Litigator and federal judge
By: Stanley Weigel ; interviews conducted by William Fletcher in 1989. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Fletcher, William A., 1945-; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 2000
Subjects: United States. District Court (California : Northern District); Fitzgerald, Abbott & Beardsley; Moscone Convention Center (San Francisco, Calif.); Judges -- California -- Interviews.; Lawyers -- California -- Interviews.; Loyalty oaths -- California -- Berkeley.; Segregation in education -- California -- San Francisco.; City planning -- California -- San Francisco.; Prisons -- California -- Overcrowding.
Genres: Interviews.
Other titles: Northern California U.S. District Court oral history series.
Description: Education at Stanford University and Stanford Law School; early work with Halsey & Leo law firm; litigator for Fitzgerald, Abbot & Beardsley law firm, discusses cases: Owl Drug Co., Fair Trade Act, Leco Products Co.; personal injury work, UC loyalty oath; World Federalists, Norman Cousins, Edward S. Rogers; federal judgeship, 1962: multi-district litigation, Yerba Buena case, 1969, Johnson case; San Francisco Unified School District controversy.