Correspondence, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals -- 1957

File — Folder: 1

Identifier: Folder 1

Staff Only

Includes select correspondence, among which: TLS of Judge Rives and TLs of Judge Tuttle referring to Judge Borah and his further participation in the Judicial Council; TLS and TL of Chief Judge Hutcheson, TLS of Judge Brown, TLS of Judge Rives and TLS of Judge Tuttle on proposed amendments to sections 60, 67 and 70 of the Bankruptcy Act; TLS (2) of Judge Brown to Judge wisdom on the appointment of the latter to the court; TLS of Judge Rives and other memoranda on Burden v. Christenberry, Slip opinion, September 18, 1957; TLS of Chief Judge Hutcheson, TLS of Judge Jones and TLS of Judge Tuttle on the workload of the court and the court calendar; correspondence and other memoranda on sound recording of court proceedings; TLS of Judge Tuttle referring to Johnson v. Zerbst, 304 U.S. 458 (1938) and the position of Chief Judge Hutcheson on that case, and on criminal appeals, generally; memoranda on Insurance Club of Dallas v. United States, 241 F.2d 830 (5th Cir. 1957); memoranda on Ingram v. United States, 241 F.2d 708 (5th Cir. 1957); memoranda on Edwards v. C.I.R., 242 F.2d 142 (5th Cir. 1958); memoranda on Hyman v. Regenstein, 258 F.2d 502 (5th Cir. 1958); memoranda on Lafoon v. United States, 250 F.2d 958 (5th Cir. 1958) ; memoranda on Smith v. Maryland Casualty Co., 252 F.2d 265 (5th Cir. 1958); memoranda on Babb v. United States, 252 F.2d 702 (5th Cir. 1958); memoranda on United States ex rel Goldsby v. Harpole, 249 F.2d 417 (5th Cir. 1957); and, TL of Judge Wisdom to Judges Rives and Tuttle on the September 25, 1957 stay of execution granted by him in the Matter of Poret and Labat for a Writ of Habeas Corpus.