Hamilton, Orris Lee Papers, 1953-1978

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Orris Lee Hamilton
Papers, 1953-1978

The Orris Lee Hamilton papers were donated to Washington State University Libraries in June, 1979 (MS 79-28) by Justice Hamilton. They were processed in October-November, 1983 by Paul Green.

Number of containers: 10
Linear feet of shelf space: 9
Approximate number of items: 1760

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Justice Orris L. Hamilton was born in Prosser, Washington, on November 10, 1914. He attended Washington College of Law at American University, and was awarded an LL.B. there in 1940. His legal career included practice with law firms in Seattle and Prosser followed by elected positions as Assistant Attorney General for the State of Washington, as Prosecuting Attorney for Benton County, and as Superior Court Judge for Benton and Franklin Counties. He served as Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Washington from 1962 until his retirement in 1978.

ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION

The Orris Lee Hamilton Papers range from 1953 to 1978, with the majority dating from the period 1969 to 1976. In general, these papers contain materials received by Justice Hamilton and retained by him for reference and information. The papers have been arranged into four series: Judicial Conferences, Court Rules, National Center for State Courts, and Committees.

Judicial conferences, by far the largest series, contains three kinds of material: the proceedings of the conference, correspondence and other papers related directly to the conferences, and booklets, drafts, and reports evidently collected at conferences but not related directly to them. The Court Rules series contains rulings, drafts, and other papers pertaining to courtroom procedure. The National Center for State Courts series contains literature and proposals from the Center. The Committees series, subdivided by specific committees, is made up of reports, correspondence, and other papers.

CONTAINER LIST

Box	Folder	Description	No. of Items
Series I: Judicial Conferences
1	1	National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Uniform Rules of Evidence, 1953	1
	2	Pacific Northwest Seminar for Trial Judges, 1962	5
	3	Washington. Sixth Judicial Conference and Superior Court Judges Association, 1962	2
	4	Washington. Judicial Conference (1963), 1963-1965	2
	5	Washington. Seventh Judicial Conference and Superior Court Judges Association, 1963	3
	6	Washington. Judicial Conference. Summaries, 1963	1
	7	Washington. Eighth Judicial Conference and Superior Court Judges Association, 1964	3
	8	Washington. Judicial Conference. Advanced Reading, 1964	3
	9	Washington. Ninth Judicial Conference. Report of the Special Commission to Study the Problem of Adequate Counsel for the Indigent Defendant and the Public Defender System, 1965	2
	10	Washington. Ninth Judicial Conference and Annual Meeting of the Superior Court Judges Association, 1965	3
	11	Washington State Bar Association. Annual Meeting, 1966	1
	12	Washington. Judicial Conference, 1966	3
	13	Washington. Tenth Judicial Conference and Annual Meeting of the Superior Court Judges Association, 1966	1
	14	Appellate Judges Conference. Appellate Court Opinions, 1966	1
	15	Washington. Eleventh Judicial Conference and Annual Meeting of the Superior Court Judges Association, 1967	1
	16	Washington. Twelfth Judicial Conference and Annual Meeting of the Superior Court Judges Association, 1968	8
	17	Washington. Judicial Conference, 1968	2
	18	Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge. Nineteenth Annual Awards, 1968	26
	19	Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge. Twentieth Annual Awards, 1969	17
2	20	American Law Institute. Forty-sixth Annual Meeting. Report, 1969	1
	21	American Law Institute. Forty-sixth Annual Meeting. Program, 1969	1
	22	Washington. Judicial Conference. 1969	2
	23	Washington. Thirteenth Judicial Conference and Annual Meeting of the Superior Court Judges Association, 1969	1
	24	Conference of Chief Justices. Twenty-first Annual Meeting. Proceedings, 1969	13
	25	Conference of Chief Justices. Twenty-first Annual Meeting. Proceedings (1969), 1967-1969	5
	26	Washington. Fourteenth Judicial Conference and Annual Meeting of the Superior Court Judges Association, 1970	6
	27	American Judicature Society. Current Issues on the Judiciary. For the National Conference on the Judiciary, 1971	5
	28	Washington. Fifteenth Judicial Conference and Annual Meeting of the Superior Court Judges Association, 1971	1
	29	American Judicature Society. Selected Readings on the Administration of Justice and Its Improvement, 1972	2
	30	National Conference of Chief Justices. Twenty-fourth Annual Meeting, 1972	1
	31	Washington. Sixteenth Judicial Conference and Annual Meeting of the Superior Court Judges Association, 1972	1
	32	National Conference on Criminal Justice. Working Papers, 1973	13
	33	Washington. Seventeenth Judicial Conference and Annual Meeting of the Superior Court Judges Association, 1973	2
	34	Washington. Eighteenth Judicial Conference and Annual Meeting of the Superior Court Judges Association, 1974	2
	35	Appellate Judges Seminar. General Session, 1974	2
	36	Washington. Nineteenth Judicial Conference and Annual Meeting of the Superior Court Judges Association, 1975	3
	37	Washington. Twentieth Judicial Conference and Annual Meeting of the Superior Court Judges Association, 1976	3
3	38	National Rifle Association. Firearms Laws and Court Decisions, n.d.	1
	39	Chief Justice's Report to Governor, 1958-1972	3
	40	Lamoreaux, Steven. The Right of Privacy: A Bibliography, 1890-1961, n.d.	1
	41	Washington State Law Enforcement Training Manual, 1963	1
	42	Various Papers and Publications, 1963-1971	11
	43	Citizens Conference on Washington Courts. Meeting(1972), 1966-1972	15
	44	Citizens Conference on Washington Courts. Meeting(1972), 1966-1972	13
	45	U.S. President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice. Task Force on the Administration of Justice. Task Force Report: The Courts, 1967	1
	46	Washington. Judicial Conference. Programs, 1968-1969	2
	47	American Law Institute. Forty-fifth Annual Meeting. Contracts. Tentative Draft No. 4, 1968	1
	48	American Law Institute. Forty-sixth Annual Meeting. Contracts. Supplement to Tentative Draft No. 4, 1969	1
	49	American Law Institute. Forty-sixth Annual Meeting. Torts. Tentative Draft No. 14, 1969	1
	50	American Law Institute. Forty-sixth Annual Meeting. Torts. Tentative Draft No. 15, 1969	1
	51	Washington. Office of the Administrator for the Courts. District and Justice Court Activity Report, 1969	1
	52	Harris, Richard. "The Annals of Politics: Justice," New Yorker, 8 November-22 November l969, 1969	1
	53	Council of State Governments. State Court Systems: A Statistical Summary, 1970	1
	54	Hawaii Judicial Seminar, 1970	21
	55	National Conference on the Judiciary (1971), 1970-1971	25
	56	National Conference of Chief Justices and Court Administrators. Pamphlets, Articles, Resolutions, Etc. (1972), 1970-1972	11
	57	National Conference of Chief Justices and Court Administrators. Pamphlets, Articles, Resolutions, Etc., 1972	2
	58	National Conference of Chief Justices and Court Administrators. Correspondence (1972), 1970-1972	1
4	59	National Conference of Chief Justices and Court Administrators. Correspondence (1972), 1971-1972	1
	60	Conference of Chief Justices (1971), 1968-1971	8
	61-62	Conference of Chief Justices, 1971	26
	63-64	Washington. Judicial Conference. Papers, 1971	39
	65-66	Washington. Judicial Conference. Papers (1972), 1971-1972	60
	67	Washington. Court of Appeals. Conference on Opinion Writing (1972), 1971-1972
	68	Washington. Judicial Conference. Papers, 1972	26
	69	Washington. Judicial Council. Comparative Analysis of American Bar Association Standards for Criminal Justice with Washington Law, Rules and Legal Practice, 1972	2
	70	National Governors Conference Mutual Assistance Program for Criminal Justice. Sources of Information on Criminal Justice, 1972	2
	71	Proceedings ... Honoring ... Charles L. Powell on ... His Attaining Senior Status as U. S. District Judge, 1972	1
	72	American Bar Association. Conference, 1972	3
	73-74	Washington. Judicial Council. Meeting, 1972	13
	75	Appellate Judges Conference on Criminal Justice (1972), 1971-1972	26
	76	Council of State Courts Representatives Meeting, 1973	21
	77	U.S. Department of Justice. Law Enforcement Assistance Administration. The Community and Criminal Justice, 1973	1
	78	National Conference on Criminal Justice. Program, 1973	4
	79	Burger, Warren E. Report on the Federal Judicial Bench, 1973	1
	80	Puget Sound. University. School of Law. Curriculum, 1973	27
	81	Puget Sound. University. School of Law. Board of Visitors, 1973-1974	3
	82	Puget Sound. University. School of Law. Curriculum Committee, 1973-1974	9
	83	Appellate Judges Seminar, 1974	16
	84	Western Regional Conference of State Court Representatives, 1974	8
5	85	Washington Citizens Conference on Courts, 1975	2
	86	Washington. Judicial Conference. Papers, 1976	7
	87	Five-State Judicial Conference, 1976	4
	88	Washington. Appellate Judges Seminar, 1976	15
	89	U.S. Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1976	8
	90	Meeting on Continuing Legal Education and Trust Account Audit Rules, 1976	6
	91	Washington. Appellate Judges Seminar, 1977	10
	92	Puget Sound. University. School of Law. Board of Visitors Meeting, 1977	2
	93	Council of State Court Representatives. Meeting, 1977	3
	94	Washington. Appellate Judges Seminar, 1978	5
Box	Folder	Description	No. of Items
Series II: Court Rules
	95	Proposed Rules for Judicial Information System, n.d.	1
	96	Revised Rules on Appeal, 1969	1
	97-98	Supreme Court Rules, 1969-1977	25
	99	T2.03: Traffic Rule, 1971	4
	100	Rules for Traffic Court, 1971-1974	6
	101-102	Rules CAROA 33 and 34; ROA 33 and ROAI 34, 1971-1972	15
	103	Rules for Courts of Limited Jurisdiction, 1971-1972	4
	104	Rules for Superior Court, 1971-1973	5
	105	Rules of Criminal Procedure, 1972-1973	3
	106	Rules for Discipline of Judges, 1972-1975	5
	107-109	Rule APR 9: Legal Interns, 1976-1977	24
	110	Discipline Rules for Attorneys; Proposed Rules and Regulations for Trust Account Audits, 1976-1977	3
	111	CR 3, 4, 5, 55 and 82, 1976-1978	13
	112	Proposed Rule Changes from Rules Committee, 1977	10
	113	DRA 2.4(a)(4): Discipline Rules for Attorneys; Disciplinary Board Membership, 1977	1
	114	RAP 9.7(a): Rules of Appellate Procedure; Clerk's Papers, 1977	1
	115	CrR 3.6: Court Duty in Suppression Hearings, 1977	3
	116	Cr 41, 1977-1978	2
	117	CrR 3.3: Speedy Trial, 1977-1978	12
6	118-119	Code of Professional Responsibility: Canon 2: Advertising, 1977-1978	15
	120	CR 77(f): Sessions, 1977-1978	15
	121	Rules of Evidence, 1977-1978	6
	122	General Rules, 1978	12
	123	Guidelines for Judicial Campaigns, 1978	1
	124	Proposed Juvenile Court Rules, 1978	9
Box	Folder	Description	No. of Items
Series III: National Center for State Courts
	125	File 1, 1972-1973	22
	126-128	File 2, 1973-1975	31
	129-131	File 3, 1975-1978	47
	132	Washington Judicial Article Task Force. Papers of 20 May 1976, 1976	7
	133	Washington Judicial Article Task Force. Papers of 25 June 1976, 1976	8
	134	Washington Judicial Article Task Force. Papers of 22 July 1976, 1976	94
	135	Washington Judicial Article Task Force. Papers of 19 August 1976, 1976	90
	136	Washington Judicial Article Task Force. Papers of 10 September 1976, 1976	46
	137	Washington Judicial Article Task Force. Papers of 24 September 1976, 1976	5
	138	Washington Judicial Article Task Force. Papers of 30 September 1976, 1976	5
	139	Washington Judicial Article Task Force. Papers of 7 October 1976, 1976	3
	140	Washington Judicial Article Task Force. Papers of 10 November 1976, 1976	62
	141	Washington Judicial Article Task Force. Accompanying Papers, 1975-1976	11
7	142	Conference (1972), 1971-1972	10
	143	Council Meeting, 1974	10
	144	Washington Appellate Courts Project. Final Report, 1975	1
	145	Annual Report (1975), 1975-1976	2
	146	Western Judicial Conference, 1976	8
	147-148	Western Regional Conference, 1977	20
	149	Conference (1978), 1977-1978	24
Box	Folder	Description	No. of Items
Series IV: Committees
Washington Judicial Council
	150	September Agenda, 1969	2
	151	December Agenda, 1969	1
	152	February Agenda, 1970	1
	153	November Agenda, 1970	1
	154	Crime, Law, and Correction ... A Report, 1969	1
	155	The Small Claim: An Interim Report ..., 1969	1
	156	Traffic Bail in Washington State, 1969	1
	157	Agenda and Exhibits, 1969	2
	158	Referral Letters, 1970-1972	11
	159	Letters and Papers, 1970-1972	5
	160	Proposed Amendments to Criminal Rules, 1975	1
	161	Rules, Summary, Minutes, 1976	1
	162-164	State-Federal ... Council, 1971-1973	49
	165	1970-1971 Washington Judicial Council, 1970-1971	18
8	166-167	1970-1971 Washington Judicial Council, 1970-1971	37
	168-170	1972-1973 Washington Judicial Council, 1971-1975	35
Judicial Article
	171	Alternate Provisions for Revision ..., 1969	1
	172	Finley Memorandum, 1970	2
	173-175	1970-1977 File, 1970-1977	44
	176-177	1975 File, 1974-1976	19
	178	Task Force Committee (1975), 1975-1976	5
	179	Task Force Committee (1976), 1976	10
	180	Revised Article. Draft 1, 1976	11
Court Congestion
	181-183	File 1, 1977	31
	184-185	File 2, 1971-1978	20
	186-187	File 3, 1978	22
Bench-Bar-Press
	188	File 1, 1971-1978	12
	189	File 2, 1971-1978	20
9	190	File 3, 1971-1978	17
	191	Seminar, 1973	2
Continuing Legal Education
	192-193	1975-1976 Program, 1975-1976	15
	194	1977-1978 Program, 1977-1978	8
Citizens' Committee on Washington Courts
10	195-196	File 1, 1966-1975	27
	197-198	West Virginia File, 1974-1975	42
	199	Wisconsin. Citizens' Study Committee on Judicial Organization. Report. 1973	1