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Gasch, Oliver

 Person

Biographical Note

From Wikipedia:

Born in Washington, D.C., Gasch received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Princeton University in 1928 and a Bachelor of Laws from George Washington University Law School in 1932. He was in private practice in Washington, D.C. from 1932. He was an assistant corporation counsel for the city of Washington, D.C. from 1937 to 1953. He was general counsel to the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin from 1940 to 1960. He served in the United States Army during World War II, from 1942 to 1946, achieving the rank of lieutenant colonel in the JAG Corps. He was a principal Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1953 to 1956, and was then the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1956 to 1961. He was in private practice in Washington, D.C. from 1961 to 1965.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Judge Oliver Gasch Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-008
Description Papers from the chambers of Judge Oliver Gasch, United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The collection includes case files, correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, and miscellany. Case files include twelve cases identified as among the most memorable of Judge Gasch's career: Al-Fulaij, et ano v. Middendorf, et al. and Financial General Bankshares v. Lance, et al. (Bank of Credit and Commerce International), In Re: Melvin Belli, Female Union Band Association, et al....
Dates: 1953 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1963 - 1993