Eighth Circuit Historical Society

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Judicial Bibliography

General Sources

Theodore J. Fetter, A History of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, published under the auspices of the Bicentennial Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States (1977).
Judges of the United States, published under the auspices of the Bicentennial Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States (2nd ed. 1983).
U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Legislative History of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals and the Judges Who Served During the Period 1801 through May 1972, Report prepared by Richard F. Wambach, 92nd Cong., 2d Sess., 1972.
History of Federal Judgeships, Report of the Analytical Services Office and Statistics Division, Office of Human Resources and Statistics, in the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.

JOHN FORREST DILLON (1869-1879)

Clyde Edward Jacobs, Law Writers and the Courts; The Influence of Thomas M. Cooley, Christopher G. Tiedeman, and John F. Dillon upon American Constitutional Law (Cal. Press 1954).
George Mills & Richard W. Peterson, No One Is Above The Law: The Story of Southern Iowa's Federal Court 25-30 (1994).
Edward H. Stiles, Judge John F. Dillon, 9 Annals of Iowa 1 (April 1909).
Edward H. Stiles, Judge John F. Dillon, 9 Annals of Iowa 104 (1909-1910).
George S. Clay, John Forrest Dillon, 23 The Green Bag 447 (September 1911).
John Forrest Dillon, 26 The Green Bag 333 (1914).
The Late John Forest Dillon, 21 Case & Comment 2 (1914-1915).
John Forrest Dillon, 1 Iowa Law Bulletin 30 (1915).
J.A. Swisher, John F. Dillon, 10 The Palimpsest 317 (September 1929).
George W. Clarke, John Forrest Dillon, Lawyer And Man, 28 Annals of Iowa 167 (January 1947).

GEORGE WASHINGTON MCCRARY (1879-1884)



DAVID JOSIAH BREWER (1884-1890)

D. Stanley Eitzen, David J. Brewer, 1837-1910; A Kansan on the United States Supreme Court (1964).
Michael J. Brodhead, David J. Brewer: The Life of a Supreme Court Justice, 1837-1910 (So. Ill. Press 1994).

HENRY CLAY CALDWELL (1890-1903)

Memorial Service for the Honorable Henry Clay Caldwell, transcribed proceedings (1915).

WALTER HENRY SANBORN (1892-1928)

Walter Henry Sanborn: A Testimonial Volume (St. Louis Bar 1927).
Memorial Service for Honorable Walter H. Sanborn, transcribed proceedings (June 11, 1928).
Thomas H. Boyd, Walter Sanborn and the Eighth Circuit Court, 26 Ramsey County Hist. 22 (Summer 1991).

AMOS MADDEN THAYER (1894-1905)



WILLIS VAN DEVANTER (1903-1910)



WILLIAM CATHER HOOK (1903-1921)



ELMER BRAGG ADAMS (1905-1916)



JOHN EMMETT CARLAND (1911-1922)

Peggy J. Teslow, History of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota 16-23 (West 1991).

WALTER INGLEWOOD SMITH (1911-1922)



KIMBROUGH STONE (1917-1958)

Memorial Service for Kimbrough Stone, transcribed proceedings reported in 255 F.2d 3 (May 6, 1958).

ROBERT E. LEWIS (1921-1929)



WILLIAM SQUIRE KENYON (1922-1933)

Howard Eldred Kershner, William Squire Kenyon and the Kenyon, Duncombe, Williams, Squire Family Histories (1935).
Appointment Of Senator As Federal Judge, 33 U.S. Op. Atty. Gen. 88 (February 9, 1922).
Leslie E. Francis, The Last Legislative Election Of And Iowa United States Senator, 41 Annals of Iowa 263 (July 1951).
E. Daniel Potts, William Squire Kenyon And The Iowa Senatorial Election Of 1911, 38 Annals of Iowa 206 (Summer 1965).
Eliazabeth Putnam, An Investigation Of The Judicial Appointment Of Senator William Squire Kenyon, A Thesis Presented To The Graduate Division of Drake University (June 1968).

WILBUR FRANKLIN BOOTH (1925-1944)

History of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota 11 (West 1989).

ARBA SEYMOUR VAN VALKENBURGH (1925-1944)

Lawrence H. Larsen, Federal Justice in Western Missouri: The Judges, The Cases, The Times 93-112 (Mo. Press 1994).

JOHN HAZELTON COTTERAL (1928-1929)



ARCHIBALD KENNETH GARDNER (1929-1962)

Archibald K. Gardner: Senior Circuit Judge - Eighth Circuit, 33 A.B.A.J. 1103 (1947).
Memorial Proceedings [for] Honorable Archibald K. Gardner, Transcribed proceedings reported in 313 F.2d 5 (September 12, 1962).
Peggy J. Teslow, History of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota 104-118 (West 1991).

JOHN BENJAMIN SANBORN (1932-1964)

History of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota 13 (1989).
Charles E. Whittaker, A Tribute To Judge John B. Sanborn, 44 Minn. L. Rev. 197 (1959).
Gunnar H. Nordbye, A Tribute To Judge John B. Sanborn, 44 Minn. L. Rev. 200 (1959).
In Memoriam [of] Honorable John B. Sanborn, Transcribed proceedings reported in 338 F.2d 5 (September 11, 1964).
Thomas H. Boyd, The Life and Career of The Honorable John B. Sanborn, Jr., 23 Wm. Mitch. L. Rev. 203 (1997).

JOSEPH WILLIAM WOODROUGH (1933-1977)

Memorial Proceedings for The Honorable Joseph W. Woodrough, transcribed proceedings reported in 583 F.2d 5 (May 17, 1978).

CHARLES BRECKENRIDGE FARIS (1935-1938)



SETH THOMAS (1935-1962)

Seth Thomas, Some Speeches And A Thesis (1955).
Memorial Proceedings [for] Honorable Seth Thomas, transcribed proceedings reported in 314 F.2d 5 (September 12, 1962).

HARVEY M. JOHNSEN (1940-1975)

Memorial Proceedings for The Honorable Harvey M. Johnsen, transcribed proceedings reported in 527 F.2d 7 (March 10, 1976).
C. Arlen Beam, Chief Judge Harvey M. Johnsen - A Profit With Honor, 20 Creighton L. Rev. 1949 (1987).

WALTER GARRETT RIDDICK (1941-1953)



JOHN CASKIE COLLET (1947-1955)

Lawrence J. Larsen, Federal Justice in Western Missouri: The Judges, The Cases, The Times 141-164 (Mo. Press 1994).

CHARLES JOSEPH VOGEL (1954-1980)

Memorial Service for The Honorable Charles J. Vogel, transcribed proceedings reported in 645 F.2d LXIII (June 17, 1981).
Presentation of Portrait [of the] Honorable Charles J. Vogel, transcribed proceedings reported in 215 F.3d LXXXIII (July 28, 1998).

MARTIN DONALD VAN OOSTERHOUT (1954-1979)

Memorial Proceedings for The Honorable Martin D. Van Oosterhout, transcribed proceedings reported in 602 F.2d 5 (May 15, 1979).
Gerald W. Heaney, Judge Martin Donald Van Oosterhout: The Big Judge From Orange City, Iowa, 79 Iowa L. Rev. 1 (1993) (with forward by Harry A. Blackmun).

CHARLES EVANS WHITTAKER (1956-1957)

Lawrence J. Larsen, Federal Justice in Western Missouri: The Judges, The Cases, The Times 211-237 (Mo. Press 1994).
Nomination of Charles E. Whittaker, proceedings before Senate Committee on Judiciary (Gov't Printing Office 1957).
In Memoriam [of] Honorable Charles Evans Whittaker, transcribed proceedings reported in 94 S.Ct. 5 (February 19, 1975).

MARION CHARLES MATTHES (1958-1980)

Ceremony For The Unveiling of Portrait of Chief Judge Marion C. Matthes, transcribed proceedings reported in 822 F.2d XCIII (January 12, 1987).

HARRY ANDREW BLACKMUN (1959-1970)

Bob Italia, Harry Blackmun (Abdo & Daughters 1992).
Nomination of Harry A. Blackmun, proceedings before Senate Committee on Judiciary (Gov't Printing Office 1970).
Richard S. Arnold, Mr. Justice Blackmun - A Tribute, 28 Creighton L. Rev. 589 (1995).
Stephen Breyer, Pamela S. Carlan, Richard S. Arnold, Karen Nelson Moore, & Norval Morris, In Memoriam: Harry A. Blackmun, 113 Harv. L. Rev. 1 (1999).

ALBERT ALPHONSO RIDGE (1961-1967)

Lawrence J. Larsen, Federal Justice in Western Missouri: The Judges, The Cases, The Times 191-210 (Mo. Press 1994).
Memorial Service for Albert A. Ridge, transcribed proceedings reported in 318 F.2d 5 (October 13, 1967).

PAT MEHAFFY (1963-1981)

Walter H. Nunn, Arkansas' Judge Pat Mehaffy (Parkin Print. & Stationery Co. 1977).
The Honorable Pat Mehaffy for Memorial Proceedings, transcribed proceedings reported in 654 F.2d LXXI (September 15, 1981).

FLOYD ROBERT GIBSON (1965-present)

Lawrence J. Larsen, Federal Justice in Western Missouri: the Judges, The Cases, The Times 211-237 (Mo. Press 1994).
Unveiling of Portrait of The Honorable Floyd R. Gibson, transcribed proceedings reported in 642 F.2d LXXXI (October 10, 1980).

DONALD POMEROY LAY (1966-present)

Presentation of the Portrait of The Honorable Donald P. Lay, transcribed proceedings reported in 979 F.2d XCVII (October 15, 1992).
A Tribute to Judge Donald P. Lay, 18 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 555 (1992).
Donald P. Lay, Observations of Twenty-Five Years as a United States Circuit Judge, 18 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 595 (1992).

GERALD WILLIAM HEANEY (1966-present)

Unveiling of the Portrait of Judge Gerald W. Heaney, transcribed proceedings reported in 883 F.2d LXXXV (May 11, 1989).

MYRON H. BRIGHT (1968-present)

Unveiling of the Portrait of Judge Myron H. Bright, transcribed proceedings reported in 804 F.2d LXXXVII (May 12, 1986).
E. Thomas Sullivan, Bright Judging: An Iron Range Legacy, 83 Minn. L. Rev. 219 (1998).
Gerald W. Heaney, A Tribute to Judge Myron H. Bright, 83 Minn. L. Rev. 223 (1998).
Donald P. Lay, Judge Myron Bright, 83 Minn. L. Rev. 225 (1998).
William H. Rehnquist, A Tribute to Myron H. Bright, 83 Minn. L. Rev. 229 (1998).
John Attanasio, A Tribute to the Honorable Myron H. Bright, 83 Minn. L. Rev. 231 (1998).
Ronald L. Carlson, An American Original, 83 Minn. L. Rev. 235 (1998).
Jo Lee Adamich, Dick Chase, Jenniffer Nestle & Evan Rice, The Selected Cases of Myron H. Bright: Thirty Years of His Jurisprudence, 83 Minn. L. Rev. 239 (1998).
Daniel A. Farber, The Legacy of Reserve Mining, 83 Minn. L. Rev. 299 (1998).
Lana Schultz, The "True" Story, 83 Minn. L. Rev. 303 (1998).
Presentation of Portrait [of the] Honorable Myron H. Bright, transcribed proceedings reported in 215 F.3d LXXXIII (July 28, 1998).

DONALD ROE ROSS (1970-present)

Presentation of the Portrait of The Honorable Donald R. Ross, transcribed proceedings reported in 843 F.2d XCIII (October 30, 1987).

ROY LAVERNE STEPHENSON (1971-1982)

George Mills & Richard W. Peterson, No One Is Above The Law: The Story of Southern Iowa's Federal Court 60-68 (1994).
Special Ceremonial Session in Commemoration of The Honorable Roy L. Stevenson, transcribed proceedings reported in 696 F.2d LXXXV (November 17, 1982).

WILLIAM HEDGCOCK WEBSTER (1973-1978)

Nomination of William H. Webster to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation , Senate Committee on the Judiciary (Gov't Printing Office 1978).
Nomination of William H. Webster to be Director of Central Intelligence Agency, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (Gov't Printing Office 1987).

JESSE SMITH HENLEY (1975-1997)

In Memoriam [of] Honorable J. Smith Henley, transcribed proceedings reported in 168 F.3d LXXXV (January 14, 1998).

THEODORE MCMILLIAN (1978-present)



RICHARD SHEPPARD ARNOLD (1980-present)

William J. Brennan, Jr., A Tribute to Chief Judge Richard S. Arnold, 78 Minn. L. Rev. 1 (1993).
Donald P. Lay, My Colleague - Richard S. Arnold, 78 Minn. L. Rev. 25 (1993).
Patricia M. Wald, Judge Arnold and Individual Rights, 78 Minn. L. Rev. 35 (1993).
Presentation of Edward J. Devitt Distinguished Service to Justice Award to the Honorable Richard S. Arnold, transcribed proceedings reported in 213 F.3d LXI (July 9, 1999).

JOHN R. GIBSON (1982-present)



GEORGE GARDNER FAGG (1982-present)



PASCO MIDDLETON BOWMAN II (1982-present)



ROGER LELAND WOLLMAN (1985-present)

Peggy J. Teslow, History of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota 120-122 (West 1991).

FRANK J. MAGILL (1986-present)

Presentation of Portrait [of the] Honorable Frank Magill, transcribed proceedings reported in 215 F.3d LXXXIII (July 28, 1998).

CLARENCE ARLEN BEAM (1987-present)



JAMES B. LOKEN (1990-present)



DAVID RASMUSSEN HANSEN (1991-present)

Frank J. Margolin & Edward J. McManus, History of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa 33 (1987).

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD (1992-present)



DIANA E. MURPHY (1994-present)

History of the District Court for the District of Minnesota 21-22 (1989).
Michael W. Unger, Judge Diana E. Murphy Appointed to U.S. Court of Appeals, 64 Hennepin Lawyer 6 (July - August 1995).
Michael W. Unger, U.S. Circuit Court Judge Diana E. Murphy, 44 Federal Lawyer 18 (No. 10, 1997).

JOHN DAVID KELLY (1998)

Presentation of Portrait [of the] Honorable John D. Kelly, transcribed proceedings reported in 218 F.3d XLI (June 29, 1999).

KERMIT EDWARD BYE (2000-present)





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