Manuscripts
"Transcript of Record - Supreme Court of the United States - October Term, 1939. No. 972, The Times-Mirror Company and L.D. Hotchkiss, Petitioners, vs. The Supreme Court of... California in and for the County of Los Angeles." Freedom of the Press 2 / 4a. & 4b
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United States and California Supreme Court Documents
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8 items: various brief legal documents in the case of "The Times-Mirror Company and L.D. Hotchkiss vs. The Superior Court of the State of California..." (most items are staple-bound documents under 50-pp.) ; 57-pp. "Brief for Respondent in Opposition to Petition for Writ of Certiorari," October Term, 1939. 7 items: various brief legal documents in "The Times-Mirror Company and L.D. Hotchkiss vs. The Superior Court of the State of California..." (most items are staple-bound documents under 50-pp.) ; 65+ pp. "Supplemental brief on behalf of Respondent," October Term, 1940. 29-pp. (on 15 sheets) copy of legal document, "In the Supreme Court of the State of California - The Times-Mirror Company... and L.D. Hotchkiss vs. The Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County of Los Angeles," (L.A. No. 16928), "... Harry Chandler and L.D. Hotchkiss (L.A. No. 16929), "Brief for American Newspaper Publishers Association as Amicus Curiae," n.d. - ca. 1939. 4 items: various brief legal documents in "The Times-Mirror Company and L.D. Hotchkiss vs. The Superior Court of the State of California..." (items are staple-bound documents under 50-pp.) ; 21-pp. staple-bound, "Nos. 1, 3.--October Term, 1941," also names "Harry Bridges, Petitioner."
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Employees - Hotchkiss, L.D
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Approx. 15 items: two 20 page copies of bio notes (ca. 1965), headed "L.D. (Loyal Durand) Hotchkiss..."; draft of retirement story, 1957; several newspaper clips from time of his retirement (in plastic sleeve); two copies article, ASNE Bulletin, 2/1957, "All he needs to be a tiger is a set of stripes," profile of Hotchkiss; LAT article copy, 12/11/1958, "1000 pay tribute to L.D. Hotchkiss, retiring Editor in Chief of Times"; two copies of illustration, "Mr. Hotchkiss goes to Washington"; original tear sheet and copy, LAT obit, 4/17/1964, "L.D. Hotchkiss, retired editor of Times, dies."
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Hotchkiss, L.D
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2 items: program, 12/10/1958, for a tribute (dinner?) for L.D. Hotchkiss, retiring LAT Editor-in-Chief, held at the Embassy Room of the Ambassador Hotel with Bob Hope as Master of Ceremonies ; complete issue of The 8 Ball, a publication of the Los Angeles Press Club, 12/1958, cover story and much of the issue devoted to Hotchkiss.
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Hotchkiss, L.D. - financial file
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Approx. 15 items: collection of property records for L.D. Hotchkiss and Vera Hotchkiss (La Canada residence) from Title Guarantee & Trust and War Damage Corp.
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Freedom of the Press - Memos and Telegrams
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Approx. 20 items: memos, telegrams and other material related to the ongoing court case pitting LAT against a County Court that was later heard in the US Supreme Court. Also Approx. 25 items - memos, telegrams. Notable names and items include: memos from L.D. Hotchkiss to Harry Chandler on the subject of the best Republican to run against FDR in 1940 - Wendell Willkie and (Thomas) Dewey are both mentioned ; multi-page copy of 1941 legal document, "United States vs. Morgan" on a government order fixing rates ; collection of telegrams (1940) commenting on or seeking information on the case and the trial events.
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Times Mirror Company v. Superior Court and Bridges v. California, Supreme Court 314 US 252-305
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4 items: 25+ pp. of US Supreme Court transcript of the two cases - Bridges vs. California and Times Mirror vs. Superior Court ; 2-pp. LAT in-house memo, 1980 ; booklet, "Freedom of the Press - the Anglo-American Struggle, 1644 - 1837" ; single sheet biography of colonial printer John Peter Zenger, who was the defendant in a pivotal libel case in 1734.
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