Correspondence, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals -- 1968

File — Folder: 8

Identifier: Folder 8

Staff Only

Includes select correspondence with Judge Thornberry, among which: telegram of Professor Charles Wright, University of Texas Law School, to Judge Wisdom, and TL of Judge Wisdom to Judge Thornberry on the possible appointment of Judge Thornberry to the United States Supreme Court; TL of Judge Wisdom to President Lyndon Johnson on the possible appointment of Judge Thornberry to the United States Supreme Court, referring to cases argued before the panel of Judges Brown, Wisdom and Thornberry, in Atlanta, Georgia [Court Term 1965-1966J and referring to the opinions of Judge Thornberry in [Davis v. Board of School Commissioners of Mobile county, 393 F.2d 690 (5th Cir. 1968) and Wood v. United States, 377 F.2d 300 (5th Cir. 1967)], and to Judge Thornberry's position in criminal cases, generally; telegram of Judge Thornberry to President Johnson referring to the withdrawal of the nomination of Justice Fortas for Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and on the withdrawal of his own nomination as Associate Justice; and, other material on the Supreme Court nominations.