Brennan, William J. (William Joseph) 1906-1997 creator mixed material monographic eng 379,000 1,084 3 434.8 Part I consists chiefly of case files comprised of opinion and administrative files from Brennan's service on the Supreme Court together with dockets (1956-1975) and miscellaneous papers. The opinion files pertain to such issues as freedom of speech and association, sex discrimination, procedural due process, privacy, affirmative action, legislative apportionment, labor laws, obscenity, and unreasonable search and seizure and reflect Brennan's championship of the rights of the indigent and his opposition to the death penalty. Correspondents include Hugo LaFayette Black, William O. Douglas, Arthur J. Goldberg, Thurgood Marshall, Earl Warren, and other members of the court during Brennan's tenure. Part II is comprised of correspondence files spanning Brennan's Supreme Court career and his years in retirement, supplemental case files consisting of opinion and administrative files, case histories, speeches and writings, and other papers. Includes material relating to capital punishment and obscenity cases. Correspondents include David L. Bazelon, Edmond Nathaniel Cahn, Daniel Crystal, Alfred Di Lascia, George C. Edwards, Morris Leopold Ernst, Robert C. Finley, Arthur J. Freund, Paul Abraham Freund, Frank T. Gallagher, Donald Barnett King, Alfred A. Knopf, Anthony Lewis, Daniel P. Moynihan, Walter F. Murphy, Joseph O'Meara, John W. Oliver, Louis H. Pollak, Curtis R. Reitz, Walter V. Schaefer, Bernard Schwartz, Bernard G. Segal, Arthur T. Vanderbilt, Francis L. Van Dusen, Brian Walsh, Stanley A. Weigel, Charles Alan Wright, and J. Skelly Wright. Other correspondents include federal and state judges, law professors, attorneys in private practice, and law clerks. Restrictions apply. Audio recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956; resigned in 1990. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms002010 Bazelon, David L. (David Lionel) 1909- Correspondence Black, Hugo LaFayette 1886-1971 Correspondence Cahn, Edmond Nathaniel 1906-1964 Correspondence Crystal, Daniel Correspondence Di Lascia, Alfred Correspondence Douglas, William O. (William Orville) 1898-1980 Correspondence Edwards, George C. (George Clifton) 1914- Correspondence Ernst, Morris Leopold 1888- Correspondence Finley, Robert C Correspondence Freund, Arthur J Correspondence Freund, Paul Abraham 1908- Correspondence Gallagher, Frank T Correspondence Goldberg, Arthur J Correspondence King, Donald Barnett Correspondence Knopf, Alfred A 1892-1984 Correspondence Lewis, Anthony 1927-2013 Correspondence Marshall, Thurgood 1908-1993 Correspondence Moynihan, Daniel P. (Daniel Patrick) 1927-2003 Correspondence Murphy, Walter F 1929-2010 Correspondence Oliver, John W. (John Watkins) 1914-1990 Correspondence O'Meara, Joseph 1898- Correspondence Pollak, Louis H Correspondence Reitz, Curtis R Correspondence Schaefer, Walter V. (Walter Vincent) 1904- Correspondence Schwartz, Bernard 1923-1997 Correspondence Segal, Bernard G. (Bernard Gerard) 1907-1997 Correspondence Vanderbilt, Arthur T 1888-1957 Correspondence Van Dusen, Francis L Correspondence Walsh, Brian 1918- Correspondence Warren, Earl 1891-1974 Correspondence Weigel, Stanley A. (Stanley Alexander) 1906-1999 Correspondence Wright, Charles Alan Correspondence Wright, J. Skelly Correspondence United States. Supreme Court. Affirmative action programs Apportionment (Election law) Capital punishment Constitutional law United States Due process of law Freedom of association Freedom of speech Judicial opinions United States Labor laws and legislation Law United States Obscenity (Law) Poor Civil rights United States Privacy, Right of Searches and seizures Sex discrimination Jurists mm 82052266 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms002010 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms002010.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms002010 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms002010.3 Restrictions apply. DLC 820702 20260227111715.0 mm 82052266