VOL. 4, NO. 3
MAY 1952
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL. WASHINGTON, D. C.
German Foreign Affairs Secretary
Discusses Schuman Plan
O n V isit to Georgetown
J’hoto by Daniel K ing
Pictured d u rin g a discussion of the Schuman Plan held a t Georgetown Law
School are, left to right, Dr. Heinrich Kronstein, Dr. W a lte r Hallstein, and
Rev. F r a n c is E. Lucey, S.J.
McMANUS APPOINTED
TO SCHOOL FACULTY
Edwin P. M cM anus has been a p ­
pointed a p a rt-tim e member of the
faculty of Georgetown U niversity
School of Law. Mr. McM anus was
g r a d u a te d from the Law School in
1938 and fro m Georgetown College of
A rts and Sciences, cum laude, in 1935.
At p re se n t he is Supervising A ttorney
in c h a rg e of Civil Litigation in the
Division of T r a d in g and Exchanges of
the Securities and E xchange Commis­
sion.
Mr. McManus is a N avy veteran
with 4 y ea rs a i r c r a f t c a r r i e r service.
He practiced law in Philadelphia, be­
fore coming to W ashington.
While a s tu d e n t a t th e Law School,
he was a member of the E d w a rd Doug­
lass W hite Law Club an d of the W hite
Senate of Delta T h eta Phi legal f r a ­
ternity.
ROBERTSON TO HEAD
JOURNAL STAFF
The ap p o in tm en t of Lt. Horace B.
Robertson, U SN, Va. ’53, as Editorin-Chief of the Georgetown Law
J o u r n a l f o r n ex t year, was announced
a t the Law J o u r n a l B a n q u et held a t
the W illard Hotel on May 6.
Associate E ditors for the ensuing
are F r a n k L. Barton, Md. ’53, of the
late afternoon session, and Lawrence
P. Kessel, I). C. '53, of the morning
session.
G r a d u a tin g members of the Jo u rn a l
Staff were aw ard ed membership c e r­
tificates and kevs.
Among those a tte n d in g the banquet
were Rev. F r a n c is E. Lucey, S.J.,
Regent, Dean Hugh J. F e g a n and
other members of the F aculty.
P h o to by Daniel K 'np
E D W IN P. M cM A N U S
The recent visit to W ashington of
Dr. W a lte r Hallstein, S ecretary of
S tate for Foreign Affairs in the Office
of the Chancellery of the Republic ot
Germany, was not only an event of
significance in international affairs
but one of historic importance, as Dr.
Hallstein is the first o u tsta n d in g G er­
m an leader to address an American
audience since the advent ot World
W a r II. The purpose of Dr. Hallste in ’s visit was to explain the Schu­
man Plan for E u ropean In teg ratio n
on the economic level. He and Mon­
sieur J e a n Monnet of F ra n c e have
been the o u tsta n d in g au th o rities and
collaborators on this subject. By th eir
mutual efforts the plan has gained
wide approval on the Continent.
Due to the efforts of Dr. Heinrich
Kronstein, P rofessor of Law, and
Reverend F r a n c is E. Lucey, S.J., Re­
gent, Georgetown Law School, it was
originally a r r a n g e d to have both of
the above gentlemen p resen t the Plan
to the A m erican public together u nder
the auspices of Georgetown U n iv e r­
sity. A few days before the scheduled
p ro g ra m Monsieur Monnet cabled
F a t h e r Lucey t h a t he could not leave
F r a n c e a t the time b u t hoped to visit
us in the n e a r fu tu re . He sincerely
regretted his inability to p resen t the
Schuman Plan with his co-worker Dr.
Hallstein.
Dr. Hallstein reg re tted the absence
and assistance of his good friend
Monsieur Monnet b u t went on with the
p ro g ram in a m an n er that drew forth
the adm iration and praise of every­
one.
The schedule a r ra n g e d for I)r. Hall
stein was really a strenuous one. There
were a number of conferences with
Government officials, receptions, lunch­
eons, dinners, press conferences, radio
and television appearances. On Wed­
nesday, M arch 12, he met the press in
Copley Lounge and on Monday, March
17, he addressed the Foreign Relations
Club in New York City.
On Wednesday evening, March 12,
I)r. Hallstein gave a public lecture in
McDonough Memorial Gymnasium be­
fore a capacity crowd of over 2,000
stu d en ts and guests of the University
on the subject of “ E uropean I n t e g r a ­
tion and the Schuman P lan .”
On Sunday, M arch 16, he appeared
on the Georgetown U niversity Forum
telecast in a panel discussion of v a r i ­
ous aspects of the Schuman Plan.
F r a n c is C. Nash, *34, A ssistan t to the
S e c re ta ry of Defense for In tern atio n a l
Security Affairs and W alter II. W a g ­
goner, F oreign Affairs w r i te r for the
New York Times, were also on the
panel.
A very im p o r ta n t meeting was held
a t Georgetown Law School on T ues­
day, M arch 13, a t which time Dr. 11allstein m et with g o vernm ent officials, in­
d u s tria lis ts and others to discuss v a r i­
ous phases of the Schuman Plan and
its effect on foreign in d u stry , banking,
and political affairs.
F a t h e r Lucey and Dr. Kronstein
participated in these discussions, sit­
ting on the ro stru m with Dr. Hallstein.
R epresentatives of the French E m ­
bassy, D e p a rtm e n t of State, I n t e r ­
national Monetary Fund, Germ an Mis­
sion to the Mutual Security Administratio n , Brookings In stitu te, American
F ed eratio n of Labor, Georgetown University, and other Universities were
interested and active p a r tic ip a n ts in a
lively discussion which only ended
when Dr. Hallstein was compelled to
leave for a conference a t the S tate
D epartm ent.
Dr. Hallstein w as no s tr a n g e r to
Georgetown Law School, being the
first exchange Professor with the U ni­
versity of F r a n k f u r t . In the opening
rem arks of his address a t McDonough
Gymnasium he paid a glowing trib u te
to Georgetown Law School and F a t h e r
Lucey.
In retrospect, the visit of Dr. H all­
stein stands out as a g r e a t success.
The excellence of his English pro­
nunciation and diction was r e m a r k ­
able. B ut over and above this linguis­
tic a ttr ib u te stood his scholarship and
statesm anship. Under fire from r e p r e ­
sentatives of the government, the
press,economists, labor au th o rities and
lawyers, he manifested a thorough
knowledge of the subject and a sin­
c e r e willingness to discuss the difficult
problems involved. 11 is presentation
and gracious m an n er were indicative
of real statesm anship.
His visit and his exposition of the
European In terg ratio n Plan cannot
help but redound to the benefit of all
the countries concerned.
EXCHANGE PROFESSOR
AT GEORGETOWN FOR
SPRING SEMESTER
Professor W olfgang P reiser of the
University of F r a n k f u r t Law School
( G e r m a n y ) arrived in Washington
early in this semester to participate
in a teacher exchange program con­
ducted by the Germ an institution and
Georgetown University Law School.
Professor P reiser will lecture on In ­
tern atio n al and C om parative Law
while a t Georgetown. He will remain
in W ashington until the end of the
sp rin g semester.
O ther members of the F acu lty of
Law of the University of F r a n k f u r t
who have lectured a t Georgetown Law
School since the in au g u ratio n of the
exchange a g reem en t in 1948, a re
W a lte r Hallstein, now S ecretary of
S tate for F oreign Affairs, Federal
Republic of G erm a n y ; K onrad Zweigert who was recently appointed to the
Germ an Supreme Court fo r Constitu­
tional Cases; H e rm a n n Mosler; and
H elm ut Going, present Dean of the
Law F a c u lty of the University of
F r a n k f u rt.
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Editor
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A x hod o t
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’52; A r m a n d Cingolani,
Pa. ’54; W a lte r C. F o rd , Conn. ’54; W. Paul Flynn, Conn. ’54; A ndrew
S. 0 . Lee,
T. II. ’52; Agnes Neill,
Louis J. Perez, R. I. ’53; Jo h n B. Walsh, .V. Y. ’53; C harles M.
W helan, I). C. ’54
F A C U L T Y A D V IS O R
J oseph F. Gaghan
'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE . . .
W a lter H. M a l o n e y , J r ., I). C. ’51
’Twas the night before Stetson’s, and all thru the fee
Sat contingents of students of Real Property.
The fixture, the place where once stockings were hung,
Held equity suits and old uses, well-sprung.
The cans were strewn empty about Shelley’s Case.
Reversions were scattered all over the place.
And one tortious feoffor, his livery quite gone
Sat gaping at those with less brains but more Braun.
When out on the easement arose such a noise
We jumped from our chairs to hear one of the boys
Shout, “See that devise. I just knew it would vest!”
We knew in a moment he must be possessed.
A
dowerold tenant, so la n k y and lien,
Drove up to the lot and appeared on the scene,
Yelling out at his chattels: “Some distance from you !”
“Up Uses, on Courses, and Monuments, too!”
But spying our freehold, we heard him to say
“Indeed, what accretion!” And drove right o’ way.
In the throes of distress, which long study had brought,
Suggestion from one who was seized of a thought:
“Abandon surrender. Possibilities remain.
Let’s phone the Mesne Profit and have him explain.”
We made not a sound as the answers he gave
Were sealed and recorded by the eager conclave.
But we heard him exclaim, so it rent every ear,
“Ejectment to all! And I’ll see you next year.”
Law Clubs
SAMUEL F. MILLER
M a jo r Raymond F. G a r r a t y , IJSMC,
Md. '53, has boon olocted Chiof J u s ­
tice of the Samuel F. Miller Law Club
for the c u r r e n t semester. A ssisting
him a r e Lt. H. B. Robertson, U S N , \ a.
’53, Senior Associate J u s tic e ; Carl I).
Hall, O k la . ’53, Associate J u s tic e ;
Laurence A. Short, hid. ’54, Secre­
t a r y ; A lb ert A. N utini, It. I. 54,
T r e a s u r e r ; and Lionel J. Goulet, Ya.
’54, S e r g e a n t a t Arms. Special c e r ­
tificates of m em bership will soon be
a w a rd e d to m em bers in good stan d in g .
O th e r plans for th e sem ester include
in tra-clu b a rg u m e n ts , ex tem poraneous
a r g u m e n ts , motions courts, and a talk
by P ro fe s s o r F r a n c is C. Stetson on
real estate contracts.
Georgetown! U n iv ersity Law' School
has joined a nu m b er of leading law*
schools in the co u n try in estab lish in g
the A m eric an Journal of Co m para tive
L a w , a q u a r te r ly law review', wdiich
will m ake its first a p p e a ra n c e in the
n e a r fu tu re , according to an an n o u n ce­
ment made recently bv Dr. Heinrich
K ronstein of Georgetown Law' School,
a co-editor of the Journal.
Georgetown L aw School is a fo u n d ­
ing member in the g ro u p of schools
which will p a r tic ip a te in this jo in t
venture. The law schools now included
in the g ro u p a r e those of the U n iv e r ­
sities ol Cmcago, In d ian a, Miami, and
M ichigan; and those of Columbia,
Georgetown, H a r v a r d , an d Yale U n i­
versities.
E ach school is rep resen ted on the
staff of the Journal by a member of its
faculty. P ro fesso r lle sse r Y ntem e of
the DC.u’54;
n iv e rJo
s ihtyn J.of O’Dowd,
Michigan
L aw
Pa. ’53;
School is Hditor-in-Chief. George­
to w n ’s Dr. K ro n stein wras chosen as
co-editor by m em bers of the Journal.
Dr. K ronstein has been P ro fesso r of
C o m p arativ e Law and Roman Law a t
Georgetown Law School since 1941,
when he joined the facu lty on a p a r t
time basis. He wras a t the same time
in the A n t i - T r u s t Division of the De­
p a r tm e n t of Justice. Since 1946, he
has been a full-time member of the
L aw School F a c u l ty te a c h in g in both
the g r a d u a t e and u n d e r g r a d u a t e de­
p a r tm e n ts of the school.
In addition to publishing articles
w r itte n by its members, the Journal
w'ill cooperate with fo reign in stitu te s
of C o m p arativ e Law.
DEAN FEGAN EDITOR OF
INSURANCE CASEBOOK
The f o u r th edition of William P.
V ance’s Cases and Other Material on
the L a w of Insurance by Dean Hugh
J. F e g a n ’07 of Georgetown U n iv e r­
sity Law School wras released recently
by the W est P u b lish in g Company. The
book is a p a r t of the A m erica n Case­
book Series, published by t h a t com­
pany.
Mav 1952
#r
The book re p re se n ts D ean F e g a n ’s
stu d y of the subject over a period of
m an y years. In the last tw*o years, he
has s p e n t the m a jo r p a r t of his time in
the p r e p a r a tio n of the book, in which
he was assisted by P ro fe s s o r F r a n c is
R. W alsh ’48 of the U n iv e rs ity of San
F ran cisco School of L a w and Mr.
Edw'ard Hudon ’47, A s s i s t a n t Li­
b r a r i a n of the L i b r a r y of the S u p rem e
C ourt of the U nited S tates.
Dean F e g a n has dedicated his book
to Rev. F r a n c i s E. Lucey, S.J., Regent
and P ro fe ss o r of Law a t Georgetown
Law School because of his “ u n failin g
s u p p o r t and e n c o u ra g e m e n t.”
SBA PROGRAM PRESENTS
TALKS BY PROMINENT
LEGAL PERSONALITIES
The SBA has presented in its lec­
tu re s p r o g r a m this se m ester two o u t­
s ta n d in g personalities in th e legal p ro ­
fession. The first w as th e Hon. Robert
H. Jackson, Associate j u s t . e e of the
Suprem e C o u rt who spoke M arch 5.
The topic of his ta lk w as “ The
N u r e m b u r g T r ia ls ,” p reced e n t s h a t ­
te r in g tr ia ls in which he p a rtic ip a te d
as United S ta te s prosecutor. D u rin g
his address, Mr. J u s tic e Jackson
pleased his audience m ore th a n once
with in te re s tin g anecdotes based upon
s h a r p differences between F ren ch ,
Russian, and A m erican law. Upon the
conclusion of his talk, the Ju stic e
e n te rta in e d several questions fro m the
cap acity crowd.
The S B A ’s second s p e a k e r w a s the
Hon. T h u rm o n d A rnold, p rom inent
W a sh in g to n a tto rn e y , a u th o r, and
f o r m e r justice of the D. C. Circuit
C ourt of Appeals.
The f o r m e r Special A s s is ta n t to the
A tto rn e y General in c h a r g e of the
A n t i - T r u s t Division spoke to George­
town Law stu d e n ts on A pril 23, in
Carroll A u d ito riu m .
H is topic was
“ The I m p a c t of a Congressional Com­
mittee on Individual R ig h ts .”
The p r e p a r a tio n of the S B A ’s
sp eak ers p ro g ra m has been placed in
the h a n d s of a com m ittee headed by
D am ian P. Alagia, Md. ’54. The com­
m itte e ’s members a r e : J o h n E. Baker,
Ind. ’54, K u r t Berlin, D. C. ’54, Ryan
Bijour, N. Y. ’54, Robert S. Bourbon,
D. C. ’54, Coleman T. B re n n a n , N. J.
’54, and F r a n k II. L aspia, A\ }\ ’53.
PIERCE BUTLER
New Chancellor of the Pierce B u tle r
Law Club fo r the s p r in g te rm is
Francis L. Casey, Jr., A’. ) . *53. G or­
don Michael Pieschel, Minn. ’53, is
V ice-C hancellor; T hom as B ren n a n ,
A\ .J. ’54, Clerk; D am ian P. A la g 'a ,
Md. ’54, E x c h e q u e r; and Ray J. T erps tra , Iowa ’54, Bailiff. In addition to
the ap pellate a r g u m e n t s which fo rm
the core of Pierce B u t l e r ’s activities,
the club is p lan n in g a picnic to be
held in the spring.
ASHLEY MORTON GOULD
B e r n a r d J. Hasson, Md. ’53, has
been elected J u s tic e of the Ashley
Morton Gould Law Club, and George
Baron, I). C. ’53, is the club r e p r e ­
sen tativ e to the S tu d e n t B a r Associa(C ontinued on page 4)
Photo by Daniel King
P ic tu re d w ith J u s tic e R o b ert H. Jack so n are, (left) H e r b e rt F . T ra v e rs , J r .
Mass. ’52, SBA P re sid en t, and ( r ig h t ) D a m ia n Paul Alagia, Md. ’54, C h airm an
of th e S p eak ers Committee of the SBA.
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RES IPSA LOQUITUR
Mav% 1952
The Faculty
PROFESSOR STETSON
by Donald M. Walsh,.V.
’52
P rofessor F r a n c is Carroll Stetson
’26, a fo u rth generation lawyer, has
for tw entv y ea rs faith fu lly served on
the facu lty of Georgetown U niversity
Law School. A p a rt-tim e professor
since 1932, he became a full time p ro ­
fessor in 1935. At p resen t P rofessor
Stetson teaches Real P ro p e rty I, Real
P ro p e rty II, Real P ro p e rty III, P e r ­
sonal P ro p e rty and T ru sts. He is a u ­
th o r of several sets of case and his­
torical m a te ria ls used by the George­
town students.
P ro fesso r Stetson s ta rte d teaching
Real P ro p e rty in the late afternoon
session w nne P ro iesso r Charles Lown­
des, present acting Dean of Duke Uni­
versity Law School, ta u g h t the sub­
ject in the morning session. When Prolessor Lowndes left Georgetown in
1935 P ro fesso r Stetson became a full
time proiessor. He consequently w ith ­
drew from the practice of law. The
only p resen t full time members of the
faculty who were teaching when he
joined the staff a r e Dean Hugh J.
F e g a n and Doctor Robert A. M aurer.
P ro fesso r Stetson's time when he is
free of his work here a t the Law
School is devoted to m a in tain in g his
co untry home of ten acres in nearby
Virginia.
C o n tra ry to popular opinion, Mr.
Staley insists th a t w orking as a
law yer for the government is very
much like w orking for a private firm.
He feels th a t a young man receives
invaluable tr a in in g in the government
and can, if he wishes, use this t r a i n ­
ing as a stepping stone to p rivate
nractict* if he has the reouisite ability
PROFESSOR STALEY
by Agnes Neill, I). C. '54
I ’ll oto bif Da nid Kin (j
F R A N K C. S T E T S O N
A native W a sh in g to n ian , Professor
Stetson followed a fam ily trad itio n and
m a tric u la te d a t H a r v a r d College of
A rts and Sciences. While in his J u n io r
Year, in 1916, he volunteered as an
am bulance d river for the F re n c h
A r m y ; he s p e n t some time driving
wounded from the f r o n t to re a r hos­
pital areas. When Congress declared
w a r in April 1917, Professor Stetson
retu rn ed home to join the U. S. Army.
Being unable to qualify for a com­
mission because he was u n d e r tw enty
one y e a rs of age a t t h a t time, he en­
listed in th e Field Artillery. P ro fes­
sor Stetson w ent overseas again and
p a rtic ip ate d in the St. Mihiele and
A rgonne Campaigns.
A f t e r discharge in M arch 1919, he
worked with the S outhern Railway
until the fall semester commenced a t
H a r v a rd .
He received his Bachelor
of A rts Degree in J u n e 1920 and re­
turned to the W ashington area. P r o ­
fessor Stetson took a position as an
acco u n tan t with the U. S. Railroad
A dm inistration a u d itin g railroad books
to ascertain the pro p er use of Gov­
e rn m e n t funds. F ro m there, he went
to the Income Tax Audit Section of
the B u reau of In te rn a l Revenue, also
as an accountant.
I t was a t this
time t h a t he s ta rte d his legal studies
a t Georgetown Law School in the late
afternoon session.
He received his
LL.B. in 1926, and in the same y e a r
he was adm itted to both the D istrict
of Columbia and V irginia Bars.
P rofessor Stetson commenced his
practice of law in the D istrict of
Columbia with the intention of special­
izing in tax atio n .
His first clients
came with p ro p e rty problems. This
was n a t u r a l because the name of S te t­
son w as well known in the D istrict in
connection with Real E s t a t e Law.
P rofessor S te ts o n ’s fa th e r , Charles
Stetson ’92, w a s Vice P re s id e n t of
The D istric t Title Company, a position
which he still holds today..
Second oldest in point of service
am ong the p art-tim e faculty members
is J. F r a n k Staley, lecturer in A d­
m ira lty since 1926.
Mr. Staley, a
native Pennsylvanian, received his
A.B. in 1899 and his A.M. in 1903,
both from Pennsylvania College, now
known as G e tty sb u rg College.
He
t a u g h t for a y ea r in the Middletown,
P en n sy lv an ia public schools before the
U niversity of Pennsylvania conferred
a law degree upon him in 1903.
Mr. Staley became a specialist in
a d m ira lty law th ro u g h p ure coinci­
dence. The U niversity of P en n sy l­
vania Law School did not offer a course
in A d m iralty while he w as th e re; how­
ever, he obtained a position with
Lewis, Adler, & Laws, a Philadelphia
firm specializing in a d m ira lty cases,
and soon found himself specializing
in the field.
As a resu lt of m aritim e shipping
problems a ris in g out of the first World
W a r, the D e p a r tm e n t of Ju stic e in­
a u g u r a te d an a d m ira lty branch in
1918, a t which time Mr. Staley was
called to W ashington to become A s­
s is ta n t in A d m ira lty to the A ttorney
General of the United S ta te s — a posi­
tion he holds today.
E ig h t years
later, Georgetown asked him to teach
A d m iralty a t its Law School. A d ­
m iralty, originally a g r a d u a t e course,
w as la te r opened to th ird y e a r s tu ­
dents. He is a member of the b a r of
the Suprem e Court of the United
States, the Pennsylvania S tate Bar,
and the bars of various federal dis­
tric t courts and circu it courts of a p ­
peal.
W ALLACE and SAUNDERS
626 " E " ST., N. W.
W ASHINGTON, D. C.
"Serving the Best in
Home Cooked Foods
Since 1888"
OPEN 6 A. M. to 7 P. M.
Law, P a te n t Law, Roman Law, and
History of English Law.
Honorable Bolitha J. Laws, Chief
J u d g e of the United S ta te s D istric t
Court of the District of Columbia, is
conducting a class in T rial P r e p a r a ­
tion S tr a te g y and Technique, designed
to cover the practical problems th a t
arise in the p rep aratio n and p re s e n ta ­
tion of a case in the courts. Criminal
and civil cases are traced from the
employment of counsel to the e n try of
final ju d g m e n t in the trial court.
Two courses in T axation are offered,
entitled respectively Tax Procedure in
the In tern al Revenue D ep artm e n t and
F ederal Income Taxation. The former
is conducted by Seymour M. Mintz, a
p a r t n e r in the firm of Hogan
H a rtson, W ashington, D. C., and the la tte r
by Albert E. A rent of the firm of Pos­
ner, Berge, Fox & A rent of W a sh in g ­
ton, I). C. and A rent, F reid b erg , Rich
& Blue of New York City.
Mr. Mintz is a L ectu rer at the New
York U niversity In stitu te on F ed eral
T ax atio n and the a u th o r of several
textbooks on taxation. Mr. A rent is
a L ectu rer before the P racticin g Law
In stitu te and was form erly Special
A ssistant to the A ttorney General and
A ttorney in the Office of the Chief
Counsel, B ureau of In tern al Revenue.
J. Fay Hall, J r., '45, an Associate in
the firm of Posner, Berge, Fox &
A rent, W ashington, D. C., and f o r ­
merly E ditor of the Georgetown Law
J o u rn a l, is conducting the course in
E sta te Planning, a practical study of
the law yer's function in p la n n in g an
estate.
Em phasis is placed on the
proper p re p a ra tio n of wills and the
use of tr u s t s and insurance in both
lifetime and te s ta m e n ta r y estate plan­
ning, with p a r tic u la r attention to the
relation of F ederal Income, E sta te
and (lift "Fax laws to esta te planning.
H enry W. Sweeney, senior p a r t n e r
of Henry W. Sweeney & Company, 52
Wall Street, New York City, Special
A ssis ta n t to the S ecretary of Defense,
and Consulting Editor of A c c o u n ta n ts’
Handbook, is the professor in the
course on Basic Legal Accounting.
The course is an introduction to basic
techniques designed for the lawyer
who has not had a prio r accounting
background. Mr. Sweeney is the a u th o r
of “ Stabilized A ccounting” and “ I n ­
troductory Accounting.”
T hree professors, Bartholomew A.
Diggins, Sigmund T i m b e r g a n d Robert
L. W right, conduct the course in Use
and Regulation of Industrial P ro p erty
Rights ( P aten t, T ra demark, ( 'opyright and Federal Trade Problems),
which covers the m a jo r problems a r i s ­
ing under the numerous recent deci­
sions of the co u rts in A n ti-T ru st cases,
the doctrine of unclean hands in
patent litigation, the problems of
treble dam age counterclaim s in patent,
t radema rk and copyright in frin g e ­
ment actions and tin* elimination of
licensee4 estoppel, all vital problems
to the patent, copyright, tr a d e m a rk
and federal regulation bar.
Mr. Diggins is a p a r t n e r in the
firm of S trau ch , Nolan & Diggins,
W ashington, I). ( ’., and is formerly
A ssistan t Chief of the Cartel Section,
A n ti-T ru st Division, I)ep artm en t of
Justice.
Mr. T im berg is the Chief
of the4 J u d g m e n t and J u d g m e n t E n ­
forcement Section, A n ti- T r u s t Divi­
sion of the D e p a rtm e n t of Justice.
Both he and Mr. Diggins a re Lec­
tu r e r s a t the P racticing Law Institute,
New York City. "The third professor
of the course, Robert L. W rig h t, was
formerly Special A ssistant to the A t­
torney General, D e p a rtm e n t of Ju stice
and was trial atto rn e y for the Government in most of the movie in d u stry
a n ti- tr u s t cases.
The p ro g ra m has met with a high
degree of success and has been well re­
ceived. Additional courses to be offered
in the fall term of this y e a r a r e now
under consideration and discussion.
The complete p ro g ra m for the a c a ­
demic y e a r 1952-1953 will be a n ­
nounced sometime d u rin g th e sum m er
months.
%
J. F R A N K STALKY
and opportunities. T here are excellent
chances for specialization in ad m iralty
law, although the field itself is limited.
F irm s handling a d m ira lty cases are
only located in the port cities, like
New York City, Norfolk and P h ila­
delphia ; however, governm ent a g e n ­
cies, and d ep a rtm en ts, such as the
Coast Guard, Navy, and Defense De­
p a rtm e n t, also have places for a t ­
torneys wishing to specialize in the
field.
Golf has been Mr. S ta le y ’s favorite
hobby. He adm its to playing an oc­
casional hand of bridge a t the U n i­
versity Club, but insists t h a t he plays
strictly as an am a te u r.
GEORGETOWN INITIATES
A CONTINUING LEGAL
EDUCATION INSTITUTE
Georgetown Law School has long
felt there is need for the continued,
systematic education of lawyers en­
gaged in active practice. Commencing
with the second semester of this a c a ­
demic year, it has instituted the
Georgetown Continuing 1,egal E d u ca­
tion Institute. Located in the N atio n ’s
Capital, with its recognized legal a u ­
thorities, Georgetown Law School is
ideally located to fulfill this need. In
addition to the initial purpose it also
affords an o p p o rtu n ity to broaden the
curriculum of the G ra d u a te School.
The I n s titu te is open to all members
of the B a r of any S ta te or of the Dis­
tinct. of Columbia and to g r a d u a te s of
law schools approved by the American
B ar Association or the American As­
sociation of Law Schools. If academic
credit is desired the a p p lic a n t m ust
conform to the requirem ents of the
G ra d u a te School and have an A.B., or
equivalent degree, and an LL.B. from
an approved school and m ust be fo r­
mally enrolled in the G ra d u a te School.
Six courses comprise the curriculum
of the I n s titu te for the first semester
of its existence. Of course, for those
enrolled for credit in the G ra d u a te
School th e re is offered, in addition to
these courses, the s ta n d a r d courses of
F ed eral Procedu re, Legislation and
S ta tu to ry In te r p re ta tio n , A d m in is tra ­
tive Law, Federal T ra d e Regulation,
"taxation, Labor Law, In te rn a tio n a l
May 1952
RES IPSA LOQUITUR
Page 4
LAW CLUBS
FRANK J. HOGAN
( Continued f r o in )Hiye 2)
tion. J u s tic e H asson has announced
t h a t plans fo r the c u r r e n t sem ester
include a talk by Dr. P a tric k Fedrico
of the P a t e n t Office A p p eals Board,
who spoke to the club la st y e a r about
proposed revision of the U. S. Code
regarding* paten ts. Also scheduled arc*
several sp e ak ers on a n t i - t r u s t law.
Members of the F r a n k J. Hogan
Law Club have chosen Jo h n H. Bruce,
Mass. ’54, as its Chancellor.
\ iceChancellor of the club is Luke C.
Moore, T e r n . ’54, and William Con­
nolly, Md. ’52, w as elected SB A r e p r e ­
sentative. The club ag e n d a fo r this
sem ester includes a talk by an A f g h a n ­
istan lawyer, F a q u i r Alefi, who is do­
ing g r a d u a t e work in the field of
A m erican Law on a scholarship a t
George W ash in g to n U n iv ersity School
of Law. Also scheduled is a social
function to be held before e x a m in a ­
tions. A special committee consisting
of Helen Steinbinder, X . Y. ’55; J a m e s
Knight, I). C. ’55, and Jo h n O. T re san sky, .V. J. ’55, has been appointed to
tak e c h a r g e of a r r a n g e m e n ts .
To make the nam e of the club more
m ean in g fu l, the officers have dis­
trib u te d a b rief biographical sketch of
F r a n k J. H ogan ’02 to the members.
Mr. Hogan served in the S p an ish
A m erican W a r and while on duty with
the a r m y in W ash in g to n began the
study of law a t Georgetown. The
fam o u s la w y e r served as p resid e n t of
both the D. C. B a r Association and the
A m erican B a r Association.
MARTIN F. MORRIS
Jo h n D. Spellm an, Wash. ’53, and
Jo h n B. Walsh, X . Y. ’53, both m em ­
bers of the M artin F. Morris Law
Club, were the w in n ers of the second
and th ir d public law club a rg u m e n ts ,
respectively. New officers of the club
a r e Jo h n D. Spellman, Chief J u s tic e ;
Tillman N euner, Va. ’53, Associate
J u s tic e ; Steven K. C a rr , A\ Y. ’54,
F x c h e q u e r; Louis P atrick Dell, Ohio
’53, Scribe; and George E. Spyropoulos, I). C. ’53, M arshal. T he club is
w orking on a full scale mock tr ia l to
be held in April. The officers a re also
p la n n in g a to u r of the office of the
Clerk of C o u rt for the U. S. D is tric t
C o u rt fo r I). C. F o r the final meeting
of the y e a r a luncheon with a g u e s t
sp e ak er is scheduled.
EDWARD DOUGLASS
WHITE
The E d w a rd D ouglass W hite Law
Club h as recently chosen J o h n A.
Kocur, Pa. ’53, as its new Chief J u s ­
tice, and R ichard P. B ro u illard , X . H.
’53, as Associate Ju stice. R obert J.
Kresse, X . Y. ’53, S e c r e ta r y ; W a lte r
Webster, W a s h . ’53, T r e a s u r e r ; and
J a m e s M a rtin , Neb. ’54, Bailiff, con­
tinue in th eir respective positions. A
b an q u e t is planned f o r the m onth of
May, and several g u e s t sp e a k e rs a r e
scheduled for the c u r r e n t semester.
The m em bers of th e club have been
active in weekly app ellate a r g u m e n t s
on the subjects of Real P ro p e rty ,
Tosts, Agency, and Domestic R e la­
tions.
JOHN CARROLL
.James Anton, N . H. ’52, h as been
elected Chancellor of the J o h n C arroll
L aw Club, with F r a n k H. L asp ia,
N.
’.Y54, as SB A re p re se n ta tiv e . John
Carroll is the only one of th e school’s
seven law clubs to have been r e p r e ­
sented in all th ree of the public law
club a r g u m e n t s held this y ea r. Jo h n
MacTavish, Iowa ’55, was selected to
p a rtic ip a te in the first a r g u m e n t ;
J a m e s Anton in the second; and R a y ­
mond W a tts, Ohio ’54, in the third.
SQUIRE GRILL
ALUMNI SERVE WITH
ALLIED COUNCIL
FOR AUSTRIA
J e r e m ia h J. O ’Connor, ’37, and Co­
burn B. Kidd, ’39, a re both associated
with the Office of the United S tate s
High Commissioner fo r A u stria .
The Allied Commission f o r A u s tr ia ,
composed of United S tates, B ritish,
F re n c h and Soviet elements, fu n ctio n s
u n d er the Control A g re e m e n t of 1946.
The Legal Division of the United
S ta te s element, which is ch a rg e d w ith
legal advisory service to the Allied
Commission, th e a d m in is tra tio n of
G erm an assets in A u s t r i a and public
safety, is u n d e r the direction of Mr.
O ’Conner, who is a nativ e W a s h i n g ­
tonian. He w a s g r a d u a t e d f ro m the
College in 1934, receiving his A.B.
degree t h a t year. In S eptem ber of
the same y e a r he m a tr ic u la te d a t th e
L aw School and w as g r a d u a te d in
1937. He received his LL.M. degree
in 1938.
Mr. O’Connor w as ad m itted to p r a c ­
tice in the D istrict of Columbia in 1937
and f o r two y e a rs w as associated with
Michael M. Doyle, ’08, in the p ractice
of law in this City. In 1939 he a c ­
cepted an a p p o in tm e n t in th e Office of
the General Counsel, U nited S ta te s
Securities and E x c h a n g e Commission,
where he remained until he w as called
up fo r active duty in the A rm y. F ro m
1941 until he left fo r overseas service
he w as an I n s t r u c t o r and Executive
Officer in the A rm y J u d g e Advocate
G e n e ra l’s School a t the U n iv ersity of
M ichigan.
Mr. O ’Connor served as D eputy
T h e a t e r J u d g e Advocate, U. S. Forces
in China, until his s e p a ra tio n fro m th e
service. In 1948 he accepted an a p ­
pointm ent as D eputy D irector and
la ter D irector of the Legal Division
in A u s tr ia with the D e p a r tm e n t of
the A rm y. In October, 1950, he a c ­
cepted an a p p o in tm e n t from the De­
p a r t m e n t of S ta te in the same c a ­
pacity.
Mr. Kidd is a member of the New
York and D istric t of Columbia b a rs
and subsequent to his g r a d u a tio n and
admission to the b a r served for two
y ea rs with a New York law firm. He
holds an A.B. and M.A. degree from
St. A n d re w s U n iv ersity and received
his law degree from this school in
1939. D u rin g the w ar, Mr. Kidd was
in the A ir Corps and subsequently
w ent with the S ta te D e p a rtm e n t. He
is p resen tly D irector of the Political
Division in the Office of the United
S ta te s High Commissioner for A u s­
tria.
Alumni Notes
bv W. Paul F ly n n , Conn. ’54
’51
M o rg an Goudeau, III, has opened
his office fo r the gen eral practice
of law a t 170 W est Bellevue
S treet, Opelousas, Louisiana.
’51 Donald J. B re n n a n opened his
office for the general practice of
law a t 74 N o rth S treet, Pittsfield,
M assach u setts, in M arch of this
year.
’51 T hom as J. O’Connor, J r., has been
adm itted to th e p ra c tic e of law in
The Com m onw ealth of M a ssac h u ­
setts.
’51 George Bisacca is engaged in the
p riv a te practice o f law in the
S ta te of Connecticut.
’51 F r a n c is T. O’H a llo ra n , Thom as S.
Hogan, and J a m e s G. O ’Malley re­
cently passed the Rhode Island
B a r E x a m in a tio n .
’50 Jo h n L. Shortley is associated with
the firm of M unn, Liddy, and
N a th a n s o n in the D istric t of Co­
lumbia in th e p ractice of patent
law.
’50 B e rn a rd Gordon is associated with
the firm of D an za n sk y and Dickey
in W ash in g to n , D. C.
’50 N o r b e r t J. H eubusch is a claims
a tto rn e y for L u m b e r m a n ’s Mu­
tual C asualty Co. in W ashington,
D. C.
Mr. H eubusch practices
privately in V irg in ia as well as
the District.
’49 Joseph A. Petrich has been a p ­
pointed to the Pierce County Legal
D e p a r tm e n t in the s ta te of W a s h ­
ington.
’46 George Riseling h a s been ap­
pointed General Counsel for the
D istric t of Columbia Redevelop­
ment Land Agency.
’38 Doyle H. Willis is a sta te re p re ­
se n tativ e in Texas in addition to
p racticin g law.
’34 D w ight Doty has been advanced
to Chief of the Renewal and
T r a n s f e r Division: B u re a u of
B ro a d c a stin g : F e d e r a l Communi­
cations Commission.
’29 Joseph P. Cooney has w ritte n a
g u est editorial f o r the H a rtfo r d
T i m e s . Mr. Cooney’s contribution
was entitled: Laiv, L a w y e r s , and
Liberty.
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