Interview with former Michigan Supreme Court Justice George C. Edwards

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Part 1: Michigan Supreme Court Justice George C. Edwards discusses his family history, his father, his education at Southern Methodist University and Harvard, his early jobs, serving in the military, his involvement in the labor movement, and his appointment to the Probate Court bench. He also talks about various cases heard by the Michigan Supreme Court during his tenure, including Comstock versus General Motors, Scholle versus Hare, Baker versus Carr, West Versus Norther Tree. Edwards says that he eventually resigned from the Court to become Police Commissioner of Detroit and that he has always aspired to be a writer and is currently writing a book about his father. Edwards' wife Peg joins the interview in progress. Part 2: Michigan Supreme Court Justice George C. Edwards talks about various issues and cases, including judicial selection, partisanship, juvenile injury, election recounts and the abuse of paper ballots, the People's Savings Bank, and Certain-Teed Products. He also discusses his colleagues, most notably, Justices Eugene F. Black, Talbot Smith, Leland Carr, John Voelker, and Harry Kelly.

Date Created:

1990-12-03T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

Interviews with Michigan State Supreme Court Justices

Place:

Michigan, Michigan, Michigan, Michigan, Michigan, and Michigan

Subject Topic:

Officials and employees, Judges, Judges, Officials and employees, Selection and appointment, Judges, Selection and appointment, Contested elections, Business enterprises, Purchasing, Law and legislation, Friends and associates, Judicial process, Resignation from office, and Literary art

Subject Name:

Edwards, George C. (George Clifton), 1914-1995, Michigan, Supreme Court, Edwards, George C. (George Clifton), 1914-1995, Michigan, Probate Court (Wayne County), Michigan, Supreme Court, Edwards, George C. (George Clifton), 1914-1995, Edwards, George C. (George Clifton), 1914-1995, Edwards, George C. (George Clifton), and 1914-1995

Subject Genre:

Interviews, Interviews, Interviews, and Biography

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5nz80q1d