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9 De Novo: Newsl. L. Libr. La. 1 (2011-2012)

handle is hein.journals/denov9 and id is 1 raw text is: _ 1 227, _/e LSBAAnimal Law CLE 3 The Volstead Act and 3 Prohibition So Many Books, So LittleTime French Law Collection RESTORE the Gulf Coast Federal Document Civil War Resources New MLIS Intern 4 5 6 7 8 Law Library of Louisiana Hours Monday - Thursday 9am - 6pm Friday 9am - 5pm Telephone (504) 310-2400 Fax (504) 310-2419 Toll Free (Louisiana only) 800-820-3038 www.lasc.org At Your Service Georgia Chadwick - Director Miriam Childs Head of Technical Services Jennifer Creevy Technical Services Librarian Marie Erickson Head of Public Services Tara Lombardi Reference Librarian Katie Nachod - Reference & Electronic Resources Librarian Ruth Mahoney - Library Associate Daphne Tassin - Library Associate E. D. WHITE'S CENTENNIAL YEAR by Georgia Chadwick Professor Paul R. Baier with Justice John L. Weimer at the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park Theatre, September 17, 2011. E dward Douglass White took his seat as Chief Justice of the United States on December 19, 1910. For the past year Louisiana State Uni- versity law professor Paul R. Baier has served as a one-man Centen- nial Celebration Committee to honor White, the only Louisianan to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. The Centennial Year started out appropriately in Thibodaux, Loui- siana, where White was born on his parents' plantation in 1844. On De- cember 18, 2010, Professor Baier's guest editorial on the significance of White's life and career appeared in Thibodaux's Daily Comet. On the Centennial Day, Sunday, December 19, 2010, at the invitation of Bishop Sam Jacobs, he delivered remarks rekindling White's memory to the faithful at a Centennial service at St. Joseph's Co-Cathedral in Thibodaux. The highlight of Professor Baier's Centennial Year was the preview of his play Father ChiefJustice: Edward Douglass White and the Constitution at the Coolidge Au- ditorium in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, across the street from the U.S. Capitol. The play about the ninth Chief Justice was presented on Mardi Gras Day, March 8, 2011. March 8 is also the birthday of White's former Union foe and later good friend and Brother on the bench, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. The audience is treated to a living portrait of White through important events in his life: being captured as a young Confederate soldier during the Civil War, a sur- vey of his important opinions, and a look at his interactions with fel- lowjustices on the Supreme Court. Playwright/Professor Baier casts prominent local lawyers as his ac- tors, which increases the size of the audience. For his Coolidge Auditorium performance, the fol- lowing were featured: Charles Cooper, Cooper & Kirk, as Chief Justice White; Ronald Flagg, president of the District of Co- lumbia Bar, as Justice John Mar- shall Harlan; Tom Goldstein, U.S. Supreme Court Blogger, as Justice Louis Brandeis; Law Librarian of Congress Roberta I. Shaffer as Fanny Holmes; and Jacob A. Stein, Stein, Mitch- ell & Muse, as an elder Justice Holmes. Donald A. Hoffman, Leake and Andersson, traveled from New Orleans to reprise his part as Justice Holmes delivering his famed Abrams dissent on the value of freedom of speech even in time of war. Professor Baier appeared in his signature role as Professor Richard Henry Jesse, continued on page 2 Volume 9, Issue 1 Fall 2011 The Newsletter of The Law Library of Louisiana

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