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A Texas Supreme Court Trilogy, Volume 2:
Oral History Interview With the Honorable JOE R. GREENHILL, SR.
Interviewed by H. W. Brands, January to May 1986
Contents
- Childhood in Houston · Undergraduate & law studies
at The University of Texas
- First job as an attorney in Houston · Briefing attorney
at the Texas Supreme Court · Early products liability cases
· The Commission of Appeals and its judges ·
Judicial elections · The Sweatt v. Painter case
- With the law firm of Graves, Dougherty & Greenhill ·
Litigating groundwater rights in Texas · Managing Price
Daniel's campaign for the U.S. Senate
- Oil & gas law cases as an attorney and Texas Supreme Court Justice
· Appointment as Associate Justice · The work of
the Court · Developments in tort law
- Greenhill's judicial philosophy · Tort reform
· Case management in Texas' appellate courts ·
Briefing attorneys · Election as Chief Justice ·
Problems with judicial elections
- Reforming judicial elections
With "A Historical Postscript" by Joe R. Greenhill, Sr.
