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President Roosevelt sends Senator Platt several documents relating to the appointment of judges to the circuit court in Chicago. Roosevelt also sends documents related to the accusations against Judge Christian C. Kohlsaat, whom Roosevelt has recommended for promotion.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-18
President Roosevelt corrects newspaper reports regarding the appointment of circuit court judges in Chicago for Victor F. Lawson of the Chicago Daily News. Roosevelt outlines his thinking regarding the decision between appointing several men, and future plans for potential appointees who are not appointed at this time.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-13
Attorney General Moody received Secretary of War Taft’s letter forwarding one from Governor Edward Wallis Hoch regarding the appointment of Judge J. T. Dickerson to the District Court. Moody thinks President Roosevelt will not take this matter up until at or before statehood is consummated. Moody further offers Taft a few considerations regarding the appointment of a judge to the United States Supreme Court to fill Judge Henry Billings Brown’s vacancy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-27
The report outlines the limits of injunctions in a decision handed down by the United States 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. The decision was made in a case between the Iron Molders’ Union of North America and the Allis-Chalmers Company. On the advice of then-Secretary of War William H. Taft, the Union appealed and limits were placed on the injunctions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-16