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Size | 60.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 20,000 items) |
Abstract | Alexander Charns, a lawyer from Durham, N.C., wrote "Cloak and Gavel" (1992), a study of the relationship between the United States Supreme Court and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Photocopies of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) files concerning the relationship between the United States Supreme Court and the FBI. Included are files on individual United States Supreme Court justices; circuit courts; government officials; the American Bar Association; wiretapping; protests and local politics; and the Jencks decision, which relates to testimony by government officials. Also included are photocopies of "official" and "confidential" of J. Edgar Hoover files and papers from a lawsuit filed by Alexander Charns against the FBI in order to gain access to restricted documents. |
Creator | Charns, Alexander, 1956- |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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Photocopies of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) files concerning the relationship between the United States Supreme Court and the FBI. Included are files on individual United States Supreme Court justices; circuit courts; government officials; the American Bar Association; wiretapping; protests and local politics; and the Jencks decision, which relates to testimony by government officials. Also included are photocopies of "official" and "confidential" of J. Edgar Hoover files and papers from a lawsuit filed by Alexander Charns against the FBI in order to gain access to restricted documents.
Back to TopArrangement: alphabetically by justice's name.
Folder 1 |
Black, Hugo |
Folder 2 |
Brandeis, Louis |
Folder 3 |
Cardozo, Benjamin |
Folder 4-25
Folder 4Folder 5Folder 6Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9Folder 10Folder 11Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22Folder 23Folder 24Folder 25 |
Clark, Tom |
Folder 26-33
Folder 26Folder 27Folder 28Folder 29Folder 30Folder 31Folder 32Folder 33 |
Douglas, William |
Folder 34-39
Folder 34Folder 35Folder 36Folder 37Folder 38Folder 39 |
Fortas, Abe |
Folder 40-42
Folder 40Folder 41Folder 42 |
Frankfurther, Felix |
Folder 43-48
Folder 43Folder 44Folder 45Folder 46Folder 47Folder 48 |
Goldberg, Arthur |
Folder 49-52
Folder 49Folder 50Folder 51Folder 52 |
Harlan, John Marshall |
Folder 53 |
Holmes, Oliver Wendell |
Folder 54 |
Hughes, Charles |
Folder 55-64
Folder 55Folder 56Folder 57Folder 58Folder 59Folder 60Folder 61Folder 62Folder 63Folder 64 |
Marshall, Thurgood |
Folder 65 |
McKenna, Joseph |
Folder 66 |
McReynolds, James |
Folder 67-68
Folder 67Folder 68 |
Minton, Sherman |
Folder 69 |
Murphy, Frank |
Folder 70 |
Reed, Stanley |
Folder 71 |
Roberts, Owen |
Folder 72 |
Stone, Harlan |
Folder 73 |
Sutherland, George |
Folder 74 |
Taft, William Howard |
Folder 75 |
Van Devanter, Willis |
Folder 76 |
Vinson, Frederick |
Folder 77-92
Folder 77Folder 78Folder 79Folder 80Folder 81Folder 82Folder 83Folder 84Folder 85Folder 86Folder 87Folder 88Folder 89Folder 90Folder 91Folder 92 |
Warren, Earl |
Folder 93 |
Whittaker, Charles |
Folder 94-100
Folder 94Folder 95Folder 96Folder 97Folder 98Folder 99Folder 100 |
Supreme Court Exhibits |
Arrangement: by court number and alphabetically by government official's name.
Arrangement: by file number.
Folder 150 |
American Bar Association, general |
Folder 151-158
Folder 151Folder 152Folder 153Folder 154Folder 155Folder 156Folder 157Folder 158 |
ABA, 63-383 sections 1-8 |
Folder 159 |
ABA, 63-383-41x |
Folder 160 |
ABA, 63-383-118 |
Folder 161 |
ABA, 63-383-185 |
Folder 162-207
Folder 162Folder 163Folder 164Folder 165Folder 166Folder 167Folder 168Folder 169Folder 170Folder 171Folder 172Folder 173Folder 174Folder 175Folder 176Folder 177Folder 178Folder 179Folder 180Folder 181Folder 182Folder 183Folder 184Folder 185Folder 186Folder 187Folder 188Folder 189Folder 190Folder 191Folder 192Folder 193Folder 194Folder 195Folder 196Folder 197Folder 198Folder 199Folder 200Folder 201Folder 202Folder 203Folder 204Folder 205Folder 206Folder 207 |
ABA, 94-1-369 sections 1-5 |
Arrangement: by file number.
Folder 208-211
Folder 208Folder 209Folder 210Folder 211 |
Wiretapping, general |
Folder 212-273
Folder 212Folder 213Folder 214Folder 215Folder 216Folder 217Folder 218Folder 219Folder 220Folder 221Folder 222Folder 223Folder 224Folder 225Folder 226Folder 227Folder 228Folder 229Folder 230Folder 231Folder 232Folder 233Folder 234Folder 235Folder 236Folder 237Folder 238Folder 239Folder 240Folder 241Folder 242Folder 243Folder 244Folder 245Folder 246Folder 247Folder 248Folder 249Folder 250Folder 251Folder 252Folder 253Folder 254Folder 255Folder 256Folder 257Folder 258Folder 259Folder 260Folder 261Folder 262Folder 263Folder 264Folder 265Folder 266Folder 267Folder 268Folder 269Folder 270Folder 271Folder 272Folder 273 |
Wiretapping, 62-12114 volumes 1-62 |
Folder 274 |
Wiretapping, 62-12114 supplemental release |
Folder 275 |
Wiretapping, 62-12114 June mail |
Folder 276 |
Wiretapping, 62-1410-66-6200 |
Folder 277 |
Moore, Dan |
Folder 278 |
Kirks, Rowland |
Folder 279 |
Ku Klux Klan in Charlotte |
Folder 280 |
Los Angeles crime |
Folder 281 |
USSR games in Charlotte |
Folder 282-290
Folder 282Folder 283Folder 284Folder 285Folder 286Folder 287Folder 288Folder 289Folder 290 |
Lunch counter sit-ins, CE volumes 1-9 |
Folder 291-294
Folder 291Folder 292Folder 293Folder 294 |
Lunch counter sit-ins, HQ volumes 1-4 |
Folder 295-307
Folder 295Folder 296Folder 297Folder 298Folder 299Folder 300Folder 301Folder 302Folder 303Folder 304Folder 305Folder 306Folder 307 |
University of North Carolina Vietnam war protests |
Arrangement: by file number.
Folder 308-311
Folder 308Folder 309Folder 310Folder 311 |
Jencks decision, general |
Folder 312-326
Folder 312Folder 313Folder 314Folder 315Folder 316Folder 317Folder 318Folder 319Folder 320Folder 321Folder 322Folder 323Folder 324Folder 325Folder 326 |
Jencks decision, 62-104029 volumes 1-14 |
Charns's files on his lawsuit to acquire closed FBI documents.
Folder 327-337
Folder 327Folder 328Folder 329Folder 330Folder 331Folder 332Folder 333Folder 334Folder 335Folder 336Folder 337 |
Charns suit, general |
Folder 338-349
Folder 338Folder 339Folder 340Folder 341Folder 342Folder 343Folder 344Folder 345Folder 346Folder 347Folder 348Folder 349 |
Tolson settlement |
Folder 350-358
Folder 350Folder 351Folder 352Folder 353Folder 354Folder 355Folder 356Folder 357Folder 358 |
FBI FOIA policies |
Arrangement: by file number.
Photocopies of FBI files released to Charns after his successful lawsuit. These are labeled JEH O&C. They are referred to in the suit as J. Edgar Hoover official and confidential files.
Folder 359-472
Folder 359Folder 360Folder 361Folder 362Folder 363Folder 364Folder 365Folder 366Folder 367Folder 368Folder 369Folder 370Folder 371Folder 372Folder 373Folder 374Folder 375Folder 376Folder 377Folder 378Folder 379Folder 380Folder 381Folder 382Folder 383Folder 384Folder 385Folder 386Folder 387Folder 388Folder 389Folder 390Folder 391Folder 392Folder 393Folder 394Folder 395Folder 396Folder 397Folder 398Folder 399Folder 400Folder 401Folder 402Folder 403Folder 404Folder 405Folder 406Folder 407Folder 408Folder 409Folder 410Folder 411Folder 412Folder 413Folder 414Folder 415Folder 416Folder 417Folder 418Folder 419Folder 420Folder 421Folder 422Folder 423Folder 424Folder 425Folder 426Folder 427Folder 428Folder 429Folder 430Folder 431Folder 432Folder 433Folder 434Folder 435Folder 436Folder 437Folder 438Folder 439Folder 440Folder 441Folder 442Folder 443Folder 444Folder 445Folder 446Folder 447Folder 448Folder 449Folder 450Folder 451Folder 452Folder 453Folder 454Folder 455Folder 456Folder 457Folder 458Folder 459Folder 460Folder 461Folder 462Folder 463Folder 464Folder 465Folder 466Folder 467Folder 468Folder 469Folder 470Folder 471Folder 472 |
J. Edgar Hoover files, 1930s-1990s. |