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Interview with William D. Rogers, March 20, 1981

Part of Stanley F. Reed Oral History Project

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Title:
Interview with William D. Rogers, March 20, 1981
Creator:
Edward Gilson; interviewer. William D. Rogers; interviewee.
Format:
oral histories
Publication date:
1981
Date digitized:
2012
Description:
William Rogers clerked for Justice Reed from 1952 to 1953. He begins his interview by describing Chief Justice Fred Vinson's attitude toward the Supreme Court. Next, he compares Reed's personality to those of the other justices – specifically Sherman Minton, Felix Frankfurter, Harold Burton, William Douglas, and Thomas Clark. Rogers also talks about the relationship between Reed and his clerks, and mentions the annual dinners that Justice and Mrs. Reed held in the clerks' honor. He goes on to contrast the writing styles of Justice Reed and Justice William Douglas. The cases that Rogers refers to are the Rosenberg spy case, Brown v. Allen, Plessy v. Ferguson, and Peters v. Hobby. He ends the interview with a description of Reed's political philosophy.
Language:
english
Publisher:
Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries
Repository:
University of Kentucky
Type:
audio
Subject:
Reed, Stanley Forman, 1884-1980
Source:
Stanley F. Reed Oral History Project
Metadata record:
http://nyx.uky.edu/dips/xt7bvq2s5585/data/mets.xml