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Litigator, federal district judge, director of the Federal Judicial Center, and professor, 1952-1997 : oral history transcript / 1998.
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Title:

Litigator, federal district judge, director of the Federal Judicial Center, and professor, 1952-1997 : oral history transcript / 1998
Northern California U.S. District Court oral history series

Creator/Contributor:

Schwarzer, William W., creator, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Hicke, Carole, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Browning, James R.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Abstract:

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.

Date:

1998 (issued)

Subject:

n-us--- -- n-us-ca
Harvard Law School.
McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen.
Federal Judicial Center.
Judges -- California -- Interviews
World War, 1939-1945
Judges -- United States -- Interviews
Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- 20th century

Note:

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,
Forms part of: Northern California U.S. District Court oral history series.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Audio tape recording of the interviews also available. Classified as Phonotape 2990 C:1-20.
Also available online.
Duplicate transcript: Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Volume includes index.

Type:

biography
Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
1 v. (vii, 378 p.) : port. ; 28 cm.
20 sound cassettes.

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Classification:

KF8756.C1 S35 1998

Copyright Note:

AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.