Oral history interview with Frank C. Newman, 1989-1994 : transcript / by Carole Hicke, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley.

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Oral history interview with Frank C. Newman, 1989-1994 : transcript / by Carole Hicke, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley.

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This oral history covers Newman's education an career, including work with the Office of Price Administration, the University of Boalt Hall (with mention of security/loyalty issues, the Tenney Committee, Governors Earl Warren, Pat and Jerry Brown, and faculty colleages.). Professor Newman discusses the California Supreme Court from 1977 to 1983, with references to his fellow jurists and the Constitutional Revision Commission (mentioning Bruce Sumner and Ralph Kleps) and the Commission on Judicial Performance. He talks about human rights work with Amnesty International and the United Nations with visits to Greece (1967) and Chile (1974). References to politicians, judicial personnel, and presidents throughout the period, including Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Seth Hufstedler, Bernard Witkin, and Jesse Unruh.

314 p. of typescript.

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