Wright, J. Skelly. creator mixed material monographic eng 81,200 232 116 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. Open to research. 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 Jurists mm 81058982 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms003076 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms003076.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003076 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003076.3 Open to research. DLC 820107 20260227111709.0 mm 81058982