Oral History of Morton Hollander
INDEX
African-Americans, 42–44, 106
Age Discrimination Act, 22
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 86
American Expeditionary Force march, 26
Andretta, Sal, 88
assets seizure, extraterritorial, 103–106
Auerbach, Carl A., 40
Austria-Hungary, 5, 6
Bonus Expeditionary Force, 26
Bork, Robert, 106, 107
Brooklyn, New York, 1, 2, 4, 9, 17
Brown-Pacific Maxon, 56–58, 61
Bruere, Alison, 29
Burger, Warren, 54, 55, 91, 92, 108
Carswell, G. Harrold, 72–73
Carter, James E., 77, 78, 103–105
Civiletti, Benjamin, 77
Civil Service Employees Compensation Act, 56
Clapp, Newell, 82, 83–84
Colby, Leavenworth, 59, 81
Columbia University Law, 28, 31
minorities, 29–30
professors, 31–33
women, 29
Cornell University, 47, 49
Covington & Burling, 99
Cox, Archibald, 106, 107
Daggett, Mabel C., 19
Davis, Oscar, 54, 90, 102
Deutsch, Eberhard, 99
District of Columbia, 45
segregation in, 42–43
Doub, George C., 59, 94, 108
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Douglas, John, 108
Dowling, Noel, 33
Ehrlich, Susan, 36
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 91
Eldridge, John C., 69, 101, 107
Erdahl, Robert S., 55
Fanelli, Joseph A., 37, 39
Federal Tort Claims Act, 70, 80, 84–85, 99, 100, 101
Feldman, Reid, 21, 50
Fiske, Robert B., 95–96
Frankfurter, Felix, 60, 63, 89, 95
Freehill, Joseph H., 37, 39
Friedman, Daniel M., 90, 102
Friendly, Henry, 89
Gellhorn, Walter, 32, 33, 35
Gifford, James Parsons, 33, 34–35
Goldman, Greer, 87–88
Grandcamp, 100
Gray, L. Patrick, 76–77
Great Depression, 13, 26
Greene, Harold, 76
Griswold, Erwin, 103, 105, 106
Hauberg, Robert E., 44
Haynsworth, Clement, 71–72
Hearst, William Randolph, 12
Hoffa, Jimmy, 102
Hollander, Lawrence, 20, 21
Hollander, Morton – Personal
Aunt Lil, 3, 4, 9, 11–12
bar exam, 32, 36, 37–38
Bar Mitzvah, 14, 15–16
birth, 1
Boy Scout experience, 2–3
Boys’ High School, 9–10, 13–14, 17
Brooklyn College, 9, 13, 14, 18–19, 27
at Camp Ritchie, 25, 48
childhood, 2–4, 9–12, 16–18
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Columbia University, 25, 27–30, 31
Columbia Law Review, 33, 34
Jewish Graduate Society, 30
professors, 31–33
cousin Esther, 4–5, 11, 12, 30
daughter Nancy, 1, 20–21, 27, 50
elementary school P.S. 63, 30
father, 4, 5, 6–8, 9, 10, 14, 24, 25, 27
father-in-law, 25–26
grandfather, maternal, 5–6, 7–8, 11, 14–15, 16, 20, 27–28, 30
grandmother, maternal, 5–6, 11, 12, 14
grandparents, paternal, 6
Hebrew School, 19–20
Lew Wallace Junior High School, 17–18
at Lowry Field, 49
marriage, 38, 41
military service, 25, 47–51, 52
mother, 4, 6, 9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18
politics, 25
religion, 14–16, 27–28
siblings, 1, 6, 10, 11, 12, 14, 20
sister Evelyn, 20, 21
sister Marilyn, 5, 22, 23, 48–49
son Robert, 4
summer jobs, 27, 34, 35
tennis, 3–4
Uncle Joe, 3, 11
vacations, 24
wife Ruth, 1, 11, 21, 24, 27, 34, 38, 39, 41, 49–50, 52
Hollander, Morton – Professional
with Interior Department, Bureau of Land Management, 45–46, 51, 52, 90
with Justice Department, Supreme Court section of the Claims Division, 52–55, 75–77, 93–97
attorneys, 90–91
Dalehite case, 70, 98–101
Feres case, 79–82, 84–85, 95, 96, 99
Griggs case, 82–83, 95
and Iranian government claims, 77–79, 103–106
O’Leary v. Brown-Pacific Maxon case, 56–63
United States v. Western Pacific Railroad Co. case, 64–68
U.S. Naval Academy case, 86–87
with Moses & Singer, 34, 35
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with Office of Price Administration (OPA), 40–41, 45, 47, 52, 90–91
on solicitors general, 68–70, 106–107
with U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 37–40
Hollander, Morton J., 71
Hollander, Nancy, 1, 20–21, 27, 50
Hollander, Norman, 2, 3, 20
Hollander, Robert, 4
Hollander, Ruth Miller, 1, 11, 21, 24, 27, 34, 39, 49–50
jobs, 38, 52
marriage, 38, 41
Hollander, Seymour, 21–23
Hoover, Herbert, 25, 26
Hoover, J. Edgar, 43
Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), 64, 66–68
Iran hostage crisis, 77–79, 104–105
Jayson, Lester, 59
Jervey, Huger W., 28, 30
Jewish Mafia, 2, 30–31
Johnson, Lyndon B., 43–44
Judicial Council for the Circuit, 97
Justice Department, U.S., 39, 46, 73, 97
part-time work with, 87–88
Kennedy, Robert F., 43, 44, 95, 97, 101-102
Khomeini, 78, 103, 104
Knopf, Norman, 72–74
Kramer, Milton, 37, 39
Kreeger, David Lloyd, 54, 91
Lend-Lease Program, 48
Lieberman, Elias, 10
Liftin, Morton, 53, 90, 99, 102
Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 56–57
Magazine, Samuel, 42, 45
Marshall, Thurgood, 106–107
Marshall Plan, 98
McCarthy, Joseph, 102
McCree, Wade H., 106, 107
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Medina, Harold R., 31–32
Moers, Robert, 27
Morgenthau, Robert M., 96
Moses & Singer, 34, 35
New York State Maritime Academy, 22
New York University, 22, 23
Nixon, Richard M., 72, 108
Office of Legal Counsel, 74
Office of Price Administration (OPA), 40, 41, 45
O’Leary, J. J., 56, 57–58, 60–62
Orrick, William, 108
Parker, John J., 70, 101
Pearlman, Philip, 59
Porter, Paul, 40, 41
Public Vessels Act, 81–82
Reagan, Ronald, 78, 106
Reed, Stanley F., 67, 68–69
Relis, Abe, 2, 31
Rehnquist, William, 73–74
Richter, Melvin, 39, 45, 52, 53–54, 59, 90, 93, 102
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 25, 26, 51
Rose, David, 45
Rosenberg, Beatrice, 55
Ruckelshaus, Jill, 88
Ruckelshaus, William, 87–88
Savitz, Sam, 12–13
Schoene, Lester, 35, 37
Segal, Bernard G., 93, 94
Sirica, John J., 108
Slade, Samuel, 59, 93–94
Smith, Young Berryman, 33
Sobeloff, Simon E., 69–70, 100-101, 102, 106, 107
Social Security system, 35, 39, 40
Solicitor General’s Office, 53, 55, 90, 92, 107
Starr, David, 50–51
Stein, Michael, 75–76
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Stern, Robert L., 62
Suits in Admiralty Act, 81–82
Sweeney, Paul A., 39, 45, 52–53, 54, 58, 64, 80, 81, 90, 91, 92, 93, 99
Tausk, Alfred A., 10
Texas City, Texas, 98
Truman, Harry S, 26
Tydings, Joseph, 73
U.S. Attorneys, 91–92, 94–95
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 86
U.S. Naval Academy, 86–87
U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB), 35, 37, 39–40, 41
U.S. Supreme Court, 58–59, 82, 83–84, 86, 93
Claims (Civil) Division, 53, 55, 64–65, 66, 67–68, 75–76, 79, 91–92
Criminal Division, 55, 75–76
and Dalehite decision, 99–100
and Feres decision, 79, 84, 96
nominees, 71, 72–74
and Tidelands controversy, 46
University of Pennsylvania, 20, 21, 23
Veterans Administration, 85
Vietnam protests, 75
V-J Day, 26–27, 51
War Production Board (WPB), 40, 41
Warren, Earl, 60
Warsoff, Louie, 18–19
Wechsler, Herbert, 32–33
Westwood, Howard, 99
White, Byron, 95–97
Whittier, Isabel, 19
Wiener, Frederick B., 68
World War I, 6, 25, 26
World War II, 21, 25, 51, 64, 98
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