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Oral History of John C. Cruden, Esq.
Index
ABA (American Bar Association), 85, 110, 128, 135-138, 198, 219
ABA Chair, 135
Board of Governors, 123, 127, 138, 220
Chair Environmental Section, 138
SEER Section (Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources), 138
Adelman, Roger, 57
American Smelting (case), 106
Also see ASARCO
Ange v. Bush (case), 51
ASARCO, 91, 105
See also American Smelting
settlement, 105-06
Ashcroft, John, 102, 113-16, 124
Asian Pacific Bar Association, 132
Balanchine, George, 21
Barbier, Carl, 144, 159-61163-64
Baucus, Max, 98, 109-10
Berlowe, Andrea, 156, 181
Bestfoods (case), 108-10
Bird, Rose, 44-46
Bivens v.\Six Unknown Named Agents (case), 69-70
Bolton, John, 67
BP (British Petroleum), 89, 137, 142-43, 155-57, 159-61, 171, 181, 195
See also Deepwater Horizon
oil spill, 88, 90, 139, 160, 162, 209
Brighton, William (Bill), 81, 84, 87, 95, 157
Government Lawyer of the Year award, 137
Brooks, Phillip, 84, 86, 163, 168
Brown, Edmund, 43
Brown, Jerry, 44-45
Browner, Carol, 95, 99
Buente, David, 78, 228
Bunker, Byron, 168
Bunker Hill (case), 91, 105, 112
Bunker Hill Mine and Smelting Complex, 91
Superfund, 91, 105
Bush administration, 86, 99-100, 104-05, 110-12, 115, 117, 170, 193
Caen, Herb, 44
Cagle, Lee (childhood friend), 4
California Supreme Court, 43, 45
Campbell, Brad, 92A-2
Campbell, Scott (son-in-law), 144
Carothers, Leslie, 145
Carter administration, 88, 179
Carter, Jimmy, 88, 179
Caterpillar Inc., 104
CERCLA (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act), 81-83,
88, 92-94, 96, 107-08
Chu, Steven, 120
Clean Air Act, 81-82, 185
amendments, 186, 221
Clear Air Plan, 198
coal fired power plants and oil refineries, 99, 113
D.C. circuit exclusive jurisdiction, 98, 110
diesel engines, 104
Volkswagon (dieselgate), 162, 166-67
greenhouse gas emissions standards, 118, 200
Mobile Source Provisions, 104
Clean Water Act, 81-82, 99, 159-60, 185
British Petroleum, 142
District of Columbia sewer system, 102-03, 203
New Orleans, 102, 202
San Francisco, 218
Supreme Court, 196
wetlands, 109
Clinton administration, 95-97, 99, 104, 119, 121, 192-93
Connor, Peter, 20
Cruden, Heather (daughter), 54, 222-25, 229
Cruden, James (brother), 3
Cruden, John, Government Recovery: Federal Medical Care Recovery Act, Automobile
Insurance and Workmen’s Compensation, 13 Santa Clara L. Rev. 720 (1973), 46
Cruden, John, The War-Making Process, 69 Mil. L. Rev. 35 (1975, 51
Cruden, John – Personal
birth Topeka, Kansas, 1
Boy Scouts, 4-9, 15
National Boy Scout Jamboree, 8-9
Eagle Scouts, 5-6
President of Order of the Arrow, 6
father
birth Scotland, 2
Ford Motor Company, 2-3
steel mill crane operator, 2
Fairfax County’s Volunteer of the Year Award, 230
Gombach, Germany, 53
Hawaii, 38
immigrant parents, 2
LSAT (law school aptitude test), 38-39A-3
law school aptitude test in Saigon, 39
Mickey Mantle, 11
mother
birth Cherokee, Kansas, 2
Ford Motor Company in an administrative position, 3
parents key role in encouraging college, 11
Santa Clara University Law School, 39-42
Law Review, 43, 45-46
summa cum laude, 48
swimming coach, 229
Taylor, Michigan (childhood home), 1
Taylor Center High School, 4-5
high school activities, 5, 7, 9-10
thesis on the War Powers Act, 50-52
United Nations Forum, 9-10
West Point, 5, 8-25, 27-29, 32, 37, 49
athletics, 14-15, 18, 20
boxing, 15-16, 226
cadet officer, 17
hepatitis, 26
history and tradition, 17, 24-25
Honor Committee, 17
intercollegiate debate team, 30
law courses, 18
Model United Nation Forums, 21
National President, XIX Student Conference on United States Affairs (SCUSA), 21,
49
religion, 23
Sylvanus Thayer academic model, 16
teaching, 62
Cruden, John – Professional
Access to Justice Commission, 125, 130-31, 230
American Bar Association (ABA)
Chair, 138
Chair Diversity and Inclusion Committee, 131`
Chair Environmental Section, 133
Lifetime Achievement Award, 218
Mary C. Lawton Award for Outstanding Government Service, 110
animal cruelty, 167-68, 185
Environmental Law Institute President, 214-16
British Petroleum spill Natural Resource Damage Task Force, 91
Chief of civil litigation in Germany, 53
Chief of the Environmental Enforcement Section, 78. 88, 143
Co-chair Task Force on Illegal Wildlife Trafficking, 150, 180, 195, 204
China, 145
D.C. Bar, 1, 113, 121, 123, 125-27, 129-33, 136-37, 215A-4
Beatrice Rosenberg Award for Excellence in Government Service, 132
Board of Governors, 121, 125, 136, 218
D.C. Bar Magazine, 1, 125
Environmental Law Institute President, 120, 142-43, 173, 188
Executive Council of the National Council of Bar Presidents, 131
Legends of the Law, 132
President, 1, 113, 122-24, 126, 128, 130-31, 144, 189-90, 229
Rules of Professional Conduct, 125, 130
Defense Meritorious Service Medal and Air Medal, 59
Defense Nuclear Agency, 58
General Counsel, 58
Department of Justice (DOJ), 68, 77, 81, 85, 88, 91-93, 98, 101-02, 116-17, 123, 130, 143,
145-47, 153-54, 157, 162, 165, 170, 173, 175, 183-85, 189, 191, 197-98, 205-07, 209,
214-16, 226, 230
Acting Assistant Attorney General, 110-11, 114-16, 137, 163, 181
AGAC, (Attorney General Advisory Committee), 169
Assistant Attorney General, 66, 78-79, 92-93, 96-97, 108, 111, 127-29, 147-49, 151,
177, 180-81, 184, 186, 193-94, 201, 203, 211, 215
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 96-97, 110-11, 116, 121, 124, 211
educational programs, 175
Environmental Justice Task Force, 201
Land Acquisition Section, 97, 173-75
special counsel for the Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Division, 66
Trump administration, 66, 133, 182-83, 198-99, 201
World Trade Center, 113-14, 117
dog fights, 168
Dominican Republic, 145
Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD), 81, 97, 137, 140, 143, 176, 182,
205
Academy, 174-75
Fellows Program, 174-75
Muskie-Chafee Award, 143-44
Environmental Enforcement Section Chief, 78
Environmental Law Institute (ELI), 144-46
President, 147-48
Heidelberg, Germany, 19, 54-55
Chief of Civil Litigation, 53
inclusivity, 129, 131, 171, 174, 176
Jordan, 145
Judge Advocate, 46, 48, 49, 52, 60-61, 63-64, 226
Director of Administrative and Civil Law at the Judge Advocate General school, 61
Fort Ord, California, 42, 46
Legal Center and School, 49
Legion of Merit, 54, 65, 76
Mainz, Germany, 31-32
National Council of Bar Presidents, 131A-5
Chair Diversity and Inclusion Committee, 131
Natural Resource Damage (NRD Task Force, 95
Panama, 75
Presidential Rank Award, 120
pro bono work, 124-28, 215, 217
clinic, 128
federal judiciary, 131
government, 129, 216
United States Army
Cambodia, 33-34
Chief Legislative Counsel of the Army, 69-70, 75, 78, 148
“Excess Leave,” 38, 42
Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC), 60-61
Army Litigation Division at the Pentagon, 55, 78
Fort Benning, Georgia, 29, 30
Bronze Star, 36-37
Ranger school, Georgia and Florida, 30-31, 34
Special Forces, 27, 34, 36, 38-40, 64, 72-73, 212
Staff Judge Advocate for the Third Armor Division, 64-65
Vietnam, 19, 26, 30-35, 37-41, 50, 72, 206
Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Silver Star, 34-35
worker safety, 169, 177, 185, 195
World Congress of Chief Justices, Attorneys General, and Auditors General (Rio+20), 145
Cruden, Heather Ashley daughter, 54, 221-28
Cruden, Sharon Holland (wife), 10, 27-33, 38, 47, 213, 216, 224-25, 227
Germany Vice President of the Women’s Association, 33
teaching at the University of California and De Anza College, 47
University of California, at San Jose, 47
Cummins Inc., 104
Darling, John, 20, 25, 29
Dawkins, Peter, 18
Day, James (childhood friend), 4
Deepwater Horizon (case), 81, 87, 90, 95, 136-39, 141, 151, 154, 160-63, 170, 180, 182, 208
Defense Authorization Act, 58-59
Defense Nuclear Agency, 58-59
Department of Agriculture, 45, 151, 168
Department of Commerce, 151
Department of Homeland Security, 112, 139, 151, 158
Department of Interior, 103, 112, 139, 142, 151, 204
Detroit Diesel, 104
Dieselgate, 210
Eisenhower, Dwight, 9
Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD), 79, 81, 96-97, 116, 137, 140, 142, 174-
76, 179-81, 183-84, 186, 200, 204, 210A-6
Environment and Public Works Committee of the Senate, 96, 109
Environmental Enforcement Section, 78-83, 88, 94, 97-98, 143, 161, 184, 226
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 83-86, 88, 90-93, 95-96, 98-112, 117-19, 134, 137,
139-47, 158, 161-66, 168, 195-98
Lender Liability Rule, 91
Everglades National Park, 191
Exxon Valdez (case), 81, 86, 89, 95, 136, 140-42
Federal Medical Care Recovery Act, 46
Firestone, Nancy, 81, 83, 226
Fleet Factors (case), 91-92
Flint, Myles, 78, 97
Ford, Bill (West Point Chaplain), 76
Ford, William (Congressman), 12
Freeman, Jody, 118
Fulton, Scott, 83, 119
Garland, Merrick, 197, 215
Gelber, Bruce, 84
Giles, Cynthia, 119, 161, 162
Giuliani, Rudy, 114
Goda, Paul, 43, 45
Gregoire, Christine, 115-16, 120
Haig, Alexander, 19
Hanford (case), 115-16, 120, 137
settlement, 116
Harris, Deborah, 84, 162, 163, 169
Hartman, Barry, 78
Hirsch, Sam, 152, 172, 186
Hispanic Bar Association, 129
Holder, Eric, 111, 115, 137, 143, 148-50, 191
Hurricane Katrina, 125-26
Idaho, 90, 112-13
Coeur d’Alene Lake, 90, 112
Coeur d’Alene Tribe, 113
John C. Cruden Federal Agency Pro Bono Leadership Award, 131-32
Jones, George, 121, 123
Jones, Lisa, 152
Jones, Richard (childhood friend), 4
Jones, Sheila, 226
Kempthorne, Dirk, 112
Kennedy, Anthony, 108A-7
Kennedy, John F. 11, 74
Ladney, Michael, 93
Lamberth, Royce, 51, 57, 76
Lazarus, Richard, 137, 139, 190
Letter, Doug, 122, 123
Love Canal (case), 86-88
Lynch, Loretta, 151, 158-59
Macbeth, Angus, 144, 226
MDL (multi-district litigation), 162-63
Mexican Supreme Court, 145
Monroe, Robert, 59-60
Moore, John Norton, et al., National Security Law & Policy (3rd ed. 2015), 61
Moreno, Guillermo Alfredo Benavides, 73
Moreno, Ignacia, 121, 148
Mosk, Stanley, 43, 45
Mueller, Jon, 92
Mueller, Robert, 163
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 56, 184
National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA), 117-18
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 90, 142, 151
Native Americans/tribes, 6-7, 119, 152, 165, 184, 194, 200
Obama administration, 109-11, 114-15, 117-18, 137, 144, 147-48, 152, 180-81, 195, 198, 203,
207, 209
Clean Power Plan, 109, 179, 195-98
Obama, Barack, 139, 150, 178, 196, 197
Office of the Solicitor General, 109, 190, 197
Oil Pollution Act, 82, 87, 141, 158
Operating Industries, 88
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 169-70
Pair, Quentin, 136, 200
Palos Verdes (cases), 88-89
Production Plated Plastics (case), 92
Rapanos (case), 106 108-09
Reagan administration, 67, 144, 190
Reagan, Ronald, 67-68, 74
Resource Conservation Recovery Act, 82
Robinson, Nicholas, 146
Rusk, Dean, 50
Safe Drinking Water Act, 82A-8
Salazar, Ken, 119, 177
Sansonetti, Tom, 169
Scalia, Antonin, 108, 196
Schiffer, Lois, 97, 107, 142, 156
Schwarzkopf, Norman, 19, 62
Shriver, Eunice Kennedy, 228
Siemer, Deanne, 58
Sopko, John, 72
Souter, David, 107
Stabler, Neil, 12
Steenland, Pete, 57, 78, 84
Stewart, Jimmy, 8
Stewart, Richard (Dick), 79, 85-86
Stone, Clicky, 83
Stoner, Nancy, 80
Stringfellow (case), 85, 88
Superfund, 80-82, 88, 90, 96, 112, 119
Times Beach, 112
Superfund Act, See CERCLA
Superfund Reauthorization, 96, 107
Task Force, 96
Supreme Court of Columbia, 72
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 130-31
Supreme Court, 63, 68-69, 76,106, 108-10, 122, 138, 143, 169, 190, 194, 197-98, 216
shadow docket, 196
Bestfoods (case), 106-07
Sussman, Robert, 95
Suter, Bill, 63, 66, 69, 76, 143, 225
Tenpas, Ron, 210
Thornburg, Richard, 68
Times Beach, Missouri (Superfund site), 112
Tobriner, Matthew, 43
Tribe, Laurence, 128
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 106
United States Coast Guard, 138-139, 151, 156, 158
United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 68, 98, 109, 130, 196-98, 214
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 92-93
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 67, 89, 91
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 92
United States Court of Federal Claims, 81
Udall, Tom, 149, 177
Volkswagen/VW (case), 103, 151, 161-62, 167, 170, 179, 193, 195A-9
War Powers Act, 50-51
Washington Bar Association, 129-30
West, Tony, 138
wetlands, 108-09, 138, 141, 161
cases, 108
Willard, Richard, 66
Williams, Jean, 152
Wilson, Ben, 102, 136, 215
Wing, John, 20
Women’s Bar Association, 129
Wright, Donald, 43
Yates, Sally, 151, 154, 169