Viewing Mitchell Studies Category (10) found:Photographs of William DeWitt Mitchell, 1925-1935.William DeWitt Mitchell, the son of a famous Minnesota jurist, was a St. Paul lawyer from the early 1900s to 1925, when he left to serve in the U. S. Justice Department in Washington, D.C. He served as Solicitor General during the administration of Calvin Coolidge, 1925-1929, and as Attorney Gener... William DeWitt Mitchell (1874-1955).A graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School in 1896, William D. Mitchell practiced briefly with his father in Winona and, later, in several prominent firms in St. Paul, including How, Taylor & Mitchell and Mitchell, Dougherty, Rumble, Bunn & Butler. He interrupted his practice to enlist in... William Mitchell: "Reminiscences of the Establishment of the Territorial Courts, Judges, Justices and Members of the Bar of Winona County." (1889).On August 30, 1889, an address written by Associate Justice William Mitchell was read to the Winona County Old Settlers' Association by his former law partner, William H. Yale. The subjects of Mitchell's paper were the judges and lawyers of the county during the territorial period, 1849 to 1858. ... Judge Mitchell's Court Calendars for March & October 1879.The proceedings of the Winona County District Court during March 13-18, 1879, and October 16-20, 1879, were reported by "The Winona Herald." ... Memorial Proceedings for William Mitchell. (1900).William Mitchell, who served on the Minnesota Supreme Court from March 1881, to January 1900, died on August 21, 1900. Six weeks later memorial proceedings were held in the Supreme Court in St. Paul. Friends, lawyers and judges delivered tributes to him. In the style and tradition of nineteenth c... John Stryker: "William Mitchell" (1904).A chapter on Justice William Mitchell written by John Stryker, a St. Paul lawyer, was included in the first volume of "The History of the Bench and Bar of Minnesota," compiled by Hiram Fairchild Stevens and published in 1904. It was the last of five profiles of Mitchell that appeared in books publi... Edwin Ames Jaggard: "William Mitchell." (1909)William Mitchell served as associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1881 to 1900.
Edward Lees: "William Mitchell" (1920).The May 1920 issue of the Minnesota Law Review carried an article on Justice William Mitchell by Edward Lees, who was a Commissioner of the Supreme Court at the time. It is the best study of Mitchell published so far. It is posted here. ... Judge Gunnar H. Nordbye: "Justice William Mitchell."On May 6, 1959, United States District Court Judge Gunnar H. Nordbye addressed a ceremony dedicating a bronze statue of Justice William Mitchell at the William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul. On January 17, 1961, he addressed the Winona County Historical Society on Justice Mitchell. Both add... Douglas A. Hedin: "When Justice Mitchell Changed His Mind--Twice." (2006)In his first two years on the supreme court, Associate Justice William Mitchell wrote two opinions in which he announced that he had changed his mind on issues he had recently decided the other way. The first involved an "imperfect" mortgage redemption statute, the second concerned whether evidence ... |