Jesse Corcoran Adkins Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-006

Staff Only

Description

Correspondence, newspaper and journal articles, opinions of Jesse C. Adkins, who served as Assistant Attorney General of the U.S. and as judge on the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia during his 40-year judicial career. There are also circulation record books from GULL and a roll book from GULC. Adkins’ relationship to GULL is unclear from these materials. 25% of the collection deals with the 1913-1916 case, “U.S. vs. Corn Products Refining Co.,” which addressed possible violations of the Sherman Act.

Dates

1913 - 1953

Creator

Adkins, Jesse Corcoran (Creator, Person)

Access Note

This collection does contain some materials that are not open to the public.

Rights

Biography

Jesse Corcoran Adkins attend Georgetown’s night law program and received his bachelor of laws degree in 1899 and then in 1900 he received his masters of law. He was a part of the Georgetown Law faculty from 1908-1944. His areas of focus were equity, constitutional law and corporations. From 1905-1908 he was an assistant United States attorney and in 1912 he was elevated to Assistant Attorney General. He prosecuted anti-trust cases notably Corn Products Refining Co. and the New York, New Haven & Hartford Grand Trunk Railroads. He became the president of the District Bar Association in 1928. He was appointed by Herbert Hoover and served as associate justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia from 1930-1946. As a part of the Minimum Wage Board he was active in several cases, notably the Children’s Hospital vs. Jesse C. Adkins with Felix Frankfurter as of counsel.

Extent

2.8 linear feet (6 archival document boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into seven series.

Series I - U.S. vs. Corn Products Refining Co. et. al.
Series II - Opinions
Series III - Correspondence
Series IV - Minimum Wage Board Correspondence
Series V - Other Cases
Series VI - Career materials and writings
Series VII - Duplicates

Processing

Special Collections is processing these materials: i.e. removing acidic folders and replacing with acid-free folders, removing staples and clips, flattening creased documents, and recording each folder content on inventory list.