Robert Vogel Papers, 1968-2001

Robert Vogel Papers

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Collection Overview

Title: Robert Vogel Papers, 1968-2001

ID: OGLMC1051

Primary Creator: Vogel, Robert (1918-2005)

Extent: 45.25 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 00/00/1985. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Legal - North Dakota Supreme Court, University of North Dakota - Alumni, University of North Dakota - Faculty

Languages: English

Abstract

1918-2005; North Dakota Supreme Court, 1973-1978; UND School of Law, 1978-1991

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Robert Vogel Papers date from 1968 to 2001 and have been divided into three series as follows:

Series 1: North Dakota Supreme Court Cases and Opinions

Series 2: Professional Activities

Series 3: Legal Practice

Twenty photographs were separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinets.

Collection Historical Note

Robert Vogel was born December 6, 1918, in Coleharbor, North Dakota. He was the son of Frank A. and Louella (Larsen) Vogel. After graduating from Bismarck High School in 1935, he attended the University of North Dakota. He graduated from UND in 1939 with a Bachelor of Science degree in commerce. While at UND, Vogel was a member of Phi Delta Theta, a Greek social fraternity, Delta Sigma Rho, an honorary forensics fraternity, and Hesperia, a literary society.

Vogel graduated from Minneapolis-Minnesota College of Law (now William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota) in 1942. That same year, he married Elsa Mork on May 29, 1942. The couple had four children: Mary Lou, Sarah May, Frank, and Robert, Jr.

Vogel was admitted to the Minnesota Bar in 1942 and the North Dakota Bar in 1943. He practiced law in Garrison, North Dakota, from 1943 to 1954, and served as McLean County States Attorney from 1948 to 1954. He became United States Attorney for the District of North Dakota in 1954 and held that position until 1961. In 1961, he became a partner in the Mandan, North Dakota, firm of Vogel, Bair, and Brown. In 1962, he was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic/Nonpartisan League.

Vogel was appointed to the North Dakota Supreme Court by Governor Arthur Link in 1973, and won a ten year term to the Court in the general election of 1974. Vogel resigned from the Supreme Court in August 1978 to become a Professor of Law at the University of North Dakota School of Law. He also opened the Vogel Law Firm in Grand Forks.

Vogel represented the plaintiffs in a case versus the Grand Forks School Board in 1979. The suit was brought following the mandatory posting of the Ten Commandments in all Grand Forks Public School classrooms. The case was heard before United States District Court Judge Paul Benson, who ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in January 1980. Another of Vogel’s important cases was Lohman v. General American Life Insurance, et al. Vogel represented William Lohman in this 1981 case involving a double indemnity clause in a life insurance policy.

Vogel was active in a number of professional organizations and committees, including the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Society of Barristers, and the American Bar Foundation. He acted as chair of several committees of the State Bar Association of North Dakota, including committees on Pattern Jury Instructions, Rules of Criminal Procedure, and Judicial Salaries. He served on the North Dakota State Parole Board from 1967 to 1973, and chaired it for two years. In 1981, Vogel edited the 2nd edition of The North Dakota Prosecutor’s Deskbook. Published by the North Dakota Combined Law Enforcement Council, the book was designed to be a guide and reference manual for prosecutors.

Vogel retired in 1997. In 2004, he published Unequal Contest: Bill Langer and His Political Enemies, a book on Langer's conspiracy trials. Robert Vogel died on January 28, 2005, in Rochester, Minnesota.

Subject/Index Terms

Legal - North Dakota Supreme Court
University of North Dakota - Alumni
University of North Dakota - Faculty

Administrative Information

Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections

Accruals: Additional material was donated by Danny Butcher (via Dr. Gordon Iseminger), UND History Department on March 6, 2006 (Acc.2006-2833).

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Source: Robert Vogel, Grand Forks, North Dakota

Acquisition Method: Donation; Acc.86-1438

Related Materials: The Ten Commandments Case Records, OGLMC 572

Related Publications: Unequal contest: Bill Langer and his political enemies. by Robert Vogel. Mandan: Crain Grosinger Pub, 2004.

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Robert Vogel Papers. OGLMC 1051, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid migrated to Archon in January 2015.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: North Dakota Supreme Court Cases and Opinions ],
[Series 2: Professional Activities],
[Series 3: Legal Practice],
[Photographs :],
[All]

Series 3: Legal Practice

This series contains documents from Robert Vogel's private legal practice. The series dates from 1968 to 1981, and has been divided into five sub-series.

Sub-Series 1: Lohman v. General American Life Insurance, et al.

This case involved a double indemnity clause in a life insurance policy.

Box 30

Folder 1: Correspondence -William Lohman - Ray Oltjen (Cedar Vale National Bank), July 28, 1959 - December 31, 1964
Folder 2: Correspondence -William Lohman - Ray Oltjen (Cedar Vale National Bank), February 5, 1965 - June 15, 1968
Folder 3: William Lohman - Ray Oltjen (Cedar Vale National Bank), Undated
Folder 4: William Lohman - R.D. Oltjen Debt Agreement (July 7, 1967)
Folder 5: William Lohman Miscellaneous Correspondence
Folder 6: John R. DeNoya
Folder 7: Young - Lohman
Folder 8: Lohman-Armstrong Fischer - Porter Contract
Folder 9: Horton-Lohman Power of Attorney
Folder 10: Lohman Horton Sand Springs Trailer Court
Folder 11: Cameron Funk
Folder 12: Beckwith and Laird, Correspondence, April 20, 1964 - October 20, 1967
Folder 13: William Lohman Bank Statements (Cedar Vale National Bank)
Folder 14: L.O. Cattle Company Bank Statements (Cedar Vale National Bank)
Folder 15: Gloria Young (Lohman?) Bank Statements
Folder 16: Cedar Vale National Bank Promissory Notes
Folder 17: Ray Oltjen/Cedar Vale National Bank Financial Documents
Folder 18: Miscellaneous Bank Statements
Folder 19: Cedar Vale National Bank - William Cleeves
Folder 20: Cedar Vale National Bank - Fred Coplin
Folder 21: Cedar Vale National Bank - Clyde Endicott
Folder 22: Cedar Vale National Bank - Charles Fowler
Folder 23: Cedar Vale National Bank - Tom Hines
Folder 24: Cedar Vale National Bank - Otis Horton
Folder 25: Cedar Vale National Bank - Fred Coplin
Folder 26: Cedar Vale National Bank - John Kohler
Folder 27: Cedar Vale National Bank - Robert Lacey
Folder 28: Cedar Vale National Bank - N.P. Mackey
Folder 29: Cedar Vale National Bank - D.C. Simms
Folder 30: Cedar Vale National Bank - Chattel Mortgage Forms
Folder 31: Matador Cattle Co.
Folder 32: McLaughlin Commission Company Livestock Receipts
Folder 33: Mobridge Livestock Auction Receipts
Folder 34: Miscellaneous Livestock Receipts
Folder 35: Shipping Receipts
Folder 36: Bureau of Indian Affairs Sale of Grazing Privileges
Folder 37: William Lohman Last Will and Testament

Box 31

Folder 1: L & O Oil Company
Folder 2: Osage County, OK Drill Site Maps
Folder 3: Osage County, OK Well Site Reports #1, #2, #3
Folder 4: Osage County, OK Well Site Reports #4, #5
Folder 5: Osage County, OK Well Site Reports #B-l, #B-2
Folder 6: George A. Kern Property
Folder 7: Winfield Livestock Auction Barn, Cowley County, Kansas
Folder 8: Land Documents -Township 129, Range 85
Folder 9: Sioux County, N.D. Property
Folder 10: Map - T 124 N, R 79 W, Sec. 29
Folder 11: 1968 Canadian Land Taxes (William Lohman)
Folder 12: 1968 - 1969 Canadian Tax Statements
Folder 13: Canadian Unpaid Tax Statements
Folder 14: Canada Miscellaneous
Folder 15: Report of Reconnaissance Soil Survey of Winnipeg and Morris Map Sheet Areas
Folder 16: PCA
Folder 17: Car Expenses
Folder 18: Notice of Delinquent Personal Property Tax
Folder 19: Canceled Checks
Folder 20: Vehicle Insurance
Folder 21: Loll Company Receipts
Folder 22: Miscellaneous Receipts
Folder 23: Miscellaneous

Box 32

Folder 1: Correspondence, January 15, 1968 - December 26, 1968
Folder 2: Correspondence, January 10, 1969 - December 9, 1969
Folder 3: Correspondence, January 5, 1970 -,October 19, 1970
Folder 4: Correspondence, June 23, 1971 - December 31, 1971
Folder 5: Correspondence, January 3, 1972 - January 4, 1972
Folder 6: Correspondence, September 29, 1971 - July 24, 1973
Folder 7: Depositions of J. Bzoski, G. Lohman, T. Mott, R. Brown, 0. Oster, R. Grad, E. Gustafson, M. Larson, Jr.
Folder 8: Deposition of William Bryant
Folder 9: Deposition of John Burt
Folder 10: Deposition of Ralph Cooley
Folder 11: Deposition of Gus Glasscock, Jr.
Folder 12: Deposition of Mike Hartman
Folder 13: Deposition of Tom Hines
Folder 14: Deposition of John Frederick Hirschy
Folder 15: Deposition of John Kramer
Folder 16: Deposition of Gloria Lohman
Folder 17: Deposition of W. Lohman, Jr., J. Bzoski, J. Young, R. Chase, H. Hoffman
Folder 18: Deposition of Receiver's Report and Inventory
Folder 19: Deposition of Raymond Oltjen (March 14, 1969)
Folder 20: Deposition of Raymond Oltjen (January 22, 1970)
Folder 21: Deposition of Thayne Oltjen
Folder 22: Deposition of Edward Stephenson
Folder 23: Deposition of Sterling Varner (August 15, 1968 - October 15, 1969)
Folder 24: Deposition of John Richards, Jr.
Folder 25: Deposition of Ronald Johnson
Folder 26: Deposition of E.C. Gustafson
Folder 27: Deposition of Leo Lowbeer, M.D.
Folder 28: Deposition of Thomas Andrew Mott
Folder 29: Deposition of Jack Young
Folder 30: Deposition of Frank Urbin Buchanan
Folder 31: Deposition of Robert L. Chase
Folder 32: Deposition of J. Young, R. Grad, T. Mott, N. Cahill, R. Chase

Box 33

Folder 1: Deposition Exhibits 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
Folder 2: Life Insurance Documents
Folder 3: William Lohman Financial Documents
Folder 4: William Lohman Death Documents
Folder 5: Exhibits 1-20
Folder 6: Plaintiff's Exhibits (includes photographs)
Folder 7: Defendant's Exhibits
Folder 8: Exhibits
Folder 9: Ballistics Tests
Folder 10: William Lohman Tax Returns, 1962-1966
Folder 11: Thayne Oltjen
Folder 12: Correspondence, December 7, 1959 - December 29, 1971
Folder 13: Pleadings, April 12, 1969 - November 30, 1970
Folder 14: Pleadings, July 1971 - August 22, 1972
Folder 15: Pleadings - Undated
Folder 16: Pleadings -Chronology
Folder 17: Pleadings - Notes
Folder 18: Subpoenas
Folder 19: Trial File
Folder 20: Legal Research
Folder 21: Discovery, September 6, 1968 - December 17, 1970
Folder 22: Discovery, January 12, 1971 - June 26, 1973
Folder 23: Discovery, Undated
Folder 24: Discovery Notes
Folder 25: Robert Vogel's Notes
Folder 26: Robert Vogel's Trial Notes - Pretrial Conference
Folder 27: Robert Vogel's Trial Notes - Strategy
Folder 28: Robert Vogel's Trial Notes - Potential Jurors
Folder 29: Robert Vogel's Trial Notes - Opening Statements
Folder 30: Robert Vogel's Trial Notes - Witness Bob Brown
Folder 31: Robert Vogel's Trial Notes - Witness Neil Cahill
Folder 32: Robert Vogel's Trial Notes - Witness Dr. Olav Gardebring
Folder 33: Robert Vogel's Trial Notes - Witnesses Duane - Pat Gemar
Folder 34: Robert Vogel's Trial Notes - Witness Ray Grad
Folder 35: Robert Vogel's Trial Notes - Witness Mike Hartman
Folder 36: Robert Vogel's Trial Notes Witness Sheriff Harry Kittelson
Folder 37: Robert Vogel's Trial Notes - Witness Martin Larson
Folder 38: Robert Vogel's Trial Notes - Witness Gloria Lohman
Folder 39: Robert Vogel's Trial Notes - Witness Dr. Thomas Mott
Folder 40: Robert Vogel's Trial Notes - Witness Otto Oster
Folder 41: Robert Vogel's Trial Notes - Witness Sheriff L. Kenneth Snider
Folder 42: Robert Vogel's Trial Notes - Witnesses Dr. Cyril Wecht and Dr. Herbert MacDonald
Folder 43: Robert Vogel's Trial Notes - Miscellaneous Witnesses
Folder 44: Robert Vogel's Trial Notes - Defense Case
Folder 45: Robert Vogel's Trial Notes - Defense Witnesses
Folder 46: Robert Vogel's Trial Notes - Jury Instructions from Blanche Dick Case
Folder 47: Robert Vogel's Trial Notes - Final Argument
Folder 48: Defendant's Requested Jury Instructions
Folder 49: Plaintiff's Requested Jury Instructions
Folder 50: Expenses, November 30, 1967 - March 13, 1972
Folder 51: Itemized Fees, November 30, 1967 - November 15, 1968
Folder 52: Itemized Fees, November 18, 1968 - December 17, 1969
Folder 53: Itemized Costs, November 30, 1967 - December 17, 1969
Folder 54: Copies of Itemized Fees and Costs, November 30, 1967 - December 17, 1969
Folder 55: Travel Expense Receipts

Box 34

Folder 1: Estate Pleadings
Folder 2: William Lohman Estate Checkbook
Folder 3: Lohman Canadian Land Matter
Folder 4: Ray Oltjen v. Gloria Lohman, et al.
Folder 5: Lohman v. Standard Life and Accident Insurance Comp.
Folder 6: Lohman v. Equitable and Jefferson Standard
Folder 7: General American Appeal, Correspondence, October 1, 1971 - July 20, 1972
Folder 8: General American Appeal, Correspondence, August 3, 1972 - May 23, 1973
Folder 9: Appeal Papers
Folder 10: Appeal Documents and Papers
Folder 11: Miscellaneous Correspondence, January 19, 1970 - October 30, 1973
Folder 12: Miscellaneous Correspondence, November 1, 1973 - September 11, 1975
Folder 13: Expenses
Folder 14: Robert Vogel Notes
Folder 15: Undated Court Documents
Folder 16: Time Slips (file #1)
Folder 17: Time Slips (file #2)
Folder 18: Time Slips (file #3)
Folder 19: Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Appendix of Appellees
Folder 20: U.S. Supreme Court -Petition for Writ of Certiorari

Sub-Series 2: Schwartz v. Ghaly, et al.

This was a 1981 medical malpractice suit involving the use of anesthesia at the Bismarck Hospital.

Box 35

Folder 1: Master Index of Trial (April 7 - April 16, 1981)
Folder 2: Trial Transcript, vol I, April 7, 1981
Folder 3: Trial Transcript, vol II, April 8, 1981
Folder 4: Trial Transcript, vol III, April 9, 1981
Folder 5: Trial Transcript, vol IV, April 10, 1981
Folder 6: Trial Transcript, vol V, April 13, 1981
Folder 7: Pretrial Transcript of Proceedings, April 13, 1981
Folder 8: Trial Transcript, vol VI, April 14, 1981
Folder 9: Trial Transcript, vol VII, April 15, 1981
Folder 10: Schwartz v. Christianson, et al. (civil #30765) - Appendix

Sub-Series 3: United States v. Eckmann, et al.

This was a 1980 case involving the theft and sale of farm equipment across state lines. Vogel represented Wallace Eckmann, who was accused of receiving stolen merchandise.

Box 36

Folder 1: United States v. Eckmann - Correspondence, April 10, 1980 - July 21, 1980
Folder 2: United States v. Eckmann - Correspondence, July 22, 1980 - October 6, 1980
Folder 3: United States v. Eckmann - Correspondence, Undated
Folder 4: United States v. Eckmann - Legal Documents, February 13, 1980 - May 30, 1980
Folder 5: United States v. Eckmann - Legal Documents, June 2, 1980 - October 2, 1989
Folder 6: United States v. Eckmann - Legal Documents, January 23, 1981 - October 9, 1981
Folder 7: United States v. Eckmann - Legal Documents, Undated
Folder 8: United States v. Eckmann - Case Notes (file 1)
Folder 9: United States v. Eckmann - Case Notes (file 2)
Folder 10: United States v. Thompson, Reed, Bibby, Johnson, Mathis, Pietsch, and Eckmann (criminal #C4-80-12) - Grand Jury Indictment
Folder 11: United States v. Reed, Bibby, Pietsch, and Eckmann (criminal #C4-80-12- 02,03,06,07)- Transcript of Trial vol. I
Folder 12: United States v. Reed, Bibby, Pietsch, and Eckmann (criminal #C4-80-12- 02,03,06,07) - Transcript of Trial vol. II
Folder 13: United States v. Reed, Bibby, Pietsch, and Eckmann (criminal #C4-80-12- 02,03,06,07) - Transcript of Trial vol. III
Folder 14: United States v. Reed, Bibby, Pietsch, and Eckmann (criminal #C4-80-12- 02,03,06,07) - Transcript of Direct Examination of Dale Linn Johnson (copy in vol III)
Folder 15: United States v. Reed, Bibby, Pietsch, and Eckmann (criminal #C4-80-12- 02,03,06,07) - Transcript of Proceedings vol. IV
Folder 16: United States v. Reed, Bibby, Pietsch, and Eckmann (criminal #C4-80-12- 02,03,06,07) - Transcript of Proceedings vol. V
Folder 17: United States v. Reed, Bibby, Pietsch, and Eckmann (criminal #C4-80-12- 02,03,06,07) - Transcript of Proceedings vol. VI
Folder 18: United States v. Reed, Bibby, Pietsch, and Eckmann (criminal #C4-80-12- 02,03,06,07) - Transcript of Proceedings - Testimony of James Ray Thompson
Folder 19: United States v. Reed, Bibby, Pietsch, and Eckmann (criminal #C4-80-12- 02,03,06,07) - Transcript of Proceedings vol. VII
Folder 20: United States v. Reed, Bibby, Pietsch, and Eckmann (criminal #C4-80-12- 02,03,06,07) - Transcript of Proceedings vol. VIII
Folder 21: United States v. Reed, Bibby, Pietsch, and Eckmann (criminal #C4 80-12- 02,03,06,07) - Jury Instructions

Sub-Series 4: Vogel, Bair and Brown

This sub-series consists of financial records from the Vogel's law firm in Mandan.

Box 37

Folder 1: Financial Statements - April 30, 1972
Folder 2: Financial Statements - May 31, 1972
Folder 3: Financial Statements - June 30, 1972
Folder 4: Financial Statements - July 31, 1972
Folder 5: Financial Statements - August 31, 1972
Folder 6: Financial Statements - September 30, 1972
Folder 7: Financial Statements - October 31, 1972
Folder 8: Financial Statements - November 30, 1972
Folder 9: Financial Statements - December 31, 1972
Folder 10: Financial Statements - January 31, 1973
Folder 11: Financial Statements - February 28, 1973
Folder 12: Financial Statements - March 31, 1973
Folder 13: Financial Statements - April 30, 1973
Folder 14: 1973 Partnership Income Tax Returns
Folder 15: Open Files Reports
Folder 16: Time Records Reports
Folder 17: Office Memos (December 7, 1971 - May 8, 1972)
Folder 18: Accounts Receivable Report (November 1971)
Folder 19: County Court Docket (January 10, 1973)
Folder 20: Income Information

Sub-Series 5: Miscellaneous

Box 37

Folder 21: Vogel for State Senate, 1972
Folder 22: Morning Pioneer, Inc. v. The Bismarck Tribune Company - U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit - Brief of Appellant
Folder 23: Morning Pioneer, Inc. v. The Bismarck Tribune Company - U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit - Appendix of Appellant
Folder 24: Morning Pioneer, Inc. v. The Bismarck Tribune Company - U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit - Brief in Opposition to Petition for Writ of Certiorari
Folder 25: U.S. District Court for the District of N.D. - Southeastern Division -United States of America v. Tarvestak and Wyum
Folder 26: North Dakota Supreme Court - Degenstein v. Ehrman and Gehring
Folder 27: North Dakota Supreme Court - Martin v. Fitzsimmons, et al.
Folder 28: North Dakota Supreme Court - Rau v. Kirscheninan (file 1)
Folder 29: North Dakota Supreme Court - Rau v. Kirschenman (file 2)
Folder 30: Special Session of the N.D. Supreme Court - Investiture of The Honorable Robert Vogel, September 5, 1973
Folder 31: Vogel for Supreme Court, 1974
Folder 32: N.D. Supreme Court Statistical Compilations
Folder 33: Miscellaneous Notes
Folder 34: Memorabilia

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