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3 Va. B. News 1 (1955)

handle is hein.barjournals/valaw0003 and id is 1 raw text is: * >Virginia Bar News Vol. III1, No. 1 JANUARY, 1955 Richmond, Virginia On November 9, 1954 President Eisen- W. & L. WINS REGIONAL hower nominated as his successor, Judge MOOT COURT COMPETITION AppeMalls f r no the Seo. Cirui Chich cof Student moot court teams from Virginia, Johneashl Horno the U. Cirui Court cof- prises the states of New York, Vermont and South Carolina, North Carolina, Duke, Wil- 1i Connecticut. Judge Harlan had been named 11am and Mary, Wake Forest, and Wash- to that bench by President Eisenhower on ington and Lee Law Schools recently en- March 4, 1954. gaged in a regional southeastern compe- Bornin hicao 5 yeas ao, Jdge tition held at Duke University on Novem- Harlan has lived in New York most of hs er 13th. The winner was Washington and adult life. During World War 11 he was an Lee and they participated in the national Air Force Colonel stationed in England. championship held in New York City on Graduated from Princeton with honors in December 17 which was won by Columbia r 1920, he want to England on a Rho-des ..Law School. The members of the Washing- Schlarhipandrecive a astr'sdegee ton and Lee team were William M. Bailey Scholarhlip andlreceie at materd s degre3Te of Wilmington, Ohio, P. James Kurapk-9, of fomalloio olee atOxord in 1923, Thgre Baltimore, Maryland, William B. Poff, of f ollo w Yeark he w re cve d a LL a.dge Vicker, Virginia, and Willard 1. Walker, of fm e Yo r th aw ScoladCaharlottesville, Virginia, son of E. V. Walk- Fmte 19o the i his. reintinayer e of the Charlottesville Bar. Fom 1951ve a unli d esinto a h .a Approximately sixty law schools compete ago hesered s usalrle conse tothe in the nation wide contest every year and New York State Crime Commission, head- in addition to the declaration of the national SUPREME COURT VACANCY lag investigations into gambling activities champion, prizes are given for the best brief Robert H. Jackson, Associate Justice of and waterfront crime. At the time of his and the best individual argument. the Supreme Court of the United States, appointment to the Court of Appeals earlier The case argued in 1954 was Maestro died on October 9, 1954 at the age of 64. At this year, he was a member of the law firm Video Store v. Local 123, Intenaional the opening session of the Court on Monday of Root, Ballantine, Harlan, Bushby & Brotherhood of Audio ad Video Workers' October 11, 1954, Chief Justice Earl Warren Palmer 31Nsaatet e okCt. u* nd George X. R~ock on ceriorari to delivered the following eulogy: On January 1, 1955, upon his retirement as the Supreme Court of the State of Alabas- One short week ago this Court convened Governor of New York, Thomas Dewey be- ter. It concerns attempts by the plaintiff- for its 164th Term, its membership intact came the senior partner of this law firm. respondent store to obtain an injunction and cheerfully anticipating the work before A paternal grandfather of the new mem- against picketing by defendant-petitioner us. Today the chair of our Brother Jackson ber of the Supreme Court of the same name union. is vacant, and we are sad indeed. He ppssed was a distinguished member of that bench Respondent's employees voted an open away last Saturday suddenly but by the from 1877 to 1911. He was the lone dia- shop despite the fact that the union was al-. Grace of God without suffering. For this senter in a decision handed down i 1896 lowed to address the workers and to attempt we are all grateful, because he lived and when the Supreme Court held that racial to organize them. In the face of the em- died as was his great desire--active and segreogation on railroads was not unconsti- ployee vote against joining a union, the pe- useful to the end. tutional if equal facilities were provided, titloner-union set up picket lines outside the Able lawyer, statesman and jurist, his Justice Harlan is a Presbyterian and has respondent's place of business, thus, in ef- passing leaves a great void in this Court. a married daughter. He has never been a feet, attempting to coerce the respondent to We shall miss greatly his wise counsel, his candidate for public office, but has been en- compel his employees to join a union despite clarity of expression and his genial compan- gaged in the private practice of law since their wishes. ionship. 20his admission to the bar thirty years ago. For 20years, as General Counsel, as He joins the Chief Justice and Justice Bur- Scthe r General, as Attorney General of ton as the three Republican members of the LEGAL INSTITUTE-ON teUnited States, and as a zoember of this high court. Court, he labored manfully with the com- The Virginia Bar News Joins the legal TAXATION, HOTEL JEFFERSON, plex and baffling problems of our time. His profession throughout the country in eon- RICHMOND, VA., JANUARY contributions were great. He has earned his gratulating Justice Harlan and wishing him rt. well in his new position. ,28 & 29, 195

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