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Hancock, Stewart F., Jr. - Clip 01

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Cornell University Law School Heritage Project
Author
Hancock, Stewart F., Jr.
Martin, Peter W.
Abstract

From the video archives of the Cornell Law School Heritage Project. The interviewer is Peter W. Martin; the videographer, Jaesuk Yoo. This video covers Stewart Hancock's experiences as a law student, his time in private practice and as municipal attorney, his run for Congress, and his career as a New York State judge, beginning at the trial level and ending up on the New York Court of Appeals. (Duration 58:08) The initial phase of this project was sponsored by a generous grant from the law firm of Sutherland Asbill and Brennan LLP.

Date Issued
2005-06-11
Publisher
Cornell Law School
Keywords
Hancock, Stewart F., Jr.
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LLB 1950
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Naval service
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Veterans in the law school student body
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GI Bill
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Whiteside, Horace E.
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Korean War
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MacDonald, John W.
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Curtiss, W. David
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Laube, Herbert D.
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Experience as a New York judge
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Cornell Law Quarterly
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Farnham, William H.
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Storey, Elizabeth
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Riggs, Henderson
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Larson, Arthur
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Freeman, Harrop
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Hancock & Estabrook
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Litigation experience
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Walsh, William F.
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Municipal counsel
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Involvement in local politics
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Accepting challenges
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Republican candidate for Congress, 1966
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Campaigning
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Appointed by Governor Rockefeller to Supreme Court, 1971
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Supreme Court, Appellate Division
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New York Court of Appeals
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Changes in the work of trial judge
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Relationship with court attendants and lawyers
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Booth, Erwin
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Challenge of presiding over a well-tried jury trial
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Judicial collegiality
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Wachtler, Sol
Type
video/moving image

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