Civil rights, law, and the federal courts
Subtitle: the life of Cecil Poole, 1914-1917
By: 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,
Contributors: Coblentz, William K.; Hicke, Carole.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1997
Subjects: United States. District Court (California : Northern District); United States. Court of Appeals (9th Circuit); Lawyers -- California -- Interviews.; Judges -- California -- Interviews.; African American lawyers -- California -- Interviews.; African American judges -- California -- Interviews.
Genres: Interviews.
Other titles: Northern California U.S. District Court oral history series.
Description: 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.