Civil Procedure and Courts
Found in 63 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Hall Stoner Lusk
Oral history interview with Hall Stoner Lusk conducted by Linda S. Dodds from December 18, 1981, to January 20, 1982. Lusk was an attorney and an Oregon Supreme Court justice.
Hall Stoner Lusk papers
Collection includes correspondence; opinions; minutes; reports; newspaper clippings; speeches on legal cases, political and professional activities, and educational and religious interests. Hall Stoner Lusk (1883-1983) was a lawyer and judge who served on the Multnomah County Circuit Court, on the Oregon Supreme Court, and briefly in the United States Senate.
Willis E. Mahoney papers regarding a debt to Scott Bullitt
Willis Mahoney (June 13, 1895-June 2, 1968) was a frequently controversial mayor of Klamath Falls, serving two terms in 1930s. Scott Bullitt was a lawyer, aspiring politician and prominent Democrat who died of liver cancer in 1932. Collection consists of correspondence and other documents regarding a debt of $5,000 owed to Bullitt that Mahoney was unable to pay, and legal action brought by Dorothy S. Bullitt, Scott Bullitt's widow, in an attempt to collect.
Oral history interview with Malcolm Marsh
Oral history interview with Malcolm Marsh conducted by Clark Hansen from January 27 to May 10, 2005, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Marsh discusses his career as a lawyer in Salem, Oregon, and as a judge on the U.S. District Court of Oregon.
McColloch family papers
Multnomah County Justice Court records
In Oregon, until 1913, justices of the peace presided over their own courts, called Justice Courts. This collection contains criminal and civil docketing records of nine Justice Court precincts in Multnomah County from 1880 until 1908.
Collection on the trials of Tom Murray, James Willos and Ellsworth Kelley
Collection includes sentencing documents from the Lane County Circuit Court, 1923, for Tom Murray on the charge of "Assault with a dangerous weapon"; sentencing document from the Umatilla County Circuit Court, 1924, for James Willos on the charge of "Larceny in dwelling"; signed statement of Tom Murray, James Willos and Ellsworth Kelley, describing the crime that took place.
T. B. Odeneal letters
Thomas Benton Odeneal served as editor of the Corvallis Gazette, as a Benton County judge, and as Oregon Superintendent of Indian Affairs. Collection consists of manuscript correspondence, 1873-1883, regarding cases coming before the Oregon Supreme Court. Correspondents include Ellis G. Hughes and William W. Chapman.
Oregon Text Book Case court records
The Oregon Text Book Case involved a group of taxpayers in Oregon City suing to stop their school district from furnishing books for a Catholic elementary school. Collection includes legal documents presented before or issued by the Circuit Court of Clackamas County, the Oregon State Supreme Court, and the U.S. Supreme Court, including briefs, memoranda, depositions, transcripts, opinions, appeals, and judgments.
Oral history interview with Edwin J. Peterson
Oral history interview with Edwin J. Peterson conducted by Jeffrey C. Dobbins from August 21 to December 11, 2007, as part of the United States District Court of Oregon Oral History Project. Peterson discusses his youth and education, as well as his career as a lawyer in Portland, Oregon, and as chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court.