WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF RECORDS
MANAGEMENT
Subject File, 1981-89
FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT-ORGANIZATIONS: JUDICIAL BRANCH
DESCRIPTION OF SECONDARY FILE
CODES
ALL CATEGORIES
ARE AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH USE
FG050 Judicial Branch (3.2 ft.;
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to Justice department
material concerning support for Reagan judicial nominees; complaints or support
for particular sitting judges; supporting qualified women nominees; supporting
pro-life nominees; the need to fill judicial vacancies expeditiously; mid-term
reports on Reagan administration judicial selection process; various
legislation covering the appointment, administration and adjudication proposed
for the judicial branch such as the Federal Court Improvement Act of 1983; the
Bankruptcy Court Reform Act Amendments of 1984; Federal Court Security;
Judicial Branch Improvements Act, Judicial Retirement; etc.
This category also contains a number of agendas, background information
and summaries of decisions from the President’s Federal Judicial Selection
Committee.
FG051 Supreme Court of the
United States (6.4 l.ft., Box 9-24)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to the selection and
possible appointment to the Supreme Court of Sandra Day O’Connor, Antonin Scalia, Robert Bork, Douglas Ginsburg, and Anthony
Kennedy; and the elevation of William Rehnquist to Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court. In addition, this category
contains material regarding the public campaign to put pro-life judges on the
Supreme Court; the proposed Intercircuit Tribunal;
White House reactions to specific Supreme Court decisions; the formal opening
of the Supreme Court; Supreme Court Police Protection; S. 833 (Supreme Court
discretion to review new cases); preparation of swearing-in ceremonies; S.952
(restricting selection of cases for Supreme Court review), and retirement
letters from Justice Stewart, Chief Justice Burger, and Justice Powell.
FG052 Courts of Appeal, United States (4.3 l.ft.;
Box 25-35)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to judge candidate
reviews, potential judicial nominee’s questionnaires, briefing books, and
standard nomination packets regarding the possible selection and/or nomination
of judges to the United States Courts of Appeal. This subject category includes
material relating to the federal
Court of Appeals for the
Effective
October 1, 1982, the United States Claims Court and the United States Court of
Customs and Patent Appeals were overhauled and repositioned as the new United
States Court of Claims (FG054) and the new United States Court of Appeals for
the Federal District (FG055). With the confusion over two federal courts
designated “appeals” courts, the Reagan White House had a considerable amount
of mis-classified material within FG052 (Courts of
Appeal). This material has been
transferred to FG055 (US Court of Appeals for the Federal District).
FG053 District
Courts, United States (7.6
l.ft.; Box 35-54)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to the recommendation of individuals for
District Court openings;
judicial personal data questionnaires for various candidates for District
Courts; the
nomination papers for selected
candidates, concern over the housing of District Courts in New York City and
Los Angeles; resignation letters from retiring District judges and public
support or opposition to various
candidates for District Court openings.
FG054 Court of Claims, United
States (.7 l.ft.; Box 54-56)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to potential nominee’s
judicial questionnaires regarding possible selection and/or nomination of
judges to the United States Court of Claims and standard nomination packets; S.1700,
and H.R. 4482 (later to be called the Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982);
administration of the new court, an opening ceremony for the new court; the
legality of the new court; a
later salary/retirement amendment to
the FCIA; and the possible elevation of the new Court of Claims judges to
Article III status.
Note: With
the passage of the Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982, effective October 1,
1982, the United States Claims Court and the United States Court of Customs and
Patent Appeals were overhauled and repositioned as the new United States Court
of Claims (FG054) and the new United States Court of Appeals for the Federal
District (FG055). All material at the
Reagan Library has been filed by the new court designations.
FG055 United States Court of
Appeals for the Federal District (1
l.ft; Box 56-58)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to standard nomination
packets; potential nominee’s judicial questionnaires; discussions of possible
selection and/or nomination of judges to the United States Court of Appeals for
the Federal District. In addition, this
category contains material regarding H.R. 4482 (the Federal Courts Improvement
Act of 1982), the jurisdiction of the new Court of Appeals for the Federal
District, judicial retirement letters and discussions of the difficulties
raised in nominating Sherman Unger for this court. Most of this subject
category consists of transferred material misclassified by the White House
Office of Records Management within FG052 (Courts of
Note: With the passage of the Federal Courts
Improvement Act of 1982, effective October 1, 1982, the United States Claims
Court and the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals were overhauled
and repositioned as the new United States Court of Claims (FG054) and the new
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal District (FG055). All material at the Reagan Library has been
filed by the new court designations.
FG056 United States Court of International Trade (.2 l.ft;
Box 59)
This
secondary subject category contains material regarding standard nomination
packets; discussions of possible selection and/or nomination of judges to the
United States Court of International Trade; personnel matters at the Court
after the sudden death of Judge Scovel Richardson; judicial
retirement; selection process of the judges for this court and comments on H.R.
2183 (amending Title 28) granting judges on this court membership in the
Judicial Conference of the United States.
FG057 Court of Military
Appeals, United States (1 l.ft.; Box 59-60)
This
secondary subject category contains material regarding possible selection
and/or nomination of judges to the United States Court of Military Appeals; judicial
retirement; and the removal and/or disability retirement of Judge Albert
Fletcher from the Court of Military Appeals.
FG058 United States Tax Court
(1.4 l.ft.;
Box 60-61)
This
secondary subject category contains material regarding standard nomination
packets regarding possible selection and/or nomination of judges to the United
States Tax Court.
FG059 Courts of the District of
Columbia (1 folder; Box 61)
This
secondary subject category contains material regarding discussions of H.R.
3655, a bill adding judges to the D.C.
Superior Court and raising mandatory retirement age; and H.R. 3578
(District of Columbia Judicial Efficiency and Improvement Act of 1986). There were a number of misclassifications by
the White House Office of Records Management within this category and they have
been reclassified by the Reagan Library.
FG059-01 District of Columbia Court of Appeals (.2 l.ft.; Box
61-62)
This
secondary subject category contains material regarding standard D.C. court
nomination packets regarding possible selection and/or nomination of judges to
the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
FG059-02 Superior Court of the
District of Columbia (.4 l.ft.; Box 62-63)
This
secondary subject category contains standard D.C. court nomination packets
regarding possible selection and/or nomination of judges to the Superior Court
of the District of Columbia; judicial retirement, disability and reviews; H.R. 3655 and the addition of judges to the
D.C. Superior Court; H.R. 6007 (expansion of Small Claims Court) and H.R. 2946
(District of Columbia Jury System Act).
FG060 Administrative Office of
the U.S. Courts (1 folder, Box
63)
This
secondary subject category contains transmittal letters for the Annual Report of the United Sates
Courts.
FG061 Federal Judicial Center (empty)
The
White House Office of Records Management transferred no material within this
secondary subject category to the Reagan Library.