Johnson, Frank M. (Frank Minis) 1918-1999 creator mixed material monographic eng 116,000 332 133.6 Correspondence, 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. Correspondents 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. Restrictions apply. Lawyer and judge. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011080 Bell, Griffin B 1918-2009 Correspondence Blackmun, Harry A. (Harry Andrew) 1908-1999 Correspondence Browder, Aurelia S Trials, litigation, etc Brown, John Robert 1909- Correspondence Bryant, Paul W Correspondence Burger, Warren E 1907-1995 Correspondence Celler, Emanuel 1888-1981 Correspondence Dees, Morris Correspondence DeMent, Ira 1931- Correspondence Doar, John 1921- Correspondence Gayle, W. A Trials, litigation, etc Godbold, John C. (John Cooper) 1920- Correspondence Harvey, William Burnett 1922-1999 Correspondence Hastings, Alcee L James, Fob 1934- Correspondence James, Worley Trials, litigation, etc Jordan, Vernon E. (Vernon Eulion) 1935- Correspondence Keady, William C 1913- Correspondence Kelley, Clarence M Correspondence Kennedy, Robert F 1925-1968 Correspondence Lee, Anthony T Trials, litigation, etc Locke, Judson C Trials, litigation, etc Lynne, Seabourn H. (Seabourn Harris) 1907- Correspondence Marshall, Burke 1922-2003 Correspondence Mondale, Walter F 1928- Correspondence Newton, Huey P Correspondence Pugh, Jerry Lee Trials, litigation, etc Rives, Richard T. (Richard Taylor) 1895-1992 Correspondence Scott, Hugh 1900-1994 Correspondence Stickney, Stonewall B Trials, litigation, etc Tamm, Edward A. (Edward Allen) 1906- Correspondence Tuttle, Elbert P. (Elbert Parr) 1897- Correspondence Varner, Robert E. (Robert Edward) 1921- Correspondence Wallace, George C. (George Corley) 1919-1998 Trials, litigation, etc Warren, Earl 1891-1974 Correspondence Williams, Hosea 1926- Trials, litigation, etc Wyatt, Ricky Trials, litigation, etc Macon County (Ala.) Board of Education Trials, litigation, etc United States. United States. Court of Appeals (5th Circuit) United States. Court of Appeals (11th Circuit) United States. Court of Appeals (11th Circuit). Judicial Council. United States. District Court (Alabama : Middle District) United States. Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals. Judicial Conference of the United States. Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules. African Americans Civil rights Antitrust law Appellate courts Bankruptcy Civil rights demonstrations Alabama Civil rights Constitutional law District courts Alabama Energy policy United States Federal-state controversies Mentally ill Civil rights Alabama Petroleum law and legislation United States Prisoners Civil rights Searches and seizures Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.) 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