05785cpcaa2200913 a 4500 mm 81058982 DLC 20260227111709.0 cr ||||||||||| 820107|||||||||||| eng mm 81058982 DLC dacs DLC DLC R lcmd Wright, J. Skelly. J. Skelly Wright papers, 1933-1987 (bulk 1948-1986). 81,200 items. 232 containers. 116 linear feet. Arranged in 5 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1947-1987; Series 2: United States District Court File, 1933-1963; Series 3: United States Court of Appeals File, 1959-1987; Series 4: Speeches and Writings File, 1956-1987; and Series 5: Miscellany, 1935-1981. Open to research. Personal and professional correspondence, case files, opinions, memoranda, reports, speeches and writings, financial papers, teaching material, clippings, printed matter, and photographs documenting Wright's legal and judicial career. The bulk of the papers (1948-1986) pertains to his service as judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (1949-1962), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (1962-1987), and the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals of the United States (1981-1987). Includes files on criminal, regulatory, civil rights, and school integration cases (Bush v. Orleans Parish School Board and Hobson v. Hansen), the Watergate burglary cover-up, and John W. Hinckley, Jr.'s arrest for the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan. Also includes material on Wright's tenure as a law professor at Loyola University, New Orleans, La. (1951-1961) and his early career as a notary public (1936-1942). Correspondents include Robert Andrew Ainsworth,Jack Bass, Hugo LaFayette Black, Wayne G. Borah, H. Payne Breazeale, John Robert Brown, Benjamin Franklin Cameron, Herbert William Christenberry, Robert Coles, Kenneth Culp Davis, Eberhard P. Deutsch, Susan Estrich, Abe Fortas, G.W. Foster, Jr., John P. Frank, Fred W. Friendly, Joseph C. Hutcheson, J. Edward Lumbard, Sidney C. Mize, Lee Mortimer, Thomas F. Murphy, Frank T. Read, Eugene V. Rostow, Ralph Slovenko, and Simon Ernest Sobeloff. Federal judge and professor of law. Full name: James Skelly Wright. Born 1911; died 1988. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003076 Ainsworth, Robert Andrew, 1910-1981 Correspondence. Bass, Jack Correspondence. Black, Hugo LaFayette, 1886-1971 Correspondence. Borah, Wayne G., 1891-1966 Correspondence. Breazeale, H. Payne (Hopkins Payne), 1886- Correspondence. Brown, John Robert, 1909- Correspondence. Bush, Earl Benjamin Trials, litigation, etc. Cameron, Benjamin Franklin, 1890-1964 Correspondence. Christenberry, Herbert William, 1897-1975 Correspondence. Coles, Robert Correspondence. Davis, Kenneth Culp Correspondence. Deutsch, Eberhard P. (Eberhard Paul), 1897-1980 Correspondence. Estrich, Susan Correspondence. Fortas, Abe Correspondence. Foster, G. W. (George William), 1919- Correspondence. Frank, John P. (John Paul), 1917-2002 Correspondence. Friendly, Fred W. Correspondence. Hansen, Carl F. Trials, litigation, etc. Hinckley, John W. Hobson, Julius W. Trials, litigation, etc. Hutcheson, Joseph C. (Joseph Chappell), 1879-1973 Correspondence. Lumbard, J. Edward (Joseph Edward), 1901- Correspondence. Mize, Sidney C. (Sidney Carr), 1888-1965 Correspondence. Mortimer, Lee, 1904-1963 Correspondence. Murphy, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1905- Correspondence. Read, Frank T., 1938- Correspondence. Reagan, Ronald Assassination attempt, 1981. Rostow, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1913-2002 Correspondence. Slovenko, Ralph Correspondence. Sobeloff, Simon Ernest, 1894-1973 Correspondence. Loyola University (New Orleans, La.). School of Law Faculty. Orleans Parish School Board Trials, litigation, etc. United States. Court of Appeals (District of Columbia Circuit) United States. District Court (Louisiana : Eastern District) United States. Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals. Administrative agencies. Civil rights. Courts Louisiana. Courts Washington (D.C.) Criminal law. Judges Louisiana. Judges Washington (D.C.) Law Cases. Law Study and teaching Louisiana. Notaries Louisiana. School integration Louisiana. School integration Washington (D.C.) Watergate Affair, 1972-1974. Educators. itoamc Jurists. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003076 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003076.3 43239 43239