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
About lawyers:
Ellison, Newell, 38
Anglo Iranian Oil Company, 13
Army-McCarthy hearings, 9
Baker, Stewart, 34
Baldwin, Mr., 15-16
Baldwin tapes, 15-16
Bar order, 13-14
Bastian, Walter M., 2
Steel seizure case (Youngstown Sheet and Tube v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952)), 2 4 3 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
Jenrette case, 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
Cob, ROY, 8-9
Columbia University, 19
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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
Management survey of courts, 18-19,25-26,35-36
advisory committee, 19
funding of, 19
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
see District of Columbia 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
Opinion from the bench by Judge Holtzoff, 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
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., 19-21
Ginsburg, Justice, 29
Goldsborough, T. Alan, 12,22
UnitedStates v. UnitedMine Workers ofAmerica, 330 U.S. 258 (1947), 6-7
Green, June L., 19-20
Griswold, Erwin, 28
Hart, George L., Jr., 20
Adam Clayton Powell case (Powell v. McCormack, 395 U.S. 486 (1969)), 21-22,32
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
Hoover, J. Edgar, 8,29
Howard Johnson Motel, 15
Hruska Committee, 27
Illinois, 30
Individual calendar system, 19-21
see also under Committee on the Administration of Justice
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
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Justice Department, U.S., 29
Attorneys General:
Bell, Griffin, 17-18
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, 13- 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
see also under Committee on the Administration of Justice
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
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Municipal Court
see Superior Court of the District of Columbia
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, 38
Noms-LaGuardia Act, March 23, 1932, c. 90,47 Stat. 70, 6-7
Oil cartel case:
Bar order, 13-14
British government, role in, 13-14
Sovereign immunity in, 13-14
Transferred to New York, 14
Pickering, John H.:
Advisory Committee on Procedures, 27-28,32
Committee on the Administration of Justice, 18-21,25-26
District of Columbia, settles in, 1
District of Columbia Bar, President of, 30
Legal career:
law clerk to Justice Murphy, 34
at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, 1
Legal philosophies:
arguments, tailoring to appellate panel, 25
bench/ bar relationships, 34-35
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
Memorable cases:
Adam Clayton Powell case (Powell v. McCormack, 395 U S . 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
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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, 17-18
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 U S . 579 (1952)), 2-5
Powell, Adam Clayton, 21-22,32
Powell v. McCormack, 395 U S . 486 (1969) (Adam Clayton Powell case), 32
Affirmed in U S . 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
see also Steel seizure case (Youngstown Sheet and Tube v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952))
Schine, David, 8-9
Schine, J. Meyer, 8-9
Schine Chain Theatres case:
Private antitrust action, 8
Removal, 9
Sirica, John J.:
Reputation of, 14-15
Watergate burglars’case (United States v. Liddy, 478 F.2d 586 (D.C. Cir. 1972)), 15-16
Watergate case, role in, 14-16
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 U S . 258 (1947), 6-7
Taft-Hartley Act (Labor-Management Relations Act, June 23, 1947, c. 120, 61 Stat. 136), 6
Injunction under, 17-18
Tafr-Hartley injunctiodcoal mine strike case, 17-18
Time Magazine, 10
see also Curtis v. Time, Inc., 251 F.2d 389 (D.C. Cir. 1958)
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):
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, 15- 16
Unitedstates v. UnitedMine Workers ofAmerica, 330 U S . 258 (1947):
Appealed to U S . Supreme Court, 7
Fines levied in, 7
Opinion in, 6-7
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 (Monsunfov. 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
Panels:
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
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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., 19-21
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,
26-28
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
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
Youngstown Sheet and Tube v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952) (Steelseizure case), 32
Appealed to U.S. Supreme Court, 5
Bethlehem Steel, 3,4-5
Executive Order issued, 2
Motions:
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