Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Oliver J. Carter Collection,
- Dates:
- 1951-1976
- Creators:
- Carter, J. Scott
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Oliver J. Carter Collection, California State Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Master calender orders, appellate decisions, opinions, briefs, bench books, correspondence.
- Biographical / historical:
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Oliver J. Carter was a U. S. District Judge. The son of California Supreme Court Justice Jessie W. Carter, he was born in San Francisco and reared from early childhood in the Shasta County town of Redding. He graduated from Stanford University and received his law degree at Hastings College of the Law. Initially, he practiced law around Redding. He served for eight years as senator for Shasta and Trinity Counties. In 1950 he was appointed to the federal bench. In 1976 he presided over the bank robbery trial of Patricia Hearst. He died June 14, 1976 before the final sentencing.
- Physical description:
- 41 boxes
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1999
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Unrestricted.
- Terms of access:
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Please credit California State Library.
Copyright has not been assigned to California State Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing. Permission for publication is given on behalf of California State Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Oliver J. Carter Collection, California State Library.
- Location of this collection:
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900 N Street, Room 200, P.O. Box 942837Sacramento, CA 94237-0001, US
- Contact:
- (916) 654-0176