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Justice Court, Los Angeles ledger
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This ledger contains 724 pages of cases heard by Los Angeles City Justice H. C. Austin from February 15 to June 15, 1887. The majority of the cases are misdemeanors, petty crime, assault and battery, burglary, disturbing the peace, and drunk and disorderly conduct. The entries include name of the defendant and attorney and the details of the case. Sometimes the entries give the results of the case, such as a fine being paid, etc.
mssHM 80285
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Record volume of the Justice's Court of Pasadena (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
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Volume of records from the Justice Court of Pasadena Township. The volume contains records of court proceedings under Justices F.M. Vaderlip and H.H. Rose. Labeled "Justice's Docket No.1."
mssHM 75935
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Court of Appeals Case Records
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The Ely Collection consists of the papers of United States Federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Justice Walter R. Ely, Jr., past President of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and prominent Los Angeles attorney. Roughly one-third of the collection consists of over 2000 U.S. Circuit Court case files for the period 1971-1984, including private internal memoranda between Ely and such prominent fellow justices as Anthony Kennedy (now on the Supreme Court) and Shirley Hufstedler. Included are many cases with both local significance and larger regional or national impact, with a random check finding topics such as offshore drilling, censorship ("The Beard"), race relations and education (Los Angeles NAACP vs. California Department of Education), immigration (numerous INS cases), labor relations (Teamsters; NLRB cases), feminism (NOW), and financial fraud (Equity Funding; Bernard Cornfeld), with private comments by the justices not only on the cases but also on Supreme Court behavior, personnel, etc. In addition, there is material on the Committee on Standards of Judicial Administration, the Criminal Justice Act of 1964, and the Bankruptcy Appeals Panel in the early 1980s. Before being appointed to the bench, Walter Ely was a prominent and politically active lawyer in Los Angeles. There is extensive documentation of his involvement with the Los Angeles County Bar Association, of which he was president in 1962, the California Conference of State Bar Delegates, and the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association, not to mention his own personal practice. He was also an active Democrat, and there is material on California politics for 1956-1964, especially the election campaigns of Governor Edmund G. (Pat) Brown, Attorney General Stanley Mosk, Richard Richards, and others in 1962.
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Court of Appeals Case Records
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The Ely Collection consists of the papers of United States Federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Justice Walter R. Ely, Jr., past President of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and prominent Los Angeles attorney. Roughly one-third of the collection consists of over 2000 U.S. Circuit Court case files for the period 1971-1984, including private internal memoranda between Ely and such prominent fellow justices as Anthony Kennedy (now on the Supreme Court) and Shirley Hufstedler. Included are many cases with both local significance and larger regional or national impact, with a random check finding topics such as offshore drilling, censorship ("The Beard"), race relations and education (Los Angeles NAACP vs. California Department of Education), immigration (numerous INS cases), labor relations (Teamsters; NLRB cases), feminism (NOW), and financial fraud (Equity Funding; Bernard Cornfeld), with private comments by the justices not only on the cases but also on Supreme Court behavior, personnel, etc. In addition, there is material on the Committee on Standards of Judicial Administration, the Criminal Justice Act of 1964, and the Bankruptcy Appeals Panel in the early 1980s. Before being appointed to the bench, Walter Ely was a prominent and politically active lawyer in Los Angeles. There is extensive documentation of his involvement with the Los Angeles County Bar Association, of which he was president in 1962, the California Conference of State Bar Delegates, and the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association, not to mention his own personal practice. He was also an active Democrat, and there is material on California politics for 1956-1964, especially the election campaigns of Governor Edmund G. (Pat) Brown, Attorney General Stanley Mosk, Richard Richards, and others in 1962.
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Testimonials -- Howard Hughes, 1905-1976 estate, (1978)
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Texas. Probate Court (Harris County). Testimony of Jack Real, Case # 139,362
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Documents regarding slave Mary
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Certificate of No Incumberance [sic] written and signed by Benjamin Jones, Clerk of the Probate Court, Hancock County, Mississippi. He states that there is no "Record in my Office, any judgment, mortgage, or lien against the Negro girl Mary, the property of Nicholas Carron" (1851, Dec. 9). The document is a copy. HM 79205.
mssHM 79205-79206