sheet and Tube v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952)), 2-5,32
Wollenberg, Roger, 16
Wright, J. Skelly, 29
Desegregation cases, 30, 37
Hobson case (Hobson v. Hansen, 408 F.2d 175 (D.C. Cir. 1969)), 37
Yale University, 19
Youngdahl, Luther W.:
“the head knocker”, 11
Life Magazine trademark case, 1 1 – 12
Appealed to U.S. Supreme Court, 5
Bethlehem Steel, 3,4-5
Executive Order issued, 2
Motions:
Youngstown Sheet and Tube v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952) (Steelseizure case), 32
motion to amend oral position, 5
temporary restraining order, 2-3
Youngstown preliminary injunction, 3-5
Recusal of judges, 2,3
Steel company lawyers, 2-5
U. S. Steel, 4-5