Elbert Tuttle oral history interview, September 21, 1992

Item — othertype: Oral History

Identifier: TuttleE_19920921_P1992-16

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Elbert Tuttle oral history interview

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Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Cliff Kuhn. Among topics discussed: Outrigger Canoe Club; meeting wife; settling in Atlanta; Atlanta Chamber of Commerce; national political conventions; black Republicans; post office Republicans; housing in Atlanta; cleaning voter registration lists; county unit system; Republicans in Atlanta, 1950; Bob Snodgrass; Helen Mankin election; Judge Robert Carpenter; Johnson v. Zerbst; politics 1952; credentials dispute; Roy Foster; patronage; Eisenhower campaign; Fifth Circuit Court; Judge Hutcheson; discussion of cases; appeals process; stalling desegregation; appointment of Judge Elliott; Judge Cameron; "The Four"; court packing; Baker v. Carr; Wesberry v. Sanders; county unit system; racial cases; Judge Gewin; Julian Bond case; Sloppy Floyd; anti‑war cases; Jack Bass; habeas corpus; civil rights cases; issuing injunctions; Ralph McGill; desegregation at Rich's lunch counter.

Dates

Creation: September 21, 1992

Creator

Tuttle, Elbert P. (Elbert Parr), 1897-1996 (Interviewee, Person)

Restrictions on Access

Oral history available for research.

Biographical Note

Elbert Tuttle (1897-1996) served as a Justice on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals from 1954 to 1968, as Chief Justice of the Fifth Circuit from 1961‑1968, and has served as Senior Justice of the Fifth Circuit (reorganized into the Eleventh Circuit as of October 1, 1981) from 1968 to his death in 1996.