Viewing Federal Court Category (28) found:Photographs of Justice Pierce Butler.Photographs of Pierce Butler who served on the United States Supreme Court from 1923 to 1939 are posted here.... Paul Nelson, "The Case of the William Clark Papers."In May of 1805 William Clark -- the Clark of Lewis and Clark -- sent a packet of his early notes taken on the Lewis and Clark Expedition, by courier from Fort Mandan, Dakota Territory, to President Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson was known to have the notes in 1806 . . . and then they disappeared. They... Judge Michael A. Wolff: Book Review of Roberta Walburn, "Miles Lord: The Maverick Judge Who Brought Corporate America to Justice" (2017).Miles Lord served as Attorney General of Minnesota, United States Attorney in Minnesota, and United States District Court Judge from 1966 to 1985. He died in 2016, at age 97.
Luther Granquist: Book Review of Roberta Walburn, "Miles Lord: The Maverick Judge Who Brought Corporate America to Justice" (2017).Miles Lord served as Attorney General of Minnesota, United States Attorney in Minnesota, and United States District Court Judge from 1966 to 1985. He died in 2016, at age 97.
Photographs of Historic Federal Courthouses in Minnesota.Photographs of federal courthouses in St. Paul, Duluth, Fergus Falls, Mankato, Minneapolis, Moorhead and Winona can be found in this article.
Photographs of the Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building, U. S. Courthouse & Custom House, Duluth, Minnesota.This is an album of photographs of the exterior and interior of the Federal Courthouse in Duluth, Minnesota. It was renamed the Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building, U. S. Courthouse & Custom House in 2007. All photographs are from the Photography Collection of the Library of Congress. ... The Harry A. Blackmun Oral History Project.Harry A. Blackmun served on the United States Supreme Court from June 8, 1970, to August 3, 1994. At various times in 1994 and 1995, Harold H. Koh, a professor at Yale Law School and a former clerk of the justice, interviewed him about his youth, education at Harvard Law School, private practice in... Proceedings in Memory of Harry A. Blackmun (1999).Harry Andrew Blackmun served as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from June 9, 1970 to August 3, 1994, when he retired. He died at age 90 on March 4, 1999. On October 27, 1999, a Memorial Proceeding was held for him in the Court. ... Proceedings in Memory of Warren E. Burger (1996).Warren Earl Burger served as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1969 to 1986, when he retired. He died at age 88 on June 25, 1995. On April 30, 1996, a Memorial Proceeding was held for him in the Court. ... Proceedings in Memory of Pierce Butler (1940).Pierce Butler served as Associate Justice on the U. S. Supreme Court from December 21, 1922, to his death on November 16, 1939, at the age of 73. Memorial proceedings for him were held in the Supreme Court on January 27, 1940, and May 20, 1940. They are posted in their entirety in this article. <... William D. Riter: Justice Butler (1923).This "appreciative sketch" of Associate Justice Pierce Butler appeared on pages 40-42 of the March-April, 1923, issue of "Case and Comment." It was written by William D. Riter, an Assistant Attorney General of the United States.
Joel Mark Dickey (1864-1933).Joel Mark Dickey was a fixture in the federal district court in St. Paul for forty-three years. He began employment in 1890, and served as clerk and Assistant U. S. Attorney from 1894 to 1920, when he entered private practice. But not for long. Upon the retirement of Charles L. Spencer, Judge Pa... "Judge Dillon's Farewell." (1879).On the afternoon of Friday, June 27, 1879, a ceremony by the state bar honoring Circuit Judge John F. Dillon was held in the court house in St. Paul. Dillon had just announced his resignation from the federal court, where he had served for the last ten years. At this time he was, according to cou... Dennis F. Donovan (1889-1974).Dennis F. Donovan served as a federal district court judge in Minnesota from July 1945 through December 1965, when he took senior status. He died on September 16, 1974, at age eighty-five. Several days later, the Duluth Herald carried a short obituary. ... Gary A. Weissman: "A Tribute to Judge Earl Larson" (2001)Earl R. Larson served as United States District Court Judge from 1961 to 2001, when he died at age ninety. This tribute by Gary Weissman appeared first in the December 2001 issue of "The Hennepin Lawyer." ... Memorial Session for Donald P. Lay. (2007)Donald Pomery Lay served on the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals from July 22, 1966, to his death at age 80 on April 29, 2007. On September 26, 2007, a Memorial Session of the Court was held for him in the federal courthouse in St. Louis.
Presentation of the Portrait of Judge George F. MacKinnon (1985).Five years after graduating from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1929, George E. MacKinnon was elected as a Republican to the Minnesota House of Representatives. He was reelected three times. Though absorbed in politics, he maintained a private practice. After serving in the Navy during ... 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... 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... Memorial Service for Philip Neville. (1974)Before he was nominated for a seat on the federal bench, Philip Neville had achieved a long record of accomplishment at the bar. He was a successful trial lawyer, United States Attorney in 1952-1953, President of the Hennepin County Bar Association in 1956-1957, and President of the Minnesota State ... Memorial Proceedings for John B. Sanborn, Jr. (1964).John Benjamin Sanborn, Jr., was a judge for forty-two years. He served on the Ramsey County District Court from 1922 to 1925, when he was appointed to the United States District Court for Minnesota, a post he held until 1932, when he was appointed to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. During his... Thomas H. Boyd, "The Life and Career of the Honorable John B. Sanborn, Jr." (1997).John Benjamin Sanborn, Jr., served as a judge on the Ramsey County District Court from 1922 to 1925, when he was nominated and confirmed as Judge of the United States District Court of Minnesota. He served in that post until January 19, 1932, when the Senate confirmed his appointment by President Ho... George Thompson: "Biographical Sketch of Walter Henry Sanborn" (1892).On March 17, 1892, the Senate confirmed the nomination of Walter Henry Sanborn to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Later that year, George Thompson, a St. Paul newspaper publisher, wrote a "Biographical Sketch" of Sanborn "To tell the lawyers of the Eighth Judicial Circuit . . . something about... Walter Henry Sanborn (1845-1928).According to court historian Jeffrey Brandon Morris, Walter H. Sanborn was "among the most able judges" to sit on the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. He served from 1892 to 1928, and wrote over 1,300 opinions.
Thomas H. Boyd, "Walter Sanborn and the Eighth Circuit Court" (1991).Thomas Boyd's biographical profile of Walter H. Sanborn, one of Minnesota's most distinguished lawyers and jurists, was published in the Summer 1991 issue of "Ramsey County History." It is posted here.
Memorial Proceedings for Luther W. Youngdahl. (1978)Luther Wallace Youngdahl served on the Minnesota Supreme Court, 1943-1946, as Governor, 1947-1951, and as Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from October 1951 to his death on June 21, 1978.
The Presentation of Picture Portraits of the Judges of the U. S. District Court of Minnesota. (1965)On September 14, 1965, the judges of the U. S. District Court of Minnesota convened to receive "picture portraits" of the seventeen past and present judges of the court. The four incumbent judges were Gunnar H. Nordbye, Dennis F. Donovan, Edward J. Devitt and Earl R. Larson.
Rules of Practice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, the District Courts of Minnesota and the U. S. Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota (1878).The Rules of Practice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, the Minnesota District Courts and the United States Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota were published as a pamphlet in 1878. They are posted here. ... |