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Supreme Court — Part 27

83 pages · May 11, 2026 · Document date: Sep 2, 1958 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Supreme Court · 82 pages OCR'd
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6 TOcTi715 8 - haired, with justa touch of gray 0-19 [Rev. 7-1-58) C Cent Central Re HEADLINE PERSONALITY _ ,. New Justice Delights - In Intricate Cases A4 Cc Otitis ‘the o men talking in the office ‘Supreme Court Justic| FULL NAME_Potfte Burton: yesterday were aw atudy BIRTHDAY—Janyary 23, 1915. in contrast. . : EDUCATION—Hotchkiss Prepare-_ One was the retiring Justice tory School; Yele Univarsity; - . . id. - Voie University Low Schooi; haired. a little tired, his dignic| _ Cembridge University, Enaland fied demeanor mellowed by in-| J085—Reporter; lawyer; city herent good-humor. councilman; judge, Sixth Circuit The other was Judge Potter Court of Appeals. Sewart, x youthful 43, black-| FAMILY—Married to former Mary Ann Serties of Grand Rapids, Mich, Three children: Hasriet, ‘cesses his appointment by President a Then, the appointee sped io! .[the Supreme Court to meet his new colleagues. Justice Burton discreetly withdrew while Judge Stewart, unassuming and mod- est, sat for a brief, informal! interview. I What pointed his steps in the, direction of a law career? “I grew up in a lawyer's house- ‘hold, CHis father ts an cana | Supreme Court judge) I cang| remember of thinking of } | being anything other than lawyer.” He remembers well the ert case he ever tried as a youns| lawyer. He was appointed by the court to defend a man at. the temples. athletically accused of forgery. bfult, sincere and betraying « 13; Potter, jr., 10, and David, 7. “ nérvous natural in one who has HOBBIES Fishing, golfing. lvicted. eee eitwart adweit| just been named to the highest | ar Dir? oO a pe a | ted with a eeful smile. “I was) court in the land. wanted ine “WashingtonCor=an'| disappointed, " he said, “buty "Tt hed been a hettie two days itwnortant matter mes att aver TY regis AU 1A DOCU & OBL VR MO ee ee eee Bee, after it Was all OVEr, I Tealized: for Judge Stewart. Meets Colleagues and I think my client did, that, Only the day before he'd re- justice was done.” céived an urgent phone call at; A few hours later, after a: The appointee apparently; Cincinnati office where he plane flight, the jurist was finds the delight in law cases $a judge of the 6th Circut’ given a an inkling of his appoint- that to the layman would seem, ourt of Appeals. At the other | a uring @ conference With: unutterably dull. He spoke with: neral Rogers. All Mr. Rogers | t the Attorney General. Yester-' ‘sidered one of his most inter-| did him was that he was day he was officially notified of esting cases, which involyd: $ Yad 133 OCT 13 1958 - | Elsenhower at the White House. | be, pi NOT RECORDED * Tolson Boardman Belmont Mohr Nease Parsons Rosen Trotter W.C. Sullivan . Tele. Room _ Holloman Gandy - i Wash, Post and —_ Times Herald Wash, News Wash, Star N. Y. Herald _41 Tribune N. Y. Journal- American N.Y. Mirror —___ N. Y. Daily News — N. Y. Times —__ Daily Worker The Worker KT NeW Leader ns of ee al Date 12 7% 2
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