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  New Georgia Encyclopedia: Elbert Parr Tuttle (1897-1996)
Tuttle was a perfect jurist for the challenge: he possessed great personal courage, sound judgment, and a belief in common law development.
Tuttle was born in Pasadena, California, on July 17, 1897, and in 1906 he moved with his family to Hawaii, where his father, Guy Harmon Tuttle, had accepted a position as bookkeeper on a sugar plantation.
Tuttle was president of his senior class, and after graduation he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1918 as a "Flying Cadet" in the artillery's observation corps.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Elbert Tuttle
Tuttle was a reporter for the New York Evening World for several years while going though law school.
Tuttle was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity.
Tuttle served in World War II and was awarded numerous medals for his service including the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, and the Bronze Service Arrowhead.
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  Elbert Tuttle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tuttle was a reporter for the New York Evening World for several years while going though law school.
Tuttle served in World War II and was awarded numerous medals for his service including the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, and the Bronze Service Arrowhead.
Tuttle was soon appointed to the Fifth Circuit, where he had a role in many cases involving Civil Rights.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elbert_Tuttle   (248 words)

  
 Elbert
Mount Elbert is one of the tallest mountains in the United States of Amer...
Elbert, Texas Elbert is a town located in 2000 census, the town had a total population of 56.
Elbert County Elbert County is the name of several counties in the United States: Elbert County, Colorado Elbert County,...
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 Worcester, Massachusetts Attorney Elbert Tuttle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Elbert Tuttle is of counsel to the firm and concentrates his practice in the areas of civil litigation, mediation and arbitration.
Tuttle served as a judge in Framingham District Court from 1973-1982 and as a justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court from 1982-1992.
Tuttle is a graduate of Boston University (B.S. in B.A. 1953) and Boston University School of Law (LLB 1957, Master of Law in Taxation 1976).
www.ftwlaw.com /attorneys/tuttle.html   (140 words)

  
 Jack Bass, Death of Judge Tuttle: A Hero Of Desegregation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
One of Judge Elbert Tuttle's earliest memories involved sitting as a small child with his mother on the front porch of their home in Washington.
After a full day with Judge Tuttle, then in his late 80s, what came through was the modest grace and pure integrity that permeated his life: He was a battlefield hero, a professional and civic leader, a sportsman, a family man and a judicial giant.
Under Tuttle's leadership, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals became a trailblazing court that transformed the bare-bones decision of the Supreme Court's school desegregation decision into a broad mandate for racial justice.
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 Obituary - Judge Elbert Parr Tuttle
Judge Elbert Parr Tuttle, a longtime federal judge and a Cornell trustee emeritus, died June 23 at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta.
Tuttle, who was called by The Atlanta Constitution "perhaps the most influential civil rights judge in Southern history," ordered the integration of the University of Georgia in 1961 as chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Tuttle became a member of the Cornell Board of Trustees in 1946 and served for 23 years, becoming an emeritus trustee in 1969.
www.news.cornell.edu /chronicle/96/7.11.96/obit.html   (235 words)

  
 The Third Branch
Senior Judge Elbert P. Tuttle (11th Cir.), who died last week at the age of 98, was believed to be the oldest working federal judge in the history of the country.
Tuttle authored his last opinion about a year ago, and as recently as eight months ago, helped the busy U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit screen cases.
Born in 1897, Judge Tuttle was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (which later was divided into the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits) in 1954 by President Eisenhower.
www.uscourts.gov /ttb/jul96ttb/tuttle.htm   (436 words)

  
 Elbert Parr Tuttle papers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Judge Elbert Parr Tuttle was appointed to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court in New Orleans in 1954.
Under Tuttle's leadership, the 5th Circuit became the trailblazer that transformed the bare-bones decisions of the Supreme Court's school desegregation decision into a broad mandate for social change.
Tuttle moved to the new 11th Circuit and later became a senior judge sitting on appeals panels until he retired from the bench in 1995, at the age of 96.
specialcollections.library.emory.edu /projects-tuttle.html   (184 words)

  
 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Elbert Parr Tuttle (1897-1996)
Tuttle was a perfect jurist for the challenge: he possessed great personal courage, sound judgment, and a belief in common law development.
Tuttle was born in Pasadena, California, on July 17, 1897, and in 1906 he moved with his family to Hawaii, where his father, Guy Harmon Tuttle, had accepted a position as bookkeeper on a sugar plantation.
Tuttle was president of his senior class, and after graduation he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1918 as a "Flying Cadet" in the artillery's observation corps.
eridanus.gsu.edu /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2738   (1217 words)

  
 Tuttle
Horace Parnell Tuttle Horace Parnell Tuttle (astronomer, and brother of Charles Wesley Tuttle.
Tuttle, North Dakota Tuttle is a city located in 2000 census, the city had a total population of 106.
Tuttle, Oklahoma Tuttle is a city located in 2000 census, the city had a total population of 4,294.
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 Hawaiian History Moments
Tuttle, and the boys built their own home on 6th Avenue in Kaimuki.
Elbert held the tail off the ground while Malcolm lifted the wings over his head and ran down the hill.
Elbert became an Army Air Corps pilot and a lawyer and judge and still lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
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 Sutherland's Elbert P. Tuttle Courtroom Opens with Full Courtroom Features and State-of-the-Art Technology. - HighBeam ...
Courtroom namesake Elbert P. Tuttle, one of the firm's founding attorneys, served on the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals from 1954 to 1968.
Judge Tuttle's bold and courageous rulings during his years on the bench exercised great influence during the Civil Rights Era, improving American society for future generations.
Emanuel, who clerked for Judge Tuttle in 1975-1976, is the author of an upcoming biography profiling Judge Tuttle.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1G1-155303761.html   (502 words)

  
 History of the Court of Appeals
Elbert Tuttle was a most extraordinary man. He lived not one, but really four full lives, setting a standard of excellence in each that few, even separately, could ever match.
Tuttle was a truly complete person whom untold numbers admired and respected.
Judge Tuttle wrote in a crisp, simple and precise style that was influenced both by his early career as a journalist and his military experiences.
www.ca11.uscourts.gov /about/remembertuttle.php   (1519 words)

  
 GSA - Elbert P. Tuttle U.S. Court of Appeals Building, Atlanta, Georgia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Tuttle saw combat in the Pacific Theater during World War II and earned numer-ous awards for his service.
President Dwight Eisenhower appointed Tuttle to a judgeship on the U.S. Court of Appeals (Fifth Circuit) in 1954.
Tuttle heard numerous civil rights cases involving voter registration, civil liberties, school desegregation, and job discrimination.
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 DJC.COM: ELBERT PARR TUTTLE, LANDMARK CIVIL RIGHTS JUDGE, DEAD AT 98, provided by Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
Tuttle died of kidney failure Sunday at a hospital in his hometown.
Tuttle, a Republican, was appointed to the 5th Circuit by President Eisenhower in August 1954.
Tuttle became a judge on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta in 1981 after the 5th Circuit's jurisdiction was split.
www.djc.com /news/business/10011541.html   (287 words)

  
 Rogers & Hardin - News
Established in 1998 by the ADL, The Tuttle Award honors members in the legal community who exemplify Tuttle’s and the League's dedication to justice and equality.
Elbert P. Tuttle served as a member of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits from 1954-1967 and was Chief Judge of the Fifth circuit from 1960-1967.
Judge Tuttle was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1981 and upon his death in 1998 was lauded as bringing "honor to his calling and justice to millions of Americans."
www.rh-law.com /rhnewsitem.asp?id=19   (297 words)

  
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Malcolm and Elbert Tuttle arrived in Honolulu on the S.S.Sierra, on September 23, 1907.(6) Their father, Guy, brought the family to Hawaii because he was looking for a chance to make a better life for himself.(7) Before the boys were born, Guy had worked in Washington, D.C., as a clerk in the War Department.
In this way, the Tuttle brothers' glider flights and model airplanes were not only significant historically, but they contributed to the advancement of aviation in Hawaii in general.
The story of Malcolm and Elbert Tuttle was written and researched by Kin Hylton with the assistance of Mary Lou Perez (Hylton).
www.lava.net /~kelea/writings/tuttlepaper.htm   (2121 words)

  
 Law.com - Sutherland Asbill Launches Mock Courtroom
The courtroom was named after Judge Elbert P. Tuttle, one of the firm's founders and a longtime judge on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that carried out the U.S. Supreme Court's rulings striking down Jim Crow laws.
(Tuttle later served on the 11th Circuit, which was carved from the 5th in 1981.)
Chandler said the Tuttle courtroom's technology is useful, even though most real courtrooms are not as high-tech.
www.law.com /jsp/article.jsp?id=1166004316196   (726 words)

  
 Jack Bass - Unlikely Heroes
Judges Elbert P. Tuttle, John Minor Wisdom, Richard T. Rives, and John R. Brown operated in the eye of a storm, making the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals the institutional equivalent of the civil rights movement itself.
Tuttle in Georgia, Wisdom in Louisiana, Brown in Texas, and Johnson in Alabama all played leadership roles in the 1952 campaign to nominate and then elect President Dwight Eisenhower.
As chief judge in the 1960s, Tuttle recognized that state officials were using delay as a tactical weapon in a strategy aimed at wearing down outside forces of change.
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 ZoomInfo Web Profile: Elbert Tuttle
Founded in 1924 as Sutherland & Tuttle by William Sutherland and Elbert Tuttle, it was in the tax field that the firm first established a national reputation.
Bill Sutherland, who once served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Brandeis, and Elbert Tuttle, who became a judge on the United States Court of Appeals and was later awarded the Presidential Medal of Honor, were only the first of a long line of Sutherland attorneys to deliver exemplary performance.
During the early years, the firm was engaged in general practice and was active in many civil rights matters including the landmark Supreme Court case of Johnson v.
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 Ancestors of Early Burk(e) Families of Russell County, VA
He was in Green Co., GA in 1786-87; in Elbert Co., GA in 1792-93; in Green Co., GA in 1796; in Jackson Co., GA in 1799; and in Franklin Co., GA in 1812.
(Elbert was formed from Wilkes in 1790.) Fleming was a witness on a deed of sale on March 10, 1794 from Thomas Sr.
Rebecca Tuttle died either in Boone Co., MO or in Randolph Co., MO at the home of her son.
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 Neutral Assignment of Judges at the Court of Appeals
He confirmed that Judge Tuttle had for a time instructed him not to include Judge Cameron on any race cases "for reasons of health, or so I then understood."   That, however, was no longer the case.
Judge Tuttle reminded the judges that he had told both Bell and Gewin back in 1961 that, to prevent unnecessarily jeopardizing their appointments,   they would be steered away from race cases pending final approval from the Senate.
Judge Tuttle indicated that he would adopt normal procedures in Mississippi, but would not relinquish his discretion in particular cases.
www.law.du.edu /courts/Jones_Article.htm   (6658 words)

  
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Senior Judge Elbert P. Tuttle, who died last week at the age of 98, was believed to be the oldest working federal judge in the history of the country.
Judge Tuttle authored his last opinion about a year ago, and as recently as eight months ago, helped the busy U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit screen cases.
Judge Tuttle was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Edward J. Devitt Distinguished Service to Justice Award, and the Legion of Merit Bronze Star and the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster for service during World War II.
www.uscourts.gov /Press_Releases/tuttle.htm   (513 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Tuttle
Tuttle, Bill — of Drayton, Pembina County, N.Dak. Democrat.
Tuttle, Elbert Parr (1897-1996) — also known as Elbert P. Tuttle — of Atlanta,
Tuttle, Hiram Americus (1837-1911) — of New Hampshire.
politicalgraveyard.com /bio/tuttle.html   (459 words)

  
 Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Survivors include: Her husband, Kay R. Fancher, of Tuttle; four children: Shane Fancher, of Alva, Cynthia Fancher, of Alex, Scott Fancher, of Tuttle, and Todd Fancher, of Oklahoma City; one sister, Freda N. Roberts, of Oklahoma City; one grandson, Justin K. Fancher, of Tuttle.
Interment was in the Fairview Cemetery, Tuttle, Oklahoma, under the direction of Sevier Funeral Home of Tuttle.
Edith Sorrels was born November 5, 1923, in Cotton County, OK, to Joseph Watson Copeland and Bernettia (South) Copeland, and died Friday, December 17, 2004, in Tuttle, OK. Lois attended school in Temple, OK. She married Donald Edward Sorrels, Sr.
www.tuttletimes.com /viewarticle.php?id=440   (1285 words)

  
 United States Senator - Lamar Alexander
Judges Tuttle and Rives and Brown and Wisdom were real heroes during that time.
He is a worthy successor to the court of Judge Wisdom, Judge Tuttle, Judge Rives and Judge Brown.
All the evidence supports the fact that Charles Pickering is a worthy successor on the Fifth Circuit to the court of Judge John Minor Wisdom, Judge Elbert Tuttle, Judge Richard Rives and Judge John R. Brown.
alexander.senate.gov /index.cfm?FuseAction=Speeches.Detail&Speech_id=59&Month=10&Year=2003   (1382 words)

  
 The 'Friend and Monitor' - January 13, 1815
The subscribers to the Washington Library, are requested to meet at the library room, on Saturday evening, the 21st instant, prepared to pay their annual tax, and elect some new officers.
ALSO, a free man of colour by the name of PETER HARPER, will be hired out for a term of time that will satisfy his tax as a defaulter for 1813-tax due, 8 dollars 53 cents.
Will be sold, on the first Tuesday in February next at the Court-house in Elbert county, between the hours of ten and three o'clock, the following property-viz.
www.giddeon.com /wilkes/newspapers/friend-and-monitor/1815-01-13.shtml   (1861 words)

  
 MJR&L Current Issue
Professor Emanuel eloquently tells the story of the desegregation of the University of Georgia by Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter and explains how the unyielding convictions of Judge Elbert Tuttle, Chief Judge of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals helped bring about this momentous event.
The order in the UGA case would prove to be quintessential Tuttle — swift, decisive, well-grounded in the law, brooking to interference with constitutional rights, insisting on fundamental fairness.
Tuttle never even had his order published in the Federal Reporter, the repository for opinions of the Circuit Courts of Appeal.
students.law.umich.edu /mjrl/previousissues/vol5-1abstracts.htm   (1550 words)

  
 Bloomberg.com: Bloomberg Columnists
The courthouse is named for Elbert Parr Tuttle, a leader among the legendary federal judges who forced the South to desegregate.
That court, which covered territory from Florida through Texas, had 26 judges before it was split in 1981 to form the three-state 11th Circuit based in Atlanta, leaving the 5th Circuit with the other three.
Tuttle and Johnson were among the 5th Circuit judges who were moved into the 11th Circuit.
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