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Author:

Morris, Jeffrey Brandon, 1941-

Title:

Establishing justice in Middle America : a history of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit / Jeffrey Brandon Morris ; foreword by William H. Webster.

Publisher:

University of Minnesota Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xx, 441 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

United States.--Court of Appeals (8th Circuit)--History.

Other Authors:

Historical Society of the United States Courts in the Eighth Circuit

Notes:

"Published for the Historical Society of the United States Courts in the Eighth Circuit." Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-414) and index.

Contents:

"An empire in itself": the Eighth Circuit before 1891 -- The early years, 1891-1929 -- The Sanborn Court, 1929-1959 -- The era of the Warren Court, 1956-1969 -- The moderately liberal court in the 1970s -- "Debate, differences, and a robust exchange of ideas": the Eighth Circuit during the 1980s -- Leaving the old century and entering the new.

ISBN:

0816648174 (pb : alk. paper)
9780816648177 (pb : alk. paper)
0816648166 (hc : alk. paper)
9780816648160 (hc : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)141854941

LCCN:

2007023934

Locations:

N3AX771 -- Drake Law School Library (Des Moines)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)