Eleanor Jackson Piel papers, 1954-1992.

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Eleanor Jackson Piel papers, 1954-1992.

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Papers of Eleanor Jackson Piel, a New York City attorney known for handling civil rights and civil liberties cases, together with some papers of fellow attorney Philip Wittenberg that were in her custody. Selected based on legal or historical importance, the files represent a variety of types of litigation ranging from Sandra Adickes v. Kress, a precedent-setting civil rights case appealed to the Supreme Court, to numerous cases of discrimination based on gender, a Florida death penalty appeal, and numerous criminal cases of special note. Several files concern Piel's personal interests and activities, notably her friend Harriet Pilpel, whom she interviewed about her legal work for reproductive rights, and her support of Morton Sobell. Also among Piel's clients were Fred Fernandez and Linus Pauling. The Wittenberg files concern primarily his legal representation of Corliss Lamont and his management of the Bill of Rights Fund for Lamont, as well as two cases related to publishing issues: the right of privacy in an unauthorized juvenile biography of Warren Spahn; the failure of Robert Taber to acknowledge the contribution of collaborator Douglas Stone to his book on the Castro revolution. Some of Stone's Cuban research materials are included.

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