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INDEX
Acheson, David Campion, 74, 92
Acheson, Dean Gooderham, 10-12, 26, 65, 67, 111
Air Coordinating Committee, 35-38
Air Transport Association, 25-33, 38-39
Air Transport Command, 32-33
Airlines and antitrust, 28-31
Allen, James S., 11-12
Allen, William H., 74, 77
American Airlines, 39-43
American Bar Association, 83, 91, 93, 95
American Civil Liberties Union, 72, 85-86
American Overseas Airlines, 42-43
Austern, H. Thomas (Tommy), 9-10, 28, 114
Baker, Newton Diehl, 23-24
Black, Hugo L., 63
Brandeis, Louis D., 15
Brown, John Robert, 61-62
Burling, Edward B., 13, 21-22, 102, 110-111, 113, 128
see also Covington & Burling
Burning Tree Country Club, 93, 104, 106, 107
Cardozo, Benjamin N., 5-7
Cedar Falls, Iowa, 1
Civil Aeronautics Safety Regulation Act, June 23, 1938, c. 601, 52 Stat. 973, 29-31
Civil Aeronautics Board, 31, 35-36, 37, 40-42
Civil War, U.S., 109, 118-125
see also under Westwood, Howard C.
Civil War History, 125
Civil War Times, 125
Columbia Law Review, 1933, Booknote on Congress as Santa Claus; or National Donations and
the General Welfare Clause of the Constitution, by Charles Warren, 18
Columbia University Law School, 3-5, 11
Commerce Department, U.S., 35-36
Congress as Santa Claus; or National Donations and the General Welfare Clause of the
Constitution, by Charles Warren, 18
Corporation Counsel, District of Columbia, 86-88
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Covington, J. Harry, 13-14, 16, 27, 101-102, 111, 128
see also Covington & Burling
Covington & Burling:
Covington & Burling, 1919-1984 (1986), 12, 126
History of the firm, 12-13, 27-28
Management of the firm:
attorney workload, 88
Executive Committee, 111-113
Management Committee, 113-116
Philosophy of the firm, 126-127
“Washington lawyer,” concept of, 27-28
see also under Westwood, Howard C., Legal career
Dalehite v. United States, 346 U.S. 15 (1953) (Texas City disaster case):
background, 58-59
issues in, 61, 64-65
petition for cert in U.S. Supreme Court:
preparation of brief, 60-62
oral argument, 62-63
decision, 63-64
tactical mistakes, 64-65
Texas lawyers, 58, 60-62, 64-65
Davis, John W., 45-46, 54-55, 57-58
District of Columbia, Office of the Corporation Counsel, 86-88
District of Columbia Bar, 91-94, 97
HCW on board of, 91-92
District of Columbia Police Court:
Franco picketing case, 84-88
Eastern Airlines, 40
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 44, 78
Ellison, Newell W., 110-114, 128
Ehrlichman, John D., 105
Forhees, 95
Franco picketing case, 84-88
Frankfurter, Felix, 63
Goldberg, Arthur J., 56-57, 77-80
Gordon, Spencer, 16-19, 21, 111
Gorrell, Edgar S., 25-30, 35, 38
Grace Lines, 40
Grant, Ulysses S., 118
Haldeman, Harry R. (Bob), 105
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Hominy cases (Alabama Power Co. v. Ickes, 302 U.S. 464 (1938)):
background, 16-18
decision, 24-25
injunction pending appeal, 21-23
spending power of Federal government, limitations on, 18-20
in U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 21-22
in U.S. Supreme Court, 23
Howard University, 97
Hughes, Charles E., 6-7
Ickes, Harold L., 17-18
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, U.S. Congress, 29
Interstate Commerce Act, February 4, 1887, c. 104, 24 Stat. 379, 30, 31
Interstate Commerce Commission, 31
Iowa, 1
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall), 118
John Burroughs School, Saint Louis, 2
Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 96, 102-103
Judicial Conference of the District of Columbia Circuit, 93-94, 96
Justice Department, U.S.:
Solicitor General’s Office, 14-15, 18-19
Reed, Stanley, 15
Kennedy, John F., 78-79, 94-96
Laird, Melvin R., 106-107
Lea, Clarence Frederick, 29-31
Legal Aid Society, 89-102
Legal principles:
Spending power of Federal government, limitations on, 18-20
Extradition, relationship between the Courts and the U.S. State Department, 79
Legal Services Corporation, 105-108
Jimenez v. Aristeguieta, 311 F.2d 547 (5th Cir. 1962); cert. den., 373 U.S. 914 (1963)
(Perez Jimenez case):
Background (extradition request from Venezuelan Ambassador), 65-67, 76, 82
Burden of proof, 75
Extradition:
relationship between Courts and U.S. State Department, 79
requirements for, 68-69
treaty requirements, 76
Fame of case, 76-77
Length of case, 70-71, 80
Outcome of case in Venezuela, 80-81
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Secrecy, need for, 67, 68-69
Significance of case, 82
State Department, involvement of, 78-79
Translating, need for, 68-69, 71-73
in U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 77
in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida:
decision, 75, 77
extradition papers, filing of, 67-69
hearings, at multiple locations, 74-75
in U.S. Supreme Court:
decision, 80
petition for certiorari, 77
restraining order, 77-78
Marine Corps, U.S., 34-35
Miami, Florida, 65-82
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 9, 11
Minnesota, 1
National Lawyers Guild, 11-12
National Lawyers Guild Quarterly, 11-12
National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA), 102-105
Navy Department, U.S., 35-36
Nebraska, 1-2
Neighborhood Legal Services Project, 96-102
New Orleans, Louisiana, 74
New York, New York, 45, 47, 54-55, 57-58, 74
Nixon, Richard Milhous, 102-103, 104-108
O’Brian, John Lord, 59-63
Oliver, Bob, 40
Pan American Airlines, 25, 39, 42, 43
Parris Island, South Carolina, 34-35
Penagra Airlines, 40
Perez Jimenez case, 44, 65-82
see also Jimenez v. Aristeguieta, 311 F.2d 547 (5th Cir. 1962); cert. den., 373 U.S. 914 (1963)
Perez Jimenez, Marcos, 44, 65-82
see also Jimenez v. Aristeguieta, 311 F.2d 547 (5th Cir. 1962); cert. den., 373 U.S. 914 (1963)
Pershing, John Joseph, 26
Peru, 81
Pogue, L. Welch, 40
Police Court, District of Columbia:
Franco picketing case, 84-88
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Post Office, U.S., 35-36
Prettyman, E. Barrett, 93-94
Public Works Administration, U.S., 16-25, 29, 31, 83, 88
Reconstruction: The Battle for Democracy, 1865-1876, by James S. Allen, 11-12
Reed, Stanley, 15
Rhyne, Charles S., 91-93
Roberts, Owen J., 63
Saint Louis, Missouri, 2
Saint Petersburg, Florida, 74
Shipping Act, Sept. 7, 1916, c. 451, 39 Stat. 728, 29-30
Shorb, Paul E., 110-111
Skidmore College, 89
Smith, Cyrus Rowlett, 42-43
Socialism, 9, 11-12, 20, 34, 54
Solicitor General’s Office, 14-15, 18-19
Reed, Stanley, 15
South Carolina Magazine, 125
State Department, U.S., 35-36
Acheson, Dean Gooderham, 10-12, 26, 65, 67, 111
State Journal of Illinois, 125
Steel Seizure case (Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952)), 44-57
Sterling, Nebraska, 1-2
Stone, Harlan F., 4-9, 26
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 14
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, 14
Hominy cases (Alabama Power Co. v. Ickes, 302 U.S. 464 (1938)), 16-25
Covington, J. Harry, 13-14, 16, 27, 101-102, 111, 128
Supreme Court, U.S.:
Dalehite v. United States, 346 U.S. 15 (1953) (Texas City disaster case), 44, 58-65
Hominy cases (Alabama Power Co. v. Ickes, 302 U.S. 464 (1938)), 16-25
Jimenez v. Aristeguieta, 311 F.2d 547 (5th Cir. 1962); cert. den., 373 U.S. 914 (1963)
(Perez Jimenez case), 44, 65-82
Justice Cardozo and Justice Stone, relationship between, 6-7
Justices:
Black, Hugo L., 63
Brandeis, Louis D., 15
Cardozo, Benjamin N., 5-7
Frankfurter, Felix, 63
Goldberg, Arthur J., 56-57, 77-80
Hughes, Charles E., 6-7
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Roberts, Owen J., 63
Stone, Harlan F., 4-9, 26
Yarborough v. Yarborough, 290 U.S. 202 (1933), 7-8
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952) (Steel Seizure case), 44-57
Swarthmore College, 2-3
Tecumseh, Nebraska, 1-2
Tempko, Stanley L., 48, 52, 54
Texas City disaster case (Dalehite v. United States, 346 U.S. 15 (1953)), 44, 58-65
Tipton, Stuart Guy, 38
Truman, Harry S., 43-45, 56
Tuttle, Charles H., 54
U.S. Army, 26, 33
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit:
Hominy cases (Alabama Power Co. v. Ickes, 302 U.S. 464 (1938)), 16-25
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952) (Steel Seizure case), 44-57
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit:
Brown, John Robert, 61-62
Dalehite v. United States, 346 U.S. 15 (1953) (Texas City disaster case), 44, 58-65
Jimenez v. Aristeguieta, 311 F.2d 547 (5th Cir. 1962); cert. den., 373 U.S. 914 (1963)
(Perez Jimenez case), 44, 65-82
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 14
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952) (Steel Seizure case), 44-57
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida:
Jimenez v. Aristeguieta, 311 F.2d 547 (5th Cir. 1962); cert. den., 373 U.S. 914 (1963)
(Perez Jimenez case), 44, 65-82
U.S. Steel, 57-58
see also Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952) (Steel Seizure case)
Venezuela, 65-82
see also Jimenez v. Aristeguieta, 311 F.2d 547 (5th Cir. 1962); cert. den., 373 U.S. 914 (1963)
(Perez Jimenez case)
War Department, 35-37
Warnke, Paul C., 48, 52
Warren, Charles, 18
“Washington lawyer,” concept of, 27-28
Westinghouse, 116
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Westwood, Howard C.
Civil War, U.S.:
black soldiers in, 123-125
Civil War Roundtable, 119-123
development of interest in, 109, 118-119
published articles, 125
Early life and education:
Columbia University Law School, 3-4
decides on legal career, 3
early childhood and family background, 1-2
secondary education, 2
Swarthmore College, 2-3
Family, 11-12, 33, 89
Legal career:
clerk to Justice Harlan F. Stone, U.S. Supreme Court:
Justice Cardozo, relationship with, 6
office space, 5-7
role as, 7-9
salary, 10
selected as, 4-5
Yarborough v. Yarborough, 290 U.S. 202 (1933), 7-8
at Covington & Burling, post-war:
Dalehite v. United States, 346 U.S. 15 (1953) (Texas City disaster case), 58-65
firm management:
Executive Committee, 111-113
Management Committee, 113-116
creation of, 113-115
service on, 115-116
legal aid, commitment to:
District of Columbia Bar, 91-94, 97
on board of, 91-92
federal legislation for legal aid, 94-96
firm and client reaction to pro bono work, 99-102
Legal Aid Society, 89-98, 99, 100
American Bar Association report on, 92-93
on board of, 89-98
branch offices, 97
conflict of interest with Neighborhood Legal Services Project, 97-98
funding for, 93-94
Judicial Conference of the District of Columbia Circuit, support for, 93-96
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Legal Services Corporation, 105-108
lobbying for creation of, 105-109
National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA):
on board of, 102
lobbyist for, 102-105
need for, 103
Neighborhood Legal Services Project, 96-102
on board of, 97-99, 102
development of, 98-99
“retirement” from, 108-109, 116
Jimenez v. Aristeguieta, 311 F.2d 547 (5th Cir. 1962); cert. den., 373 U.S. 914 (1963)
(Perez Jimenez case), 44, 65-82
represents American Airlines, 39-43
retirement from practice of law, 116-118
returns to firm, 39
role in firm after leaving legal aid, 109-110
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952) (Steel Seizure case),
44-57
at Covington & Burling, pre-war:
Air Transport Association, counsel to, 28-33, 38-39
Air Transport Command, creation of, 32-33
Civil Aeronautics Safety Regulation Act, June 23, 1938, c. 601, 52 Stat. 973:
drafting of, 29-31
legislative history, 31
Civil Aeronautics Board, 31, 37, 40
early experience, 14
hired, 9-12
Hominy cases (Alabama Power Co. v. Ickes, 302 U.S. 464 (1938)), 16-25
pro bono work:
American Civil Liberties Union, work with, 85-86
court-appointed, 83-88
Franco picketing case, 84-88
winning argument, 87
Solicitor General’s office, offer from, 14-15, 18-19
Political views, 9, 11, 20
Practice of law, reflections on, 20, 128-129
greatest achievement, 128
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Publications:
Columbia Law Review, 1933, Booknote on Congress as Santa Claus; or National Donations and the General Welfare Clause of the Constitution, by Charles Warren, 18
ABA Journal, Volume 51, April 1965, “Legal Aid on the March in the Nation’s Capital,”
91, 95
Civil War, miscellaneous articles on, 125
Covington & Burling, 1919-1984 (1986), 12, 126
National Lawyers Guild Quarterly, book review of Reconstruction: The Battle for
Democracy, 1865-1876, by James S. Allen, 11-12
World War II military service:
Air Coordinating Committee, Secretary to, 35-38
draft deferment, 32-34
in Marines, 34-35
Wisconsin, 9, 11
Yarborough v. Yarborough, 290 U.S. 202 (1933), 7-8
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952) (Steel Seizure case):
background, 44-46
constitutional issues, 56
motion for injunction:
in U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 47-51
further proceedings, 51
in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 46-47
in U.S. Supreme Court:
restraining order, 52-53
preparing brief, 54-55, 57