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Civil rights, law, and the federal courts : the life of Cecil Poole, 1914-1917 / 1997.
KF8755.C35 .P66 1997
Collection Overview

Title:

Civil rights, law, and the federal courts: the life of Cecil Poole, 1914-1917 / 1997
Northern California U.S. District Court oral history series

Creator/Contributor:

Poole, Cecil F., 1914-1997, creator, ive

Creator/Contributor:

Coblentz, William K.

Creator/Contributor:

Hicke, Carole., ivr

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Abstract:

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.

Date:

1997 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
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

Note:

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,
Forms part of: Northern California U.S. District Court oral history series.
Includes index.

Type:

biography
Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
1 v. (vii, 248 p.) : ports. ; 28 cm.
21 sound cassettes.

Language:

English

Identifier:

KF8755.C35 .P66 1997

Origin:

California