Transcript of interviews with federal Judge Anna Diggs Taylor, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Discusses: personal background; education; civil rights movement (1960s); Detroit politics; Coleman A. Young; judging; Detroit Boat Club; Vincent Chin; Fruehauf; race and jury selection; University of Michigan and affirmative action.
Transcript of interviews with federal Magistrate Judge Paul J. Komives, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Discusses: personal background; education; United States Department of Justice; Solicitor General; racketeering; organized crime; moonshine; Appalachians; one man grand jury; gambling; Gotham Hotel; Federal Magistrates Act; Bail Reform Act; September 11, 2001.
Transcript of interviews with federal Judge Julian Abele Cook, Jr., United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Discusses: personal background; education; segregation; Edward Bennett Williams; Harold Bledsoe; Oakland County; busing; Michigan Civil Rights Commission; judicial elections; John DeLorean; judging; Federal Sentencing Guidelines; juries, service and racial...
Transcript of interviews with federal Judge Stewart A. Newblatt, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Discusses: personal background; education; Army Criminal Investigation Division; Phillipines; labor law; House Unamerican Activities Committee; Flint, MI; John Swainson; Spencer v. Flint Memorial Park; Republic of New Africa; Genessee County; Alex Dandy; General...
Transcript of interviews with United States Marshal Anthony Bertoni, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Discusses: personal background; education; construction industry; Detroit Police Department; Big Four; Tactical Mobile Unit; Kercheval; Detroit Riot (1967); STRESS (Stop the Robberies and Enjoy Safe Streets); Olsonite Corporation; witness protection program.
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