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Legal briefs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

People's Canal & Irrigation Company vs. State of Idaho brief, 1896 December 14

 Item — Box 2: Series 3; Series 4; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197239274704], Folder: 6
Identifier: UA 1093 Series 5 Item 100
Scope and Contents

Brief for the defendant in the case of The People's Canal & Irrigation Company vs. The State of Idaho. Dated Decemer 14, 1896.

Dates: 1896 December 14
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1093, Office of the President correspondence / Benjamin Cluff Jr. business correspondence

Records on the Mayfield Case, date of production not identified

 File — Box 26: Series 18 [Barcode: 31197233277828], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 18 File 8
Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1511, Russell family papers / Samuel Russell, Jr. political files

Rex E. Lee arguments files, 1981-1985

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2017 Series 5 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains argument drafts for cases prosecuted during Lee's service as United States Solicitor General.

Dates: 1981-1985
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / MSS 2017, Rex E. Lee papers / Rex E. Lee papers on Solicitor General

Rex E. Lee briefs for Supreme Court, 1979-1984

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2017 Series 5 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains copies of briefs for the Supreme Court prepared by Lee during his term as Solicitor General. Files are numbered 80-89 to 84-5797. Materials date from between 1979 and 1984.

Dates: 1979-1984
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / MSS 2017, Rex E. Lee papers / Rex E. Lee papers on Solicitor General

Rex E. Lee legal files, 1910-1996

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2017 Series 6 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains briefs, case documents, and other documents related to Lee's legal career. Includes cases argued in the United States Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals, Arizona Supreme Court, and Arizona Court of Appeals. Materials date from between 1910 and 1996.

Dates: 1910-1996
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / MSS 2017, Rex E. Lee papers / Rex E. Lee papers on Office of the President

Samuel Russell, Jr. political files, between 1902 and 1954

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 18
Scope and Contents

Contains bills and resolutions, articles by Samuel Russell, Jr. on politics, taxes and trade, and other topics, National Bureau of Standards reports and documents on weights and measures, Supreme Court briefs, fiscal relations within the United States, records on the Mayfield case. Most materials dated 1902 to 1930; others probably created between 1904 and 1954.

Dates: Other: between 1902 and 1954
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1511, Russell family papers

Transfer of junior colleges legal briefs and referendums, 1951-1955

 File — Box 77: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197239263434], Folder: 4
Identifier: UA 1086 Series 1 Sub-Series 28 File 10
Dates: 1951-1955
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1086, Office of the President records / Office of the President records / Office of the President records on junior colleges

Utah Supreme Court records

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231036663]
Identifier: UA 253
Scope and Contents

Contains a plaintiffs' brief in the case of Brigham Young University and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company vs. Industrial Commission of Utah and Geneva Speakman, widow of W. D. Speakman, et al.

Dates: 1928
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Utah Supreme Court records

Vernon Romney correspondence, memos, and legal papers, 1970

 File — Box 554: Series 13 [Barcode: 31197239262204], Folder: 6
Identifier: UA 1086 Series 13 Sub-Series 8 File 4
Dates: 1970
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1086, Office of the President records / Office of the President records / Office of the President records on public relations

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