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United States District Court File, 1933-1963 (continued)
Case File, 1948-1962 (continued)
United States v. Moia
United States v. Poretto
Vail v. Emmco Ins. Co.
Vorenkamp v. Traders & Gen. Ins. Co.
Walsdorf v. Warner
Williams v. Illinois Cent. R.R.
Willis v. Low
Wilson v. Thompson
BOX 60 Miscellany, 1955-1957, undated
BOX 60-62 Opinions, 1949-1963
Opinions, written primarily by Wright, consisting chiefly of typescripts, although files of later years also include final printed copies. Opinions written by Wright and others on segregation cases are filed separately.
Arranged chronologically by calendar year. An alphabetical index precedes the opinions.
BOX 60 Index, 1949-1961
General
1949-1954
(8 folders)
BOX 61 1955-1962
(8 folders)
BOX 62 1959-1962
(2 folders)
Segregation, 1957-1963
BOX 62-71 Office Files, 1933-1962
Correspondence, memoranda, opinions, speeches, charges to juries, background information, notes, reports, clippings, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
BOX 62 Administrative Office of the United States Courts, statistical reports, 1950-1960
(2 folders)
Admiralty rules, 1951
Boggs Narcotic Act Committee, 1951-1954
Charges to the jury
Civil
Accident, 1953-1962, undated
(3 folders)
General, undated
(1 folder)
BOX 63 (1 folder)
Condemnation cases, 1941-1955, undated
(2 folders)
Conspiracy-income tax evasion, 1933-1939, undated
(2 folders)
Criminal
General
1935, 1957
Undated
(2 folders)
BOX 64 (2 folders)
Harrison Narcotic Act-Marijuana Tax Act, undated
Grand jury, 1949, 1958, undated
Seaman cases and Jones Act cases, 1962, undated
(2 folders)
Clerk's office, administrative office reports, 1952-1959
(3 folders)
Designations to other districts, 1951-1954
BOX 65 Habeas corpus, 1953-1954
Judgeship, Eastern District, 1951-1954
Judicial Conference
Fifth circuit
Committee on Pre-Trial Procedure, 1941-1957
(7 folders)
General
1950-1951
BOX 66 1952-1957
(9 folders)
BOX 67 1959-1960
(4 folders)
United States
Committee meetings, Galveston, Tex.
1958-1959
(5 folders)
BOX 68 1959
(3 folders)
Jurisdiction, probationers transfer, 1952, undated
Jury panels, selected samples, 1950-1959
(2 folders)
Legal memoranda, 1944, 1951, undated
Louisiana State Law Institute
1955
(2 folders)
BOX 69 1956-1957
(6 folders)
BOX 70 1958
Pending cases reports, 1941-1952
(13 folders)
Personnel, 1950-1954
BOX 71 Time study, 1954-1956
(2 folders)
BOX 71-210 United States Court of Appeals File, 1959-1987
BOX 71-167 Case File, 1962-1987
Correspondence, memoranda, briefs, opinions, orders, writs, petitions, vote sheets, background information, notes, case sheets, clippings and printed matter pertaining to Wright's duties as a judge on the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals and the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals.
Arranged chronologically by court term, although alphabetically arranged case sheets precede the cases.
BOX 71 Case sheets, 1962-1987
A-Ci
(6 folders)
BOX 72 Cl-Ha
(8 folders)
BOX 73 He-Mc
(9 folders)
BOX 74 Me-Se
(9 folders)
BOX 75 Sh-Z
(8 folders)
1962 September term
Dew v. Hallaby
BOX 76 Killough v. United States
(3 folders)
1963 September term
In re Application, President of Georgetown Univ.
(4 folders)
BOX 77 (1 folder)
1964 September term
Lefton v. City of Hattiesburg
1965 September term
Williams v. Walker-Thomas Furniture Co.
1966 September term
Harris v. United States
(3 folders)
1967 September term
Edwards v. Habib
BOX 78 Gaston County v. United States
Watts v. United States
1968 September term
Bassinger v. United States
Harrison v. United States
(2 folders)
1969 September term
Baker v. United States
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