![]() ![]() ![]() Justice Voelker: Let me try.Roger Lane.L-a-n-e. Justice Voelker: Let's get this over with first. Lane: He may have been there before you came. He was an unusual candidate, an unusual guy. Justice Voelker: If I knew that, I had forgotten it because I was an admirer of Him? Was he there when you were? Justice Voelker: No. Out the same law firm as Adlai Stevenson? Did you happen to cross paths with Law firm.that's just a sticker to reminder you of a guy's name.you come Lane: Do you know.I suppose you do.that you come out of the same Justice Voelker: That's right, and earlier. Lane: Who are we talking about "what happened to the old charactersĪnd how they got crowded out by television" and you were recalling the way it What, farming, this, that, and there were still Justices of the Peace in thoseĭays, some of whom couldn't even read, let alone speak English and I'd travelĪround these various counties, I mean townships.and what the Hell was I going One of theīiggest copies east of the Mississippi and mixed lobbying, mining, God knows "Oscar, the Attorney", we call it poetically in Michigan. This "Anatomy of a Murder" thing came out while I was on Judge." Can you imagine that? Justice Voelker: Yeah. We're trying to determine your fitness to be a Voelker, what is this you wrote in the book about 'Big Annie'? Would you kindlyĮxplain all of this to us again. Lane: Can you imagine Charlie Feenstra sitting there in front of youĪnd you're in the chair and the lights are bright and he is saying, "Now, Mr. I probably would have had a judge, and I would have covered Liked it when you were appointed back in.? Justice Voelker: I think I would have not taken it as well as he did or asĬalmly as he did. How would you like to go through the confirmation process? How would you have Lane: How would you like to be Judge Souter down there in Congress? Some of them were fanatics in a way, fanatics of booze and To "shut up and study", and this and that. Have had a urge that I was attracted to them. The place was crawling with them when I was a kid, and I must Something, but the real old local characters, you probably had them where you They are out-talked by the T.V.Īnd the rest of it. Lane: Did you? Justice Voelker: Yeah, I was a kid, but there used to be characters all over.Ĭharacters are disappearing.local characters. Justice Voelker: I knew most of these guys. Justice Voelker talks about the books he has written (underĪnd the atmosphere and workings of the court. He briefly discusses Justice George Edwards before the end of Hildabridle case, quoting from the opinion he wrote in part to clarify that he Justice Voelker continues to discuss the People vs. Supreme Court, decision making on the court, and the case of People vs. He discusses the election of 1957 and his resignation from the Reads a selection from his book, Laughing Whitefish, describing the SupremeĬourt room. and case experiences as a District Attorney, and then he Justice Voelker talks about the election of 1957 against His discusses his appointment to the Supreme Court in 1957Īnd the atmosphere and workings of the court. The pseudonym Robert Traver), his family life in Ishpeming, and his educationalĪnd work background. Michigan Contents Justice Voelker talks about the books he has written (under VOELKER Sponsored by Michigan Supreme Court Historical date of changes corrector who made the changes what was done Interview with JOHN D. Society and the Michigan State University Libraries' Digital & MultimediaĬenter. In 2002 theĭigitization was performed as a joint project of the Michigan Historical Transcripts were produced by the Society. Sponsored a series of oral history interviews with retired Michigan SupremeĬourt justices. Length of interview transcript: 1990 In 1990-1991, the Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society Lane Sponsored by the Michigan Supreme Court Historical URL for Digital & Multimedia Center website: Publicly accessible from the Michigan State University Multimedia Center 2001 East Lansing, Michigan Michigan State University Libraries, Digital & Michigan State University Libraries, Digital & Historical Society Creation of digital sound files: Michigan State University Libraries, Digital & Multimedia & Multimedia Center Henry Lau, 2002 Coleman Intern, Michigan Supreme Court Lane, interviewer Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society Angela Bergman, Executive Director Conversion to TEI.2 conformant markup: Ruth Ann Jones, Michigan State University Libraries, Digital ![]()
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