Rare Books & Special Collections
A Texas Supreme Court Trilogy Volume 1:
Oral History Interview With the Honorable ROBERT W. CALVERT
Interviewed by H. W. Brands, December 1985 to April 1986
Contents
- Childhood in the Corsicana State Home · Undergraduate
& law studies at The University of Texas
- Law practice in Hillsboro · The bench & bar of Hill
County
- Election to the Texas House of Representatives ·
Prohibition & parimutuel betting · Ma & Pa Ferguson
· First race for the Speakership
- Speaker of the Texas House · Governors Allred &
O'Daniel · Calvert the campaign manager · Chair of
the Texas Democratic Party
- Democrats v. Dixiecrats in the Texas Democratic Party ·
The LBJ-Stevenson U.S. Senate race and Box 13
- Election to the Texas Supreme Court · George Parr, the
"Duke of Duval"
- Learning the ropes in the Texas Supreme Court · The
Court's work week · Briefing attorneys · Judicial
philosophy · Election as Chief Justice
- Significant judicial opinions · Developments in tort law
& family law · The role of the Chief Justice ·
Judicial elections and campaign finance
- Retirement from the bench · Accomplishments ·
The Texas Constitutional Revision Commission · Tort reform
