Robert W. Stayton papers, ca. 1934-1950.

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Robert W. Stayton papers, ca. 1934-1950.

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Minutes, proceedings, correspondence, reports, memoranda, printed material, creative works, and legal-style documentation reflect the involvement and activities of Robert W. Stayton in the formulation, interpretation, and evaluation of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure and in the study of the Texas civil judicial system, 1939-1950. The records of the Supreme Court Advisory Committee (1939-49, 4.5 linear feet: 10.8 boxes) thoroughly document the establishment and activities of the Committee related to the drafting and promotion of new rules. While the bulk of the committee's general records (2.7 linear feet: 6.5 boxes) constists of correspondence, reports, proceedings of institutes, and printed material, less well documented are the activities of its six subcommittees, which range from studies of existing procedural statutes to drafting procedural rules. Especially well documented, through the general and numbered correspondence and printed material of the Subcommittee on the Interpretation of Rules (1941-47, 3.33 linear feet: 8 boxes), is Stayton's participation in answering practicing attorney's inquiries regarding application of the new rules. The Stayton research projects (1939-1950, 2.58 linear feet: 1 box, 11 binders), primarily deals with "A study of pendency in Texas civil litigation," whose results were published in several articles in the Texas law review. The study surveys the grounds and rationales of holdings on the Texas Supreme Court from 1886 and those of Texas appellate courts from 1931, with access facilitated through a project explanations book. The records of the Texas Judicial Council (1940-[1950], 0.20 linear feet), while dealing with ethics and judicial administration during the 1940's, provide only sketchy coverage of these topics and Stayton's involvement.

10.5 linear ft. (20 boxes & 11 three-ring binders)

University of Texas, Tarlton Law Library, Jamail Center for Legal Research

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University of Texas, Tarlton Law Library, Jamail Center for Legal Research

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