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Oral History of
James F. Davey
INDEX
(“n” following page number indicates footnote)
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, 25, 45, 90, 113, 117–18, 125
Davey consultancy, 127
staffing formula, 99–102
Agnew, Spiro T., 85n
Agriculture, U.S. Department of (USDA), 21, 141
Barker, Bernard L., 61
Bazelon, David L., 48, 49–50, 51, 75, 82
Ben-Veniste, Richard, 79
Bernstein, Carl, 59, 60, 68
Bork, Robert, 114
Bossert, Denny, 54
Bradley, William (“Bill”), 141
Breslin, Jimmy, 78
Brown, Berk, 99
Brown, Doris, 48
Bryant, William B., 38, 42, 44, 53–54, 104–106
Buckner, William (“Bill”), 15
Burger, Warren E., 111, 114
Bush, George W., 141
calendar system, individual, 27, 37–39, 40–41, 43–46, 124
Capitanio, James (“Cappy”), 62, 63, 76, 78
Cash, Johnny, 76
Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (CEELI), 127
Chafee, Lincoln, 136
Christofferson, D. Todd, 63, 69, 76
Chung, Connie, 60
Committee on the Administration of Justice of the U.S. Judicial Council of the District of
Columbia Circuit, 34n, 35, 37, 38, 124
Common Cause, 138
Cooper, Morton (“Mort”), 14
Cooper, William (“Walker”), 14
Copeland, Dawn, 102
Corcoran, Howard F., 56, 64, 101
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Court Management Study. See Davey – Court Management Study
Court of General Sessions, 33, 34, 46–47
court reporters, 88–89, 98–99, 100–102
Cox, Archibald, 64–65, 67, 139
Curran, Edward M., 40, 42, 87–88, 90, 91, 92
Davey, Catherine, 3, 9–10, 11–12, 35
Davey, James F. – Personal
birth, 1
brothers, 3, 5, 8, 11, 12, 15, 16
childhood, 1–7, 9–10, 11–12, 13
children, 21, 76–77, 136
community involvement, 128
father, 1–2, 3, 4, 7, 9–10, 11
Florida jobs, 7, 17
Georgetown Law School, 20, 21
grandmother (maternal), 4, 9, 10
grandparents (paternal), 5
great aunt (maternal), 10–11
high school, 7, 15
principal, 11, 18–19
male influences, 11
Marine Corps service, 7, 15–17
marriage, 8, 19, 21
mother, 3, 9–10, 11–12, 35
Navy Reserves, 15
politics, 128–29
Red Sox Fantasy Camp, 14–15
religion, 9
sister, 3
sports, 12–14, 24, 135
travel, 21, 140
University of Rhode Island, 7, 18, 19
wife, 8, 19–20, 21, 119–20, 138, 141
and World War II, 1–2, 5–6
Davey, James F. – Professional
on administration of justice, 142
Chief Deputy, 29, 124
and docket sheets, 28, 29
and dress code, 32–33
and flextime, 31–32
and workloads, 33–34, 39
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Clerk of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 23–24, 41, 87, 89–90
and bailiffs, 41–42, 43
cases, 109n
computerization of courthouse, 26–27, 105, 125
and courthouse politics, 48–51
court reporter responsibility, 52–54, 88–89, 98–102
D.C. Circuit duties, 110–11
employee civil suit, 118–20
gym creation, 113
high-profile cases, 114–16, 125
and Judge Gasch, 48–50
and Judge Hart, 40, 55–56, 92–93, 94–96, 99, 107, 117
and Judge Pratt, 52, 53–54
and Judge Robinson, 54, 90, 91–92
and Judge Smith, 52–54
jury utilization, 93–95, 50–51, 125
management assistant, 93–94
management retreat, 26, 108
missing exhibits, 83–84
oversight, 91–93
and the press, 67, 68–69, 72, 115, 116
on public’s right to know, 115–17
on separation of powers, 139
retirement, 118, 119–20, 122, 125–26, 127
and Supreme Court justices, 112–14
title change issues, 107, 111–12
and Watergate, 58, 75–77, 80–82
Cox subpoena, 64–67
Dean documents, 63–64
McCord letter, 61–62, 64
verdict, 78–79
See also Watergate
Common Cause involvement, 138
consultant to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, 127
on federal government policies, 140–41
internal auditor at U.S. Department of Agriculture, 20–21, 35, 140
Rhode Island state legislator, 80, 84–85, 137–38
campaign, 127, 129–132
on Judiciary Committee, 137
Open Government bills, 136n
Taxpayers’ Relief Act of 2005, 132, 136
on voting fraud, 133, 143
staff member of Court Management Study, 22, 26, 28, 59, 123–24
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and calendar system, 37–39, 40–41, 43–46, 124
and case assignments, 43–44, 59
and court executive, 37, 38, 41
selection for, 34–35
treasurer of Federal Court Clerk’s Association (FCCA) Foundation, 128
Davey, John M., 3, 5n, 12, 16
Davey, Thomas, 3, 8, 11, 15
Davey, Thomas Leo, 1, 3, 4, 7, 9–10, 11
Dean, John, 63, 64
DiMaggio, Joseph (“Joe”), 14
District of Columbia Department of Corrections, 105–106
Doerr, Robert (“Bobby”), 14
Drexel, Al, 13
Dushane, Dwayne, 49–50, 52
Ehrlichman, John D., 59, 61, 70, 71, 73, 75, 77
Ellison, Newell, 35, 124
Farrar, Eleanor, 104
Federal Court Clerk’s Association (FCCA) Foundation, 128
Flannery, Thomas A., 35, 124
Flynn, LeeAnn, 108
Gardner, John, 138
Gasch, Oliver, 48–50, 75, 89
Gesell, Gerhard A., 41, 44, 66, 74, 81, 88, 90, 97, 103, 121, 126
and Clerk’s office, 122–23
on Committee on the Administration of Justice of the U.S. Judicial Council of the District of
Columbia Circuit, 35, 124
and jurors, 51, 55, 94
and Sirica, 82
staff of, 45–46, 48
Gibson, Charles, 60
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 114
Gonzalez, Virgilio, 61
Gore, Albert, 141
Green, June L., 35, 124
Greene, Harold H., 52, 90, 94, 103
Haldeman, Harry R. (“Bob”), 50, 59, 61, 69, 70, 71, 73, 75
Hamilton, James, 82
Hardy, Kenneth, 105, 106
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Harris, Clara, 68
Hart, George L., Jr., 44, 50, 87, 88, 89, 91
and cellblock takeover, 97–98
as Chief Judge, 33, 42, 106–107, 133
and Davey, 40, 55–56, 92–93, 94–96, 99, 107, 111–12, 117
Hughes, Greg, 24
Hundley, William, 71, 73–74, 79
Hunt, E. Howard, 61
Jackson, Thomas Penfield, 26
Jefferson, Thomas, 139
Jenkins, Miriam, 29–30
Jones, William B., 41, 42–43, 44, 98, 104, 105
Judicial Conference of the United States, 107
jurors, Watergate, 50–51, 60, 69–71, 74, 80
Kline, Hugh E., 62, 75, 111
Laffey, Stephen, 129, 132, 136
Lanzi, Beatrice A., 130
Lewis, Marion, 92
Liddy, G. Gordon, 61
Line, Robert, 65, 74
Lowney, Robert, 25–26
Mardian, Dorothy, 79
Mardian, Robert C., 70, 74
Martinez, Eugenio, 61
Mayer-Whittington, Nancy, 23–28, 32, 33, 50, 108–109, 120–22
McCain, John, 140, 141
McCord, James W., Jr., 61
McGuire, Matthew F., 39–40
McLaughlin, Charles F., 118
McPeak, Maureen, 35–36
Mecham, Ralph, 91
Mitchell, John N., 59, 61, 70, 71, 73, 74, 75, 79
Montanaro, Frank, 129–30, 131
Murrah, Alfred P., 37
Neal, James, 79
Nelson, Charles, 111
Nixon, Richard M., 66, 85n, 139
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Obama, Barack, 140, 141
O’Neill, Thomas P. (“Tip”), 131
Palmer, Jim, 98
Parker, Barrington D., Sr., 78, 113
Parkinson, Kenneth W., 70, 74, 78, 79
Pearl Harbor, 2, 5–6
Penn, John G., 46, 108–109
Pentagon Papers, 58, 114–15
Pickering, John, 35
Pratt, John H., 35, 52, 53–54, 124
Red Sox, 13, 14–15
Rhode Island politics, 128–30, 136–37
Richey, Charles, 126
Riser, Charles, 118, 119
Robinson, Aubrey E., 41, 50, 103, 106, 108, 122, 123, 124
as Chief Judge, 42, 77, 121
and Davey, 54, 90, 91–92
Russell Sage Foundation, 35
Saari, David, 35, 36, 38
Scalia, Antonin, 112
Seabees, 4
Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, 81–82
Sirica, John J., 40, 42, 87, 91, 92, 117–18
and Watergate, 61–63, 64, 66–67, 68, 75–76, 82, 139
jurors, 50–51, 60, 69–72
trial,73, 79
verdict, 78
Smith, John L., Jr., 42, 52–54, 88, 106
Solomon, Harvey, 35–37
Sporkin, Stanley, 103
Stahl, Leslie, 60
Stanley, Robert, 15
Stearns, Robert M., 28, 29, 32, 33, 41–42
Stein, Jacob A., 78, 80
Stern, Carl, 116
Strachan, Gordon, 73
Strickler, Frank H., 79
Sturgis, Frank A., 61
Thomas, Clarence, 113–14
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Timpane, Mary Elizabeth, 4, 9, 10
Triga, Carmelia, 8, 19–20, 21, 119–20, 138, 141
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 34, 48, 62, 75, 110–11
Circuit Executive, 111–12
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 62, 111
backlogs, 39
bailiffs, 41–42, 43
budget process, 90–91
Clerk’s Office, 24–25
court reporters, 52–54, 88–89, 98–99, 100–102
deputy clerk appointments, 91
high-profile cases, 114–16
judge composition, 87–88, 104, 106
judge interaction, 103
Judicial Conference membership, 107
jury utilization, 93–95, 125
Management Study, 34n, 37, 43
calendar system, individual, 27, 37–39, 40–41, 43–46, 124
court executive, 37, 38, 41
Pretrial Examiner office, 37, 39
security of, 97–98
staffing formula, 99–102
Walsh, Leonard P., 117
Watergate cases, 23, 50–51, 58, 100, 114–15 116, 139
Cox subpoena, 64–66, 67
Dean documents, 63–64
jurors, 50–51, 60, 69–72, 74, 80
materials pertinent to cases, 85–86
McCord letter, 61–62, 64
Office of Watergate Special Prosecution Force, 66n
press, 59–60, 68–69, 72
trial, 61, 73–74
verdict, 78–79
Watergate Seven, 61
Whitacre, Marge, 118–22
Williams, Frank J., 84, 132–33
Williams, Theodore (“Ted”), 14
Wilson, John, 50–51, 69, 70, 74
Wolf, Warner, 74
Woodward, Bob, 59, 60
World War II, 1–2, 4