Judicial papers, 1930-1964.

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Judicial papers, 1930-1964.

Case files, ca. 1930-1960, comprise the bulk of the collection. General civil and criminal case files are grouped separately from bankruptcy and land condemnation cases. Case files include two Virginia school desegregation cases which he heard in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Administrative files for the federal district court contain extensive documentation regarding case loads, rules of court, probation, and jury call decisions. Also included are professional correspondence, speeches and articles. Correspondents include Alfred D. Barksdale, Albert V. Bryan, Armistead M. Dobie, Ted Dalton, Sterling Hutcheson, John J. Parker, Floyd H. Roberts, Simon E. Sobeloff, Frank S. Tavenner, Jr., and Roby C. Thompson.

94 boxes (36 linear ft.)

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Hutcheson, Sterling, 1894-1969.

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Sobeloff, Simon Ernest, 1894-1973

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Federal judge. From the description of Oral history interview, 1971. (Maryland Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32821964 Lawyer, U.S. solicitor general, and federal judge. From the description of Simon Ernest Sobeloff papers, 1882-1973 (bulk 1950-1973). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982559 From the description of Papers, 1882-1973 (bulk 1950-1973). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 31605207 Biographical Note ...

United States. District Court (Virginia : Western District)

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Thompson, Roby C. (Roby Calvin), 1898-1960

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Tavenner, Frank Stacy, 1894-1964.

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Frank S. Tavenner was Counsel and acting Chief of Counsel, Prosecution Section, International Military Tribunal for the Far East. From the description of Papers concerning the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, 1945-1948. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 20969295 ...

Barksdale, Alfred D. (Alfred Dickinson), 1892-1972

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Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit of Virginia, 1938-1940, and the U.S. District Court of the Western District of Virginia, 1940-1957. From the description of Papers of Alfred Dickinson Barksdale, 1905-1973 (bulk 1940-1972). (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 31448310 Virginia State Senator and Judge, U.S District Court, Western District of Virginia. Member of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia. From the description of Papers of Alfre...

Roberts, Floyd H., 1879-1967

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Paul, John, 1883-1964

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Born in Harrisonburg, Virginia in 1883. Educated at Virginia Military Institute and the University of Virginia. Served one term in Congress beginning in 1920. Served as U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1932-1964. From the description of Judicial papers, 1930-1964. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 29766812 ...

Bryan, Albert V. (Albert Vickers), 1899-1984

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Dobie, Armistead M. (Armistead Mason), 1881-1962

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. Born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1881. Educated at the University of Virginia and Harvard University. Taught law at the University of Virginia, 1907-1939; dean of the School of Law, 1932-1939. Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, 1939; Judge, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1940-1956. Died in 1962. From the description of Papers, 1902-1963, bulk 1939-1956. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 704076515 Born...

Dalton, Ted, 1901-1989

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Theodore Roosevelt Dalton was born 3 July 1901 in Carroll County, Va., the son of Currell and Lodoska Martin. He received his B.A. from the College of William and Mary as well as his law degree. Dalton was Commonwealth's Attorney for Radford, Va. and state senator from 1944-1960. He was the Republican Party candidate for governor in 1953 and 1957. Dalton was appointed federal judge for the Western district of Virginia. His adopted son was John N. Dalton who served as governor of Virginia. Ted Da...