Civil rights, law, and the federal courts : oral history transcript : the life of Cecil Poole, 1914-1917 / Cecil F. Poole
Creator
Poole, Cecil F., 1914-1997, Interviewee
Contributor
Poole, Cecil F., 1914-1997, Interviewee Coblentz, William K, Author Hicke, Carole. ivr, Interviewer
Date Created and/or Issued
1997
Publication Information
The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000; http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ Berkeley, Calif : Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office
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Description
Childhood and education; military service; private law practice in San Francisco; Assistant U.S. District Attorney, Northern District, California, 1951-58; Legal Secretary to California Governor Edmund G. Brown, 1958-61; U.S. District Attorney, Northern District, California, 1961-70; Federal Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District, California, 1976-79; Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Judicial Circuit, 1979-1997; sentencing guidelines; appellate procedures; challenges for an African-American lawyer and judge; Democratic politics; some significant appellate cases This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley Forms part of: Northern California U.S. District Court oral history series
Lawyers--California--Interviews United States--Court of Appeals (9th Circuit) African American judges--California--Interviews African American lawyers--California--Interviews Judges--California--Interviews
Place
United States District Court (California : Northern District)
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