Litigator, federal district judge, director of the Federal Judicial Center, and professor, 1952-1997 / William W Schwarzer ; with an introduction by James R. Browning ; interviews conducted by Carole Hicke in 1997. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1998.
KF8755.C35 .S38 1998 (Mapit)
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Northern California U.S. District Court oral history series.
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Litigator, federal district judge, director of the Federal Judicial Center, and professor, 1952-1997 / William W Schwarzer ; with an introduction by James R. Browning ; interviews conducted by Carole Hicke in 1997. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1998.
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1 volume (vii, 378 pages) : portrait ; 28 cm
20 audiocassettes
20 audiocassettes
Summary
Childhood in Berlin, early 1930s, and family move to Los Angeles, 1938; World War II intelligence work; University of Southern California, and Harvard Law School; trial lawyer with McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, 1952-1976: antitrust litigation, colleagues, Morris Doyle, cases involving Stewart Hopps, McCloud River Railroad Co., Shell Oil, Harvey Motors, Greyhound Corp., Lucky Lager Brewing Co., others; Federal District Judge, 1976 to present: appointment, court administration and case management, jury management, complex litigation and insurance antitrust, drug cases; Director, Federal Judicial Center, 1990-1995: Washington, D.C., facilities and personnel, previous history and Center relations with Administrative Office; comments on judicial training, expert witnesses, and on splitting the Ninth Circuit Court.
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Forms part of: Northern California U.S. District Court oral history series.
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Library has transcript only.
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Includes index.
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KF8755.C35 .S38 1998
Language
English
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