Papers, 1956-1993 (bulk 1968-1992).

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Papers, 1956-1993 (bulk 1968-1992).

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Correspondence, memoranda, mss. of writings, speeches, agenda and minutes of meetings, opinions, orders, dockets, notes, sentencing information, case files, other legal papers, printed materials, photographs, and other papers, relating chiefly to Gesell's career as judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Includes papers relating to cases in the areas of civil rights, constitutional law, antitrust matters, patent cases, and government regulations; specific cases relate to the Watergate break-in and firing of special prosecutor Archibald Cox; the 1st Amendment in relation to the Pentagon Papers and other issues; legality of abortion; rioting in Washington, D.C. (1969); and Oliver North in the Iran-Contra Affair. Includes a sentencing file (1968-1992) reflecting economic and demographic changes in Washington, D.C., and containing social data concerning families, crime, the judicial system, and race relations; papers relating to Gesell's assignment on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; and a notebook containing his unpublished memoirs entitled My Jealous Mistress. Correspondents include Dean Acheson, Harding F. Bancroft, Howard C. Bratton, Warren E. Burger, Joseph M. Fitzpatrick, John M. Harlan, Hubert H. Humphrey, Lyndon B. Johnson, Irving R. Kaufman, J. Edward Lumbard, John Lord O'Brian, Frank T. Remington, John J. Sirica, Potter Stewart, Lawrence E. Walsh, Earl Warren, and Frank M. Wilson.

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Kaufman, Irving R. (Irving Robert), 1910-1992

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Remington, Frank J., 1922-1996

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