Governor's mansion, and somehow, cornered the president. When Prettyman heard that Taft was going to be in Richmond, he went to the Incensed and banned students from attending the season finale. The previous game and the team took the whole day off. It seems that Prettyman, the team manager, was to blame for the punishmentīecause he liberally interpreted a half-day leave for the team to travel to School's faculty to lift its ban on students' attending the last game of the He boldly enlisted the help of President William H. On the side, running at least two papers.Ī few years earlier, as manager of the Randolph-Macon College football team, Raucous a town that Prettyman carried a pistol. Great Train Robbery," and driving on a dirt road from Rockville toĪs a young lawyer, he hung out his shingle in 1916 in Hopewell, Va., so Oberdorfer said Prettyman wroteĪbout growing up as a Methodist minister's son, seeing his first movie, "The Witnessed exciting times and much change. "It like Tom Sawyer," Oberdorfer said.īorn in 1891 in Lexington, Va., the courtly but passionate southerner In the other, he wrote aboutīeing pressured to make politically motivated tax rulings while he wasĬounsel to the Internal Revenue Bureau in the early days of the New Deal. Prettyman kept two diaries, one when he was in the Army in which heĪnguished over learning to kill with a bayonet. Historian, regaled spectators with stories from Prettyman's papers, which he senator from Virginia - who pushed the christening legislation through Was helped by one of his former law clerks - John W. Prettyman'sĬredentials were impressive, but the case for naming a building after him Rehnquist, the chief justice of the United States. His achievements were extolled by some respected judges, including William Ticked off to explain why the nondescript gray building at Third Street andĬonstitution Avenue NW will carry his name. Was downed over the Soviet Union in 1962.ĭuring a dedication ceremony last week, Prettyman's accomplishments were And he was chosen to determine whetherįrancis Gary Powers handled himself appropriately after his U-2 spy plane He was generalĬounsel to the old Internal Revenue Bureau. He taught tax law at Georgetown University. Circuit for 26 years, including two years asĬhief judge. Truman, he served on the prestigious U.S.Ĭourt of Appeals for the D.C. But, just like theīuilding named after him, Prettyman has a place in history.Īppointed by President Harry S. Prettyman died in 1971, and not many people remember him. The first appearance by a first lady before a federal grand jury now has a Scene of historic arguments on the Pentagon Papers, the Watergate trials and He has also been an adjunct professor at both the University of San Diego School of Law and California Western School of Law, teaching appellate practice and products liability.Article about the dedication of the E Barrett Prettyman Courthouse.Īfter nearly 45 years in virtual anonymity, the courthouse that was the Tobriner of the California Supreme Court, and Chief Justice Rose E. Wiener of the California Court of Appeal, Justice Mathew O.
He previously was a San Diego Superior Court judge for 13 years, serving as supervising judge of the North County branch, presiding judge of the court’s appellate division, and in a variety of substantive assignments.īefore his appointment to the bench, Justice Dato was a certified appellate law specialist in private practice and worked as an appellate court staff attorney with Justice Howard B. Justice Dato was confirmed as an appellate justice in February 2017. Ruvolo, of the Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division 4 (San Francisco), who is retiring from the bench. Justice Dato succeeds Presiding Justice Ignazio R. Justice Dato’s nearly three-year term begins April 1. Dato, of the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division One (San Diego), as a member of the Commission on Judicial Performance. SAN FRANCISCO-The California Supreme Court today appointed Justice William S.