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Civil Procedure and Courts

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 64 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Hans A. Linde

 Collection
Identifier: SR 11255
Abstract

Oral history interview with Hans A. Linde conducted by Rick Harmon and Michael O’Rourke from January 15, 2002, to February 3, 2004, as part of the United States District Court of Oregon Oral History Project. Linde discusses his career as a professor of law at the University of Oregon and several other institutions, and his service as a justice on the Oregon Supreme Court from 1977 to 1990.

Dates: 2002 January 15-2004 February 3

Oral history interview with Hall Stoner Lusk

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9467
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1981 December 18-1982 January 20

Hall Stoner Lusk papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2640
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1899-1972

Willis E. Mahoney papers regarding a debt to Scott Bullitt

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2502
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1931-1951

Oral history interview with Malcolm Marsh

 Collection
Identifier: SR 11096
Abstract

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.

Dates: 2005 January 27-May 10

McColloch family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2476
Abstract Materials relating to Charles Henry McColloch (1861-1950) a circuit court judge in Baker County, Oregon; his son Claude C. McColloch, a federal judge; and Charles Henry McColloch's niece and nephew, spouses Lucille Cartwright and Roy Cartwright. Collection includes a typescript autobiography by Charles Henry McColloch, a printed booklet by Claude McColloch titled "Notes of a District Judge," 1948, and a typescript history, also by Claude McColloch, titled "The Strange Case of Alger Hiss."...
Dates: 1917-1950

Multnomah County Justice Court records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1714
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1880-1908

Collection on the trials of Tom Murray, James Willos and Ellsworth Kelley

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1157
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1923-1924

T. B. Odeneal letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2316
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1873-1883

Oregon Text Book Case court records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2909
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1959-1962