The Supreme Court Historical Society

OFFICERS

Chief Justice Warren E. Burger - Honorary Chairman, Kenneth Rush - Chairman, Linwood Holton - President

BOARD OF EDITORS

Stanley N. Katz, David O’Brien, Cornelius B. Kennedy, Alice L. O’Donnell, Jeffrey Morris, Mary K. Bonsteel Tachau, William M. Wiecek

MANAGING EDITOR

David T Pride

ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Kathleen Shurtleff

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

Ellen Florian

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Officers and Trustees of the Supreme Court Historical Society would like to thank the Charles Evans Hughes Foundation for its generous support of the publication of this Yearbook

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The Supreme Court Historical Society
BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Chief Justice Warren E. Burger - Honorary Chairman

Kenneth Rush - Chairman

Linwood Holton - President

Alice L. O'Donnell - First Vice President

Vice Presidents - Charles T. Duncan, David Lloyd Kreeger, Frank B. Gilbert, Melvin M. Payne, Virginia Warren Daly,

Peter A. Knowles - Secretary Treasurer

Trustees - Mac Asbill, Jr. Sol M. Linowitz, Ralph E. Becker, Howard T. Markey, Griffin B. Bell, Wade H. McCree, Jr., Mrs. Hugo L. Black, William Barnabas McHenry, Vincent C. Burke, Jr., Richard A. Moore, Gwendolyn D. Cafritz, David A. Morse, Mark W. Cannon, Norman E. Murphy, William T Coleman, Jr., Dwight D. Opperman, Patricia Collins Dwinnell, E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr., William T Gossett, William P. Rogers, Erwin N. Griswold, Walter S. Rosenberry, III, Lita Annenberg Hazen, Fred Schwengel, J. Roderick Heller, III, Bernard G. Segal, Joseph H. Hennage, Leon Silverman, Stanley N. Katz, John C. Shepherd, Bruce E. Kiernat, Justin A. Stanley, Earl W. Kintner, Obert C. Tanner, Francis R. Kirkham, M. Truman Woodward, Jr., Rex. E. Lee

Cornelius B. Kennedy - Executive Director

CONTRIBUTORS

John II Fassett served as a law clerk to Associate Justice Stanley Reed during the 1953-54 term of the Supreme Court. Mr. Fassett has been associated with the United Illuminating Company since 1973 where he has served as Chairman of the Board since 1985. Mr. Fassett is a member of the Society.

Arthur J. Goldberg was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Prior to his tenure on the Court, Justice Goldberg was Secretary of Labor, 1961-62; following retirement from the Court, Justice Goldberg served as U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., 1965-68. Justice Goldberg has been in private practice in Washington D.C. since 1971, and is a member of the Society.

Cornelius Bryant Kennedy is the Society's Executive Director. He also serves as counsel for the firm of Armstrong, Teasdale, Kramer & Vaughan in Washington, D.C. and has written extensively on constitutional law, public policy law, and administrative law

Howard T Markey is Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and is a member of the Society. Chief Judge Markey has served as National Coordinator for the Bicentennial Celebration of the National Judiciary since 1975 and is active in planning for the bicentennial of the Constitution.

Daniel J. Meador is the James Monroe Professor of Law at the University of Virginia. He is a member of the Society and delivered the Annual Lecture during the Society's 1986 Annual Meeting.

Lewis E Powell, Jr. is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Justice Powell is a member of the Society. Prior to his service on the Court, Justice Powell was President of the American Bar Association, 1964-65, and President of the American College of Trial Lawyers, 1968-69.

Paul Reardon is a former Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts (1955-62), and a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (1962-77). He was also the first President and first Executive Director of the National Center for State Courts and is a member of the Society.

Justin A. Stanley is a Sustaining Member of the Society. He is also a member of the Society's Board of Trustees and serves on its Executive Committee. Mr. Stanley is a former President of the American Bar Association (1976-77) and is a partner in the law firm of Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago.

Kenneth Starr is a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and is a member of the Society. Judge Starr served as a law clerk to Chief Justice Burger, 1975-77 and as a counselor to the Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, 1981-83.

D. Grier Stephenson, Jr. is a Professor of Government at Franklin and Marshall College, a co-author of the text, American Constitutional Law and the author of numerous other works on that subject. Professor Stephenson is a regular contributor to the Society's Yearbook.

G. Edward White is the John B. Minor Professor of Law and History at the University of Virginia. Professor White served as a law clerk to Chief Justice Warren, 1971-72. Among his many published works are: Patterns of American Legal Thought and The American Judicial Tradition. His volume in the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise History of the Supreme Court of the United States, titled, The Marshall Court and Cultural Change, 1815-1835 will be published by MacMillan and Company in October 1987.