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Judges

 Subject

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Donald K. Duvall papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-99-1
Scope and Contents Donald K. Duvall’s papers consist of cases and other materials pertaining to his tenure as an administrative law judge and later as an attorney to Kenyon and Kenyon, working with Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930. The papers are divided in two series:1. Cases where he acted as a judge on section 337 matters.2. Cases where he was an attorney for the plaintiff. The most important case in this section is the DRAMs [Certain Dynamic Random Access Memories Components]....
Dates: 1930 - 1996
Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

Edward J. Ryan papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2016-01
Scope and Contents

This sketch of Judge Edward J. Ryan, United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York, by Ida Libby Dengrove, was given to Ryan by Don Luftig, NBC Producer. There are also two letters of condolence from Judge Melanie L. Cyganowski, U.S.B.J., and Judge Sarah Sharer Curly, U.S.B.J., and one photograph.

Dates: circa 1973 - 1979
Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

Edward S. Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-01-3
Scope and Contents These papers document Edward S. Smith’s service on the US Court of Claims, his appointment to the court, court administration, articles and speeches, and the federal court re-organization of the late 1970s that concluded with the Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1979, and the creation of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The collection reflects the administrative process that took place "to restructure a portion of the intermediate appellate tier." Judge Smith...
Dates: 1964 - 1997
Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

George H. Revercomb papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-93-3
Dates: 1942 - 1994
Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

International Military Tribunal for the Far East photograph

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2014-06
Dates: circa 1946
Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

John P. Frank book manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-90-5
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a pre-edited manuscript of John P. Frank's book, Justice Daniel Dissenting: A Biography of Peter V. Daniel, 1784 - 1860. This manuscript contains a great deal of Virginia history, as well as many small details that did not make it into the final version of the book.

Dates: circa 1964
Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

John W. Bissell papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-05-1
Dates: 1983 - 2005
Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

Nineteenth-century legal manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-89-2
Scope and Contents

This collection contains documents - mostly letters - from a variety of Virginia and Maryland judges, Supreme Court personalities from the nineteenth century.

Dates: 1820 - 1859
Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

Pierce Lively papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-98-2
Dates: 1972 - 1997
Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

Richard L. Williams papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2011-01
Scope and Contents The judicial papers of Richard L. Williams document his tenure as a judge in the Eastern District of Virginia. There are also some personal documents. The papers maintain their original organization and include chambers manuals and jury instructions, personal files, clerks' memos, memoranda from the Justice Department, opinions, orders, correspondence, both professional and personal, newspaper clippings, prisoners' correspondence, calendars, and scrapbooks. There are also files related to...
Dates: 1979 - 2011
Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

Richard Watson docket book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-91-3
Scope and Contents

This handwritten docket book, 1871-1889, contains information about cases handled by Richard Watson, an attorney in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Most of the cases concern debt settlements, but also included are commercial disputes and probate matters. The records contain information about disposition, costs, fees, and actions taken. The volume begins with an index of clients.

Dates: 1871 - 1889
Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

Samuel E. Smith record book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-93-7
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one small leatherbound journal containing two sets of records. The front of the book contains a list of court actions for Lincoln County [Maine] Superior Judicial Court 1818 - 1820. The back of the book contains Smith's notes and records as administrator of the estate of Joseph E. Smith, 1837 - 1850.

Dates: 1818 - 1850
Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

Thomas C. Gordon Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-04-1
Scope and Contents This collection contains notebooks, memoranda, and correspondence between Judge Gordon and the University of Virginia School of Law, the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, the Virginia Law Review, and the law firm of McGuire Woods. The use of language is a recurrent topic in this collection. There are extensive articles and newspaper clippings about the use of plain English and legal writing, as well as a collection of Gordon's speeches and lecture notes...
Dates: circa 1965 - 1997
Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

William M. Pingrey docket book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-91-4
Scope and Contents

This volume is a docket of cases heard by Judge Pingrey in the April term, 1839, of the Washington County Court in Vermont. The 254 cases are numbered, and notes include the names of plaintiff and defendant, their attorneys, brief information about earlier proceedings, costs, and final disposition.

Dates: 1839
Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections