Lewis R. Morgan papers, 1961-1995.

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Lewis R. Morgan papers, 1961-1995.

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Chambers papers of Judge Lewis R. Morgan. Papers document Judge Morgan's thirty-five-year judicial career with the United States District Court, 1961-1968, and the United States Fifth and Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, 1968-1996. Includes case files (typically opinions, briefs, judicial memoranda, reports, administrative forms and correspondence), dockets, bench books, case indexes, correspondence, printed opinions, committee files, charge books and notes, newsclippings, photographs, and maps. Of note are Judge Morgan's files relating to highly publicized cases, such as Wallace Butts v. Curtis Publishing Company, civil rights cases heard in District Court in Georgia and the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits, and materials relating to the split of the Fifth Circuit into the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits in 1981.

149 boxes (73.75 linear ft.)

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United States. Court of Appeals (5th Circuit)

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United States. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (in case citations, 11th Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts: Middle District of Alabama, Northern District of Alabama, Southern District of Alabama, Middle District of Florida, Northern District of Florida, Southern District of Florida, Middle District of Georgia, Northern District of Georgia, Southern District of Georgia These districts were originally part of ...

Morgan, Lewis R., 1913-2001.

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Judge Lewis Render "Pete" Morgan (1913-2001), served in the United States District Court, 1961-1968, and the United States Fifth and Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, 1968-1996. Morgan also served two terms as a representative from Troup County (LaGrange) in the Georgia General Assembly (1937-1939) and was campaign manager and executive secretary for the U.S. Representative Albert Sidney Camp. From the description of Lewis R. Morgan papers, 1961-1995. (University of Georgia). WorldC...