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Experience And Qualifications Statement, Bern Porter

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A U.S. Civil Service Commission form filled out by Bern Porter updating the agency on his recent employment.

University Of Richmond Bulletin: Catalog Of The T.C. Williams School Of Law For 1960-1961, University Of Richmond

Law School Catalogues

General Statement:

The Law School was established as a part of Richmond College in 1870. In 1890 the family of the late Mr. T. C. Williams, who had been a devoted and useful trustee, donated $25,000 as the nucleus of an endowment for the Law School. In recognition of this gift, the name of the School was changed to The T. C. Williams School of Law. At various times the School has received further generous gifts from members of the family of Mr. Williams. A substantial gift came through a bequest from Mr. T. C. Williams, Jr. who, like his …

Garrison Diversion Unit. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, Transmitting A Report On The Garrison Diversion Unit, North Dakota And South Dakota, Missouri River Basin Project, United States Congress, Us House Of Representatives, United States Department Of The Interior

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

This collection of letters and reports, dated February 4, 1960, contains correspondences from the US Department of the Interior, the US Bureau of Reclamation, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the US Bureau of the Budget and other “interested federal agencies.” These correspondences discuss the risks and benefits of further development of the Missouri River Basin project in order to provide irrigation, more dependable municipal water supply, more dependable water supply to local industries and wildlife areas, as well as further development of flood control, drainage, and recreation. This extension would primarily benefit areas in North and South Dakota. The …

Consult Primary Authorities--Step Three In The Research Process

Research in Virgil Hawkins' World of Print--Historical Print Research Project No. 1: Abortion

The next likely step would have been to look up the statutes and the case that were listed in Florida Law and Practice to find additional information.To find both the statute and corresponding annotations, the student would have used the Florida Statutes Annotated. Since they found the citations for the statute in Florida Law and Practice, there is no need to use the index and the student would go directly to the volume of the set that contained the statute and annotations. At the time, F.S. § 782.10 held that intentionally causing a woman to miscarry would carry …

Conclusion And Fast Forward

Research in Virgil Hawkins' World of Print--Historical Print Research Project No. 1: Abortion

After analyzing statutes and case law information on abortion in Florida, the student could conclude and state that offering to help a woman obtain an abortion was illegal in the 1960’s and, if a miscarriage subsequently occurred due to aid provided, the person who helped obtain the abortion could be convicted of 3rd degree manslaughter.

In 1973, the Supreme Court case of Roe v. Wade established that women had the right to seek an abortion and that states had to balance their ability to regulate health against a woman’s health care decision power and the potentiality of human life. 410 …

Research Strategy And Resources

Research in Virgil Hawkins' World of Print--Historical Print Research Project No. 1: Abortion

The first step in any research process is to create a research strategy and organize your plan. The first step in most legal research is the use of secondary sources in order to gain an overview of a legal issue and to find cases and statutes that discuss the topic. A possible source about the state of the law in Florida on the topic of abortion was Florida Law and Practice.

Historical Research Project On Abortion

Research in Virgil Hawkins' World of Print--Historical Print Research Project No. 1: Abortion

This document represents an historical research project, from start to finish, as it would have been accomplished during the time Virgil Hawkins was fighting to gain entry into the University of Florida law school. The student would have used print resources to resolve this legal question regarding abortion, a topic about which the law has changed significantly since the time this research would have been performed.

Bern Porter Statement On Employment History, Bern Porter

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A form detailing Bern Porter's employment background.

American Enterprise In The European Common Market: A Legal Profile. Volume 1., Eric Stein, Thomas L. Nicholson

Michigan Legal Studies Series

The rapid expansion of international trade during the past fifteen years has confronted the American business counselor with a great variety of new problems. Solutions to these problems were not expounded to him in his pre-war legal education, nor are they to be found in the rich proliferation of advance sheets, digests, and loose-leaf services with which the modern American lawyer is blessed. When he turns to foreign counsel, he finds that a lack of common legal background makes meaningful professional communication difficult. This book has been prepared with the primary purpose of helping those American lawyers who, because of …

The Conflict Of Laws: A Comparative Study, Second Edition. Volume Two. Foreign Corporations: Torts: Contracts In General, Ernst Rabel

Michigan Legal Studies Series

The second volume of Ernst Rabel's comparative treatise on the conflict of laws was originally published in 1947. This new edition completes the plan to revise the first two volumes, as arranged with the approval of the author before his death on September 7, 1955. Pursuant to this plan, the present edition has been made possible through the continued support of the work by the University of Michigan Law School and the generous cooperation of the Max Planck-Institut für aüslindisches und internationales Privatrecht in Hamburg, in making available the competent services of a member of the staff of the Institut, …

Fraud On The Widow’S Share, W. D. Macdonald

Michigan Legal Studies Series

This study seeks the answer to a troublesome question: What should be done about gratuitous inter vivos transfers in alleged "evasion" of the widow's statutory share? My thesis is that the statutory share should be replaced by the type of decedent's family maintenance legislation found in the British Commonwealth, and that this legislation should be buttressed with anti-evasion provisions. Inter vivos "evasions" seem to be a permanent and increasingly serious concomitant of our forced share system. Part I, dealing with matters of policy, explores the chief aggravating factors. These factors include the high rate of remarriage, which induces transfers to …

American Enterprise In The European Common Market: A Legal Profile. Volume 2., Eric Stein, Thomas L. Nicholson

Michigan Legal Studies Series

The rapid expansion of international trade during the past fifteen years has confronted the American business counselor with a great variety of new problems. Solutions to these problems were not expounded to him in his pre-war legal education, nor are they to be found in the rich proliferation of advance sheets, digests, and loose-leaf services with which the modern American lawyer is blessed. When he turns to foreign counsel, he finds that a lack of common legal background makes meaningful professional communication difficult. This book has been prepared with the primary purpose of helping those American lawyers who, because of …

The Evolution Of British Planning Legislation, Beverley J. Pooley

Michigan Legal Studies Series

A part of the Legal Problems of Metropolitan Area Studies series by the Legislative Research Center of the University of Michigan Law School. Excerpt from the foreword by William J. Pierce, Director, Feb 2 1960:

This study, by Beverley J. Pooley, is the first in a series of monographs which will be published by the Center. It deals with the problems which have confronted British legislators and with the resultant Parlimentary enactments-- particularly in the post World War II era. This topic is necessarily broad, and therefore this monograph contains little detailed legal analysis of the various acts. Rather, the …

1960 Juris Doctorate Candidates Of The School Of Law, University Of Alabama School Of Law

Juris Doctorate Candidates of the School of Law

No abstract provided.

U.S. Civil Service Commission Employment Questionnaire, Bern Porter

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A questionnaire returned to the U.S. Civil Service Commission by a former colleague of Bern Porter offering a very positive assessment of Porter's qualifications for employment.

U.S. Civil Service Commission Questionnaire, Bern Porter

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A response to the U.S. Civil Service Commission from an official at Brown University describing the circumstances around Bern Porters' leaving the school in 1934.

The Opinion Volume 10 Number 1 – November 1, 1959, The Opinion

The Opinion Newspaper (all issues)

The Opinion newspaper issue dated November 1, 1959

Legal Center News, Vol. 2, No. 4, Southwestern Legal Foundation, Smu School Of Law

Legal Center News, 1958-1960

• New Fraternity: Phi Delta Phi's Get Charter at Convention
• Awards Day Opens School
• Labor Law Institute Unfolds in October
• Law School Adds Foreign Materials to Center Library
• Chairman and Trustee Elected by Foundation
• State Bar Releases Results of Bar Exam
• SMU Law School Legal Aid Clinic Opens New Year
• Two Professors Join SMU Staff
• Foundation Authorizes Additional Memberships

Authorizing Enrolled Members Of The Three Affiliated Tribes Of The Fort Berthold Reservation, N. Dak., To Acquire Trust Interests In Tribal Lands Of The Reservation, And For Other Purposes, United States Congress, Us Senate

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

This report submitted by the United States (US) Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, dated September 1, 1959, was written to accompany Senate Bill 1352 which proposed (with the consent of the Three Affiliated Tribes tribal council) to authorize enrolled tribal members to acquire tribal lands. Many who were relocated due to the construction of the Garrison Dam did not have adequate funds to reestablish themselves in their new location. Since it is prohibited to sell the tribal lands of an organized tribe, US Senate Bill 1528 would allow for individual tribal members to purchase tribal land to establish …

Twelfth Regional Investigations Division Recommended Rating Action, Bern Porter

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A report on investigations into Bern Porter's previous employment, noting negative testimony against him but stating it is not "sufficiently materially derogatory as to disqualify for Federal employment at this time."

Letter From Bern Porter To The Civil Service Commission, Bern Porter

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A letter from Porter requesting information about why he was denied employment at the Naval Shipyards in Long Beach, stating that he intends to "protest this all the way to the Supreme Court."

Shipyard Security Screening Board Memorandum, Bern Porter

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A report on Bern Porter's possible links to Communist-sympathizing organizations.

Fbi Report On Investigations Into Bern Porter, Bern Porter

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An FBI report on the U.S. Civil Service Commission's investigations into Bern Porter's alleged Communist ties.

Radiogram, Bern Porter

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Documents reporting on Bern Porter's employment with the Department of the Navy.

Fbi Report On Bern Porter, Bern Porter

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An FBI report on Bern Porter's employment history.

Fbi Report On Bern Porter, Bern Porter

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An FBI report on Bern Porter's character and employment background.

Fbi Report, Bern Porter

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A report on Bern Porter's association with the allegedly Communist-associated Federation of Architects, Engineers, Chemists, and Technicians.

Fbi File, Bern Porter

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An FBI file pertaining to Bern Porter, including employment history and reports of testimonies from former acquaintances of Porter.

Fbi Report, Bern Porter

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A report on an investigation into Bern Porter's character, for the purpose of evaluating his loyalty to the United States.

Application For Federal Employment, Bern Porter

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Bern Porter's application for employment at the U.S. Naval Ship Yard in Long Beach, California.