Interview with John T. Sapienza, March 19, 1981
Project: Stanley F. Reed Oral History Project
Interview Summary
John Sapienza clerked for Justice Reed from 1938 to 1939. In his interview, he describes the daily tasks of Reed's clerks, which included writing briefs and reviewing and commenting on petitions of certiorari. Sapienza also recalls Reed's opinions of Justices Pierce Butler, George Sutherland, James McReynolds, and Charles Hughes.Interview Accession
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Bennett Boskey Charles Hughes Owens Roberts Philip Graham Adrian Fisher Army/Navy Club Constitution Court of Claims Washington, D.C. Dave Ginsberg Ed McElwin Ed Zimmerman Harold Leventhal Harvard College and Law School Helen Gaylord Hoover Administration Judge Augustus N. Hand Justice Louis Brandeis Labor relations case Law clerks Mayflower Hotel Metropolitan Club New Deal New Jersey Professor Felix Frankfurter Solictor General Sorbonne Speeches Supreme Court The Brethren Van Devanter's Charles Hughes Washington Post JusticesInterview LC Subject
Judges--United States Sapienza, John T. Sapienza, John T. --Interviews United States--Politics and government United States. Supreme Court Reed, Stanley Forman, 1884-1980 Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965. United States. Supreme Court--Cases Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customsInterview Rights
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Sapienza, John T. Interview by Edward Gilson. 19 Mar. 1981. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Sapienza, J.T. (1981, March 19). Interview by E. Gilson. Stanley F. Reed Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Sapienza, John T., interview by Edward Gilson. March 19, 1981, Stanley F. Reed Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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