Civil rights, law, and the federal courts : the life of Cecil Poole, 1914-1917 / Cecil F. Poole ; with an introduction by William K. Coblentz ; interviews conducted by Carole Hicke in 1993. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1997.

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Civil rights, law, and the federal courts : the life of Cecil Poole, 1914-1917 / Cecil F. Poole ; with an introduction by William K. Coblentz ; interviews conducted by Carole Hicke in 1993. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1997.

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Childhood and education; military service; private law practice in San Francisco; Assistant U.S. District Attorney, Northern District, California, 1951-58; Legal Secretary to California Governor Edmund G. Brown, 1958-61; U.S. District Attorney, Northern District, California, 1961-70; Federal Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District, California, 1976-79; Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Judicial Circuit, 1979-1997; sentencing guidelines; appellate procedures; challenges for an African-American lawyer and judge; Democratic politics; some significant appellate cases.

Transcript: 1 v. (vii, 248 p.) : ports. ; 28 cm.Phonotapes: 21 sound cassettes.

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