MARC Record from Library of Congress

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100 1 $aJohnson, Frank M.$q(Frank Minis),$d1918-1999.
245 00 $aFrank M. Johnson papers,$f1945-1989$g(bulk 1955-1986).
300 $a116,000$fitems.
300 $a332$fcontainers.
300 $a133.6$flinear feet.
351 $aArranged in 6 series. Series 1: United States District Court File, 1955-1980; Series 2: Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals File, 1971-1982; Series 3: 1993 Addition: United States District Court File, 1945-1983; Series 4: 1993 Addition: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit File, 1975-1981; Series 5: 1993 Addition: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 1974-1989; and Series 6: 1993 Addition: Miscellany, 1962-1981.
506 1 $aRestrictions apply.
520 8 $aCorrespondence, memoranda, agenda and minutes of meetings, reports, case files, opinions, orders, briefs, writs, motions, petitions, depositions, transcripts, notes, clippings, printed matter, and other papers documenting Johnson's career as a federal judge and his involvement in professional activities. Documents his service as a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama (1955-1979), the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals of the U.S. (1972-1982), and the U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit (1979-1981) and 11th Circuit (1981- ). Also documents his membership on the Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules for the Judicial Conference of the United States. Johnson's cases as district court judge pertain primarily to civil rights for African Americans, the mentally ill, and prison inmates. Significant cases include those relating to the Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott (Browder v. Gayle), the Selma-Montgomery march (Williams v. Wallace), school desegregation (Lee v. Macon County Board of Education), and living conditions in Alabama prisons (Pugh v. Locke and James v. Wallace) and in the state's psychiatric hospitals (Wyatt v. Stickney). Papers from his service on the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals focus on energy regulations relating to the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973. Johnson's files as appellate judge include cases relating to civil rights, constitutional law including search and seizure and constitutional challenges to state statutes, antitrust issues, prisoners' rights, and tax and bankruptcy issues. Also documents his work on the Judicial Council of the 11th Circuit leading to the impeachment of U.S. District Court judge Alcee L. Hastings.
520 8 $aCorrespondents include Griffin B. Bell, Harry A. Blackmun, John Robert Brown, Paul W. Bryant, Warren E. Burger, Emanuel Celler, Morris Dees, Ira DeMent, John Doar, John C. Godbold, William Burnett Harvey, Fob James, Vernon E. Jordan, William C. Keady, Clarence M. Kelley, Robert F. Kennedy, Seybourne H. Lynne, Burke Marshall, Walter F. Mondale, Huey P. Newton, Richard T. Rives, Hugh Scott, Edward A. Tamm, Elbert P. Tuttle, Robert E. Varner, and Earl Warren.
541 $cGift,$aFrank Johnson,$d1990-1992.
545 0 $aLawyer and judge.
546 $aCollection material in English.
555 8 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011080.
600 10 $aBell, Griffin B.,$d1918-2009$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBlackmun, Harry A.$q(Harry Andrew),$d1908-1999$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBrowder, Aurelia S.$xTrials, litigation, etc.
600 10 $aBrown, John Robert,$d1909-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBryant, Paul W.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBurger, Warren E.,$d1907-1995$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCeller, Emanuel,$d1888-1981$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDees, Morris$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDeMent, Ira,$d1931-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDoar, John,$d1921-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aGayle, W. A.$xTrials, litigation, etc.
600 10 $aGodbold, John C.$q(John Cooper),$d1920-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHarvey, William Burnett,$d1922-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHastings, Alcee L.
600 10 $aJames, Fob,$d1934-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aJames, Worley$xTrials, litigation, etc.
600 10 $aJordan, Vernon E.$q(Vernon Eulion),$d1935-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aKeady, William C.,$d1913-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aKelley, Clarence M.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aKennedy, Robert F.,$d1925-1968$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aLee, Anthony T.$xTrials, litigation, etc.
600 10 $aLocke, Judson C.$xTrials, litigation, etc.
600 10 $aLynne, Seabourn H.$q(Seabourn Harris),$d1907-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMarshall, Burke,$d1922-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMondale, Walter F.,$d1928-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aNewton, Huey P.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPugh, Jerry Lee$xTrials, litigation, etc.
600 10 $aRives, Richard T.$q(Richard Taylor),$d1895-1992$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aScott, Hugh,$d1900-1994$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aStickney, Stonewall B.$xTrials, litigation, etc.
600 10 $aTamm, Edward A.$q(Edward Allen),$d1906-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aTuttle, Elbert P.$q(Elbert Parr),$d1897-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aVarner, Robert E.$q(Robert Edward),$d1921-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWallace, George C.$q(George Corley),$d1919-1998$xTrials, litigation, etc.
600 10 $aWarren, Earl,$d1891-1974$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWilliams, Hosea,$d1926-$xTrials, litigation, etc.
600 10 $aWyatt, Ricky$xTrials, litigation, etc.
610 10 $aMacon County (Ala.)$bBoard of Education$xTrials, litigation, etc.
610 10 $aUnited States.$kLaws, statutes, etc.$tEmergency petroleum allocation act of 1973.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bCourt of Appeals (5th Circuit)
610 10 $aUnited States.$bCourt of Appeals (11th Circuit)
610 10 $aUnited States.$bCourt of Appeals (11th Circuit).$bJudicial Council.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bDistrict Court (Alabama : Middle District)
610 10 $aUnited States.$bTemporary Emergency Court of Appeals.
610 20 $aJudicial Conference of the United States.$bAdvisory Committee on Criminal Rules.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights.
650 0 $aAntitrust law.
650 0 $aAppellate courts.
650 0 $aBankruptcy.
650 0 $aCivil rights demonstrations$zAlabama.
650 0 $aCivil rights.
650 0 $aConstitutional law.
650 0 $aDistrict courts$zAlabama.
650 0 $aEnergy policy$zUnited States.
650 0 $aFederal-state controversies.
650 0 $aMentally ill$xCivil rights$zAlabama.
650 0 $aPetroleum law and legislation$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPrisoners$xCivil rights.
650 0 $aSearches and seizures.
611 20 $aSelma to Montgomery Rights March$d(1965 :$cSelma, Ala.)
650 0 $aTaxation.
650 0 $aTrials.
656 7 $aJurists.$2itoamc
656 7 $aLawyers.$2itoamc
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
856 4 $3Finding aid$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011080
856 4 $3Finding aid (PDF)$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011080.3