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Civil Procedure and Courts

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 71 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Norman Sepenuk

 Collection
Identifier: SR1230
Abstract

Oral history interview with Norman Sepenuk conducted by Jeffrey Batchelor from March 5-7, 1993, and on September 22, 2002, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Sepenuk worked as an assistant U.S. attorney in Oregon from 1965 to 1972, and later as an independent defense attorney in Portland, Oregon, with a focus on white collar crime.

Dates: 1993 March 5-2002 September 22

Oral history interview with Otto Skopil

 Collection
Identifier: SR 11151
Abstract

Oral history interview with Otto Skopil conducted by Clark Hansen on June 21, 2006, as part of the U.S. District Court Oral History Project. Skopil discusses his career as a lawyer and as a judge on the U.S. District Court of Oregon.

Dates: 2006 June 21

Milton Smith Wirt papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 851
Abstract

Papers of a lawyer and civic leader of Portland, Oregon. Includes extensive correspondence relating to land claims, real estate controversies, and tax delinquencies, as well as correspondence and financial documents relating to the Library Association of Portland, the Multnomah Law Library, the Portland Free Kindergarten Association, the Oregon Historical Society, and other organizations and business concerns. Also includes ephemera and personal financial documents.

Dates: 1861-1923; Majority of material found within 1890-1920

Collection on Charles A. Sprague vs. the State Tax Commission

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 860
Abstract

Collection includes documents relating to Charles A. Sprague's suit in Marion County Circuit Court, April 1948, vs. Earl L. Fisher, Wallace S. Wharton, and Carl Chambers as members of the Oregon State Tax Commission. The complaint concerned the use of excess income taxes collected by the commission.

Dates: 1948

Oral history interview with Jacob B. Tanzer

 Collection
Identifier: SR 1764
Abstract

Oral history interview with Jacob B. Tanzer conducted by Frank M. Parisi in October 1988, as part of the Oregon Court of Appeals Oral History Project, which later became part of the U.S. District Court Oral History Project. Tanzer served as a judge on the Oregon Court of Appeals from 1973 to 1980, and as a justice on the Oregon Supreme Court.

Dates: 1988 October

Oral history interview with Jacob B. Tanzer

 Collection
Identifier: SR 11126
Abstract

Oral history interview with Jacob B. Tanzer conducted by Peter C. Richter from October 5, 2005, to April 4, 2006, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Tanzer was a Multnomah County deputy district attorney, a judge on the Oregon Court of Appeals, and a justice on the Oregon Supreme Court.

Dates: 2005 October 5-2006 April 4

Oral history interview with Sidney Teiser

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9509
Abstract

Oral history interview with Sidney Teiser conducted by Charles Digregorio on February 3, 1977. Teiser discusses his career as a lawyer in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1977 February 3

U.S. District Court biographies

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2925
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence and research on the U.S. District Court, the renaming of the Pendleton Courthouse, Nels Peterson and Thomas J. White.

Dates: 1984-1987

Stephen L. Wasby papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2973
Abstract

Papers of Stephen L. Wasby (1937-2021), a political science professor. The papers relate to Wasby's research on Judge Alfred T. Goodwin of Oregon, including correspondence with Goodwin; on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; and on obscenity laws in Oregon in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Dates: 1951-2021

Charles Wolverton papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1661
Abstract

Charles Wolverton was a lawyer in Albany, Oregon, a justice on the Oregon Supreme Court, and a judge on U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. Collection includes correspondence, 1894-1926, regarding state and national politics, Wolverton's judicial career, personal and business matters with John H. Mitchell, Reuben P. Boise, and Benjamin F. Mulkey; speeches regarding initiative and referendum; and ephemera.

Dates: 1894-1926