Reminiscences of Benno C. Schmidt, Jr., 1975

Biographical Note

Lawyer, educator

Scope and Contents

Law clerk to Chief Justice Earl Warren, 1966; work routines on the United States Supreme Court; manner in which cases were reviewed and chosen, opinion-writing assigned to Justices, bench memos prepared; impressions of Chief Justice Warren: his temperament, working habits, judicial philosophy, political career, strengths, weaknesses; important cases reviewed by the Warren Court relating to race relations, criminal procedure, apportionment, constitutional amendment rights

Subjects

• Bruser, Lawrence, interviewer.
• Educators--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Law--Interpretation and construction.
• Lawyers--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Schmidt, Benno C., 1942---Interviews.
• United States--Politics and government--1963-1969.
• United States. Supreme Court.
• Warren, Earl, 1891-1974.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1984