Robert A. Sprecher (1917-1982) Papers 1971-1984

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Robert A. Sprecher (1917-1982) Papers 1971-1984

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These are primarily Sprecher's judicial records from his eleven year tenure on the Federal Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The Sprecher Papers, filling 71 boxes and spanning the period from 1971 to 1984, are arranged in eleven subseries: biographical materials, general correspondence, subject correspondence, minor judicial activities, speeches, court cases, rules, petitions, cases assigned, articles, and supplemental materials. The papers also include 43 bound volumes of briefs and articles.

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Sprecher, Robert A.

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Robert Arthur Sprecher was born in Chicago on May 30, 1917, the son of Adolph and Lillian (Senick) Sprecher. He received a B.S. degree, magna cum laude in 1938 and a J.D. degree, summa cum laude in 1941 from Northwestern University. His academic honors included membership in Phi Beta Kappa and the Order of the Coif. Northwestern awarded Sprecher its Alumni Merit award in 1977 and an honorary LL.D. degree in 1981. Sprecher practiced law as an associate with the Chicago-ba...

United States. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (in case citations, 7th Cir.) is the U.S. federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the courts in the following districts, Central District of Illinois, Northern District of Illinois, Southern District of Illinois, Northern District of Indiana, Southern District of Indiana, Eastern District of Wisconsin, Western District of Wisconsin. The court is based at the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago and is composed of eleven appel...