Reminiscences of David W. Peck [electronic resource] : oral history, 1978

Biographical Note

Lawyer

Scope and Contents

Childhood, Indiana; education; changes in legal education; case work with United States Attorney's office, New York, N.Y., 1925-28; development of litigation activity, Sullivan & Cromwell, 1934-43; New York State Supreme Court, 1943-57; association with Emory Buckner, Thomas Dewey; work to restructure New York State court system; views on reform of criminial code, selection procedures for judges; issues involved in setting and adhering to precedent; return to private practice, 1958

Subjects

• Edwin, Ed, interviewer.
• Interviews.
• Law--Interpretation and construction.
• Lawyers--Interviews.
• New York (N.Y.). Courts.
• New York (State). Courts.
• New York (State). Supreme Court.
• Oral histories.
• Peck, David W.--Interviews.
• Practice of law.
• Sullivan & Cromwell.