Judge Edward J. Devitt Papers, 1927-1992

Judge Edward J. Devitt Papers

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Collection Overview

Title: Judge Edward J. Devitt Papers, 1927-1992

ID: OGLMC1253

Primary Creator: Devitt, Edward J. (1911-1992)

Extent: 57.5 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 05/00/1992

Subjects: Legal, University of North Dakota - Alumni

Languages: English

Abstract

1911-1992; Graduate of the UND School of Law, 1935; Ramsey County (MN) Probate Judge 1950-1954, District Court Judge for Minnesota, 1954-1981, Senior Judge status, 1981-1992

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Judge Edward J. Devitt Papers date from 1927-1992 and have been divided into three series:

Series 1: Biographical Materials

Series 2: Criminal Cases

Series 3: Civil Cases

Collection Historical Note

Edward James Devitt, the son of a railroad round-house foreman, was born May 5, 1911 in St. Paul, Minnesota. All four of his grandparents were born in Ireland. He attended St. John's Preparatory School and then St. John's University in Collegeville, MN, after which he earned a Bachelor of Law degree at the University of North Dakota in 1935, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Commerce in 1938. Elected a municipal judge in East Grand Forks, MN in November, 1935, Devitt drew mention in a national "Believe It or Not" syndicated news feature as the youngest judge in the USA. Named an assistant attorney general in Minnesota in 1939, he also taught at the UND Law School.

During the Second World War, Devitt became a US Navy intelligence officer. Lt. Cdr. Devitt was the sole survivor of a kamikaze hit upon the radio compartment of the destroyer Caldwell in December 1944. Recovering after a six month hospital stay, he received a Purple Heart for injuries from this raid.

Elected to the US House of Representatives from St. Paul in 1946 (R, Minn.), Devitt served on the House Judiciary Committee. Defeated for re-election by Eugene McCarthy in 1948, Devitt practiced law in St. Paul until his election as Ramsey County Probate Judge in 1950. In 1954, Devitt was appointed a federal judge on the US District Court for Minnesota. Serving as Chief US District Judge for Minnesota since 1958, Devitt officially retired in 1981, but continued to hear numerous cases as a senior judge. Judge Devitt died March 2, 1992. His funeral, held in the St. Paul Cathedral, was attended by over 1,200 mourners.

During his lengthy tenure on the US District Court, Devitt became probably the most respected and influential district court judge in the nation. His decisions were seldom reversed on appeal. His booklet "Ten Commandments for the New Judge", written in 1961, has become standard reading. Among his most noted innovations was the use of six-person juries in federal civil cases; a practice that has since come to be used in nearly all of the 95 US District Courts nationwide. Judge Devitt is also co-author of Federal Jury Practice and Instructions, the standard reference book on this subject. During the years 1967-1971, Judge Devitt chaired the American Bar Association Legal Advisory Committee on Fair Trial - Free Press, which developed guidelines for news media and the bench in sensational cases so as to avoid prejudicial publicity that would prevent a fair trial.

Judge Devitt repeatedly turned aside opportunities for promotion to appellate courts or to other positions removed from trial law. Dedicated to improving the judicial art, Devitt sought to write decisions and opinions which could be easily understood by those not trained in legal terminology. An active Catholic, Judge Devitt urged his fellow jurists to pray for divine guidance since "judges need that help more than anyone else."

West Publishing, a respected publisher in the field of law, in 1982 inaugurated the Edward J. Devitt Distinguished Service to Justice Award. This annual award, with a prize of $15,000, is given to the nation's foremost federal judge, as determined by a selection panel which frequently includes justices on the US Supreme Court. Judge Devitt served as Permanent Chairman of this selection panel.

Among Judge Devitt's most notable cases were the 1961 racketeering trial of Minneapolis gangster Isadore (Kid Cann) Blumenfeld, the 1963 fraud trial of former Minneapolis mayor Marvin Kline, the trial of the "Minnesota Eight" resisters of the Vietnam era draft, and the Reserve Mining environmental pollution trial of the mid 1970s. Judge Devitt also presided over several major organized crime trials in California and other states.

Subject/Index Terms

Legal
University of North Dakota - Alumni

Administrative Information

Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections

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

Acquisition Source: Terese Hoffman, St. Paul, Minnesota

Acquisition Method: Donation; Acc.92-1822 and Acc.92-1823

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Judge Edward J. Devitt Papers. OGLMC 1253, 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 March 2015.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Biographical Material],
[Series 2: Criminal Cases],
[Series 3: Civil Cases],
[Photographs :],
[All]

Series 1: Biographical Material

Box 1

Folder 1: Two biographical sketches of Judge Devitt; 1974 Freedom Speaks "American of the Year" article; Southern Methodist University speaker introduction sheet; program from May 11, 1981 Recognition Banquet (two copies); program from January 14, 1987 Portrait Presentation Ceremony (two copies).

Folder 2: Obituaries and related articles as follows:

Item 1: Funeral notice in St. Paul Pioneer Press, March 3, 1992
Item 2: Page one article in St. Paul Pioneer Press, March 3, 1992
Item 3: Page one article in Star Tribune, March 3, 1992
Item 4: Funeral description in St. Paul Pioneer Press, March 6, 1992
Item 5: Funeral description in Star Tribune, March 6, 1992
Item 6: Obituary in St. Paul Area Downtowner, March 4, 1992 (2 copies)
Item 7: Assumption Parish weekly bulletin for week of March 8, 1992
Item 8: Photocopies of obituaries and articles from Catholic Bulletin, Grand Forks Herald and two unidentified sources.

Folder 3: Memorabilia - University of North Dakota School of Law:

Item 1: Commencement calendar, 1934
Item 2: Directory of graduates, 1901-1955
Item 3: Fifty Year Directory of N.D. Chapter of The Order of the Coif

Folder 4: Memorabilia - elective office

Item 1: Pictorial directory of the 80th Congress
Item 2: Campaign flyers: US Congress races in 1946 and 1948; Probate Judgeship re- election campaign in 1952

Folder 5: Memorabilia - US District Court of Minnesota

Item 1: History of the United States District Court of Minnesota, 1976
Item 2: History of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, 1989
Item 3: "Proceedings of Special Ceremonial Session for Receiving Picture Portraits," 1968
Item 4: Memorial - John E. Kennedy (former law clerk of Judge Devitt)
Item 5: "Insiders' Rules of Procedure" (photocopy of publication by Gregory Stenmoe, a former law clerk of Judge Devitt)

Folder 6: Edward J. Devitt Distinguished Service to Justice Award: list of recipients, 1982- 1991; recognition ceremony booklets commemorating 1982 through 1990 recipients

Folder 7: The Sagatagan, 1927 (St. John's yearbook with handwritten personal inscriptions to Edward Devitt)

Folder 8: Scrapbook of newspaper clippings and miscellaneous memorabilia from 1935 to 1940, pasted onto pages of The Sagatagan, 1928. The front half of this yearbook was used as a scrapbook by Edward Devitt for news clippings of 1935-40 concerning East Grand Forks municipal judgeship campaign, patriotic speeches, public functions attended, and press mentions of cases heard in his courtroom. Numerous personal comments to Devitt by classmates of 1928 remain unobscured in the back half of the yearbook.

Folder 9: The Sagatagan, 1929 (St. John's yearbook with handwritten personal inscriptions to Edward Devitt)

Folder 10: The Sagatagan, 1930 (St. John's yearbook without personal inscriptions)

Folder 11: The Dakotah, 1933 (University of North Dakota yearbook - no personal inscriptions)

Folder 12: The Dakotah, 1935 (UND yearbook, signed by Eugene Devitt with May 30, 1935 date but otherwise without inscriptions)

Folder 13: Scrapbook, 1934-35

Folder 14: Loose news clippings, 1934-44. Includes "Strange as it Seems," a syndicated feature by John Hix in style of Ripley's "Believe it or Not," with mention of Devitt's 1934 election as youngest judge in USA.

Folder 15: Loose news clippings and letters from the general public, 1955-56. All relate to the highly publicized Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. (ADM) labor payoff trial concerning bribery of certain labor union officials by ADM. Devitt was the federal district judge who heard this case.

Folder 16: Loose news clippings, 1958. All relate to the highly publicized murder trial of Mafia figures Rocky Lupino and Johnny Azzone, heard by Devitt.

Folder 17: Loose news clippings, 1973-80.

Box 2

Folder 1: 1967 scrapbook
Folder 2: 1935 certificate to practice before North Dakota Supreme Court (framed)
Folder 3: two university graduation gowns
Folder 4: one university mortarboard cap
Folder 5: UND honorary law degree, 1965 (framed)
Folder 6: 1954 certificate as Director of UND Alumni Association
Folder 7: certificate of appreciation by Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, 1978 (framed)
Folder 8: Hamline University honorary law degree, 1982 (in red presentation case)

Box 3

Folder 1: Westlaw citations of significant cases, with printouts for the following database search criteria:

Item 1: Judge Devitt AND North Dakota
Item 2: Judge Devitt AND Native American or Indian
Item 3: Court of Appeals AND Devitt [all cases appealed from the most recent 200 cases heard by Judge Devitt at the District Court level]
Item 4: Court of Appeals - Devitt sitting by designation [cases heard by Devitt at the appellate level while serving temporarily as an appeals court judge]

Folder 2: American Bar Association Legal Advisory Committee on Fair Trial and Free Press - background materials including 1965 US Senate Subcommittee Hearings transcript "Free Press and Fair Trial" (2 volumes), and book Free Press and Fair Trial. New York: American Newspaper Publishers Assoc., 1967.

Folder 3: American Bar Association Legal Advisory Committee on Fair Trial and Free Press - publications as follows:

Item 1: The Rights of Fair Trial and Free Press: An Information Manual for the Bar, News Media, Law Enforcement Officials and Courts.
Item 2: Chicago: American Bar Association Legal Advisory Committee on Fair Trial and Free Press, 1969.
Item 3: Edward J. Devitt. "Is the Free Press Really in Danger?" Saint John's. Vol. 8, no. 1 (Spring 1968), 16-19. (photocopy)
Item 4: Edward J. Devitt. "The 'Reardon Report': What Happens Next?" The Bulletin of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. No. 533 (August 1969), 11-12. (photocopy)

Folder 4: The Devitt Committee, aka Judicial Conference of the United States: Committee to Consider Standards for Admission to Practice in the Federal Courts

Item 1: Report and Tentative Recommendations, Sept. 21-22, 1978.
Item 2: Presentation before Fortieth Annual Judicial Conference of the District of Columbia Circuit, May 21-22, 1979.
Item 3: Final Report, Sept. 19-20, 1979.
Item 4: Edward J. Devitt. "Law School Training: Key to Quality Trial Advocacy." American Bar Association Journal. vol. 65 (Dec. 1979), 1800-02. (photocopy)

Folder 5: The Devitt Committee, aka Judicial Conference of the United States: Committee to Consider Standards for Admission to Practice in the Federal Courts

Item 1: Report of Sept. 22, 1976 meeting in Washington, DC
Item 2: Report of Dec. 9-10, 1976 meeting in San Antonio, TX
Item 3: Report of April 18-19, 1977 meeting in Carmel, CA
Item 4: Report of Aug. 29-30, 1977 meeting in Hilton Head, SC
Item 5: Minutes of Aug. 14-15, 1978 meeting on Mackinac Island, MI

Folder 6: The Devitt Committee, aka Judicial Conference of the United States: Committee to Consider Standards for Admission to Practice in the Federal Courts

Item 1: General Correspondence, 1976

Folder 7: The Devitt Committee, aka Judicial Conference of the United States: Committee to Consider Standards for Admission to Practice in the Federal Courts

Item 1: General correspondence, 1977

Folder 8: The Devitt Committee, aka Judicial Conference of the United States: Committee to Consider Standards for Admission to Practice in the Federal Courts

Item 1: General correspondence, 1978

Folder 9: The Devitt Committee, aka Judicial Conference of the United States: Committee to Consider Standards for Admission to Practice in the Federal Courts

Item 1: General correspondence, 1979

Folder 10: The Devitt Committee, aka Judicial Conference of the United States: Committee to Consider Standards for Admission to Practice in the Federal Courts

Item 1: General correspondence, 1980-82

Folder 11: The Devitt Committee, aka Judicial Conference of the United States: Committee to Consider Standards for Admission to Practice in the Federal Courts

Item 1: Correspondence with Professor James P. White, 1979-81

Folder 12: The Devitt Committee, aka Judicial Conference of the United States: Committee to Consider Standards for Admission to Practice in the Federal Courts

Item 1: Correspondence concerning Final Report, 1979

Box 4

Folder 1: The Devitt Committee, aka Judicial Conference of the United States: Committee to Consider Standards for Admission to Practice in the Federal Courts

Item 1: Correspondence concerning Final Report, 1980

Folder 2: The Devitt Committee, aka Judicial Conference of the United States: Committee to Consider Standards for Admission to Practice in the Federal Courts

Item 1: Correspondence on Federal Court Admission Requirements, 1980

Folder 3: The Devitt Committee, aka Judicial Conference of the United States: Committee to Consider Standards for Admission to Practice in the Federal Courts

Item 1: Correspondence on Student Practice Rule, 1980-81

Folder 4: Published Articles by Edward J. Devitt, 1959 and prior

Folder 5: Published Articles by Edward J. Devitt, 1960-69

Folder 6: Published Articles by Edward J. Devitt, 1970-77

Folder 7: Published Articles by Edward J. Devitt, 1978-79

Folder 8: Published Articles by Edward J. Devitt, 1980

Folder 9: Published Articles by Edward J. Devitt, 1981 and subsequent

Series 2: Criminal Cases

Box 5

Folder 1: Charges to the Jury - Criminal Cases, 1955-57.
Folder 2: Charges to the Jury - Criminal Cases, 1958-61.
Folder 3: Charges to the Jury - Criminal Cases, 1962-64.
Folder 4: Charges to the Jury - Criminal Cases, 1966-68.
Folder 5: United States v. Byron Dewayne Adams, Cr. 3-85-136. Defendant charged with armed robbery of a bank employee who was driving a route to replenish cash in automatic teller machines. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 6: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al, Cr. 3-81-96. I. Successful prosecution of a major "Mafia" organized crime figure, a bank president, and others involved in a scheme to float large amounts in bad checks so as to cover up a casino skimming operation at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. This first folder contains newspaper coverage of the case and its antecedent events, from 1979-81. [Cross-reference to United States v. Summit National Bank, Cr. 3-82-110, beginning in Box 29 folder 10. Photocopies of pre-trial newspaper coverage are included therein.]
Folder 7: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. II. Newspaper coverage, 1982-83.
Folder 8: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. III. Prosecution memorandum containing Grand Jury materials.
Folder 9: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. IV. Motion challenging Grand Jury indictment, with related documents #1.
Folder 10: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. V. Motion challenging Grand Jury indictment, with related documents #2.
Folder 11: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. VI. Pre-trial motions #1.
Folder 12: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. VII. Pre-trial motions #2.
Folder 13: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. VIII. Pre-trial motions #3.
Folder 14: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. IX. Attorney disqualification for conflict of interest among defense counsel #1.
Folder 15: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. X. Attorney disqualification for conflict of interest among defense counsel #2.

Box 6

Folder 1: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XI. Attorney disqualification for conflict of interest among defense counsel #3.
Folder 2: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XII. Attorney disqualification for conflict of interest among defense counsel #4.
Folder 3: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XIII. Attorney disqualification for conflict of interest among defense counsel #5.
Folder 4: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XIV. Attorney disqualification for conflict of interest among defense counsel #6.
Folder 5: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XV. Overview of trial: indictment, chronological file of orders, handwritten log of the trial itself.
Folder 6: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XVI. Later pre-trial motions: general.
Folder 7: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XVII. Later pre-trial motions: setting of trial date.
Folder 8: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XVIII. Later pre-trial motions: exclusion of evidence #1.
Folder 9: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XIX. Later pre-trial motions: exclusion of evidence #2.
Folder 10: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XX. Listings of evidence and exhibits.
Folder 11: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XXI. Government's response to defendants' objections to exhibits, including photocopies of actual exhibits in question.
Folder 12: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XXII. Government defense of use of wiretap evidence of skimming from the Tropicana; includes 214 pages of verbatim transcript of conversations among conspirators.
Folder 13: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XXIII. Jury selection, jury instructions #1.
Folder 14: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XXIV. Jury instructions #2, verdict of jury.

Box 7

Folder 1: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XXV. Post-trial motions: general.
Folder 2: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XXVI. Post-trial motions: bail and release pending appeal #1.
Folder 3: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XXVII. Post-trial motions: bail and release pending appeal #2.
Folder 4: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XXVIII. Appeals of convictions.
Folder 5: United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, et al. XXIX. Petition for Writ of Certiorari.
Folder 6: United States v. John Edward Allen, et al, Cr. 3-80-96. Conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Numerous pre-trial motions, largely concerning efforts to suppress evidence, including a defendant's voluntary confession; detailed documentation relating to search warrants.
Folder 7: United States v. Alan Joseph Allery, Cr. 6-89-8. An Area Director of Indian Health Services was convicted of fraud for overbilling the United States government by $6,000.00 in reimbursement of temporary lodging expenses. Pre-trial motions, jury instructions, exhibits, Judge Devitt's trial notes, post-trial motions. I.
Folder 8: United States v. Alan Joseph Allery. II.
Folder 9: United States v. Pedro Reynaldo Anderson, Cr. 3-84-108. A previously convicted drug dealer filed motions to suppress evidence concerning his possession of cocaine and of firearms. Motions to suppress evidence, copies of search warrants, affidavits and related documents.
Folder 10: United States v. Joseph Maria Andrade, et al, Cr. 3-84-65. I. A black fireman from Seattle, WN was convicted of fraud, along with two co-conspirators, for acting as a broker of airline tickets illegally purchased using stolen credit card numbers. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Transcripts of wiretapped telephone conversations. Conviction was appealed without success on several grounds, including the removal of both potential black jurors through use of the prosecution's peremptory challenges. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877, box 262, folders 7 and 8. [Cross-reference to United States v. Little, Box 17, folders 6 and 7, which include newspaper articles pertaining to this case.]
Folder 11: United States v. Joseph Maria Andrade, et al. II.
Folder 12: United States v. Cynthia Kay Asplund, et al, Cr. 3-90-75/76. Case was resolved through plea-bargaining following extensive pre-trial motions related to search and seizure issues. Convictions were for bank fraud and possession of stolen mail, in a scheme to cash stolen checks in order to buy heroin. Pre-trial motions, plea agreement and sentencing stipulations, photographs used in a photo line-up for suspect identification. I.
Folder 13: United States v. Cynthia Kay Asplund, et al. II.
Folder 14: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "A".
Folder 15: United States v. David Raymond Babbe, Cr. 3-80-93. Conviction after jury trial, for possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon. Jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, appeal. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877, box 131, folders 11 and 12.

Box 8

Folder 1: United States v. Charles S. Babich, , et al, Cr. 3-89-138. Plea agreement made just prior to trial, for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions, plea agreement and sentencing stipulations.

Folder 2: United States v. Loren M. Barta, Cr. 3-88-51. A lawyer in private practice was convicted of tax evasion and of filing false tax returns. Post-trial motions unsuccessfully challenged Judge Devitt's decision to exclude testimony by a clinical psychologist as to a "detail phobia" which supposedly impaired the defendant's ability to keep tax records. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Pre-trial records include a complete filled-in Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised (WMS-R) psychological test of the defendant. I.

Folder 3: United States v. Loren M. Barta. II.

Folder 4: United States v. Loren M. Barta. III.

Folder 5: United States v. Timothy Lee Bartizal, et al, Cr. 3-90-48. Indictment for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants, plea agreement and sentencing stipulations.

Folder 6: United States v. Jay D. Barkhuff, et al, Cr. 4-90-20. Conviction for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Copy of Appeals Court decision affirming conviction. I.

Folder 7: United States v. Jay D. Barkhuff. II.

Folder 8: United States v. Gene R. Bauers, et al, Cr. 3-84-69. Acquitted of income tax evasion charges. Complete trial documents through acquittal by jury, including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, and Judge Devitt's trial notes.

Folder 9: United States v. Brian Thomas Bednarczyk, Cr. 3-90-2. Possession of stolen mail, including checks. Pre-trial motions, photographs used in a photo line-up for suspect identification (photocopies only), criminal contempt order for violation of conditions of release on bond.

Folder 10: United States v. Edwin A. Beiswenger, Cr. 6-80-91. Tax evasion. Tax protester case.

Item 1: Pre-trial motions
Item 2: Judge Devitt's trial notes
Item 3: exhibit of IRS manual supplement relating to "illegal tax protest-type activities."

Folder 11: United States v. Cary Lee Berkness, Cr. 6-80-46. Bank robbery. Jury instructions, post-trial motions. Unsuccessful appeal based on insanity defense. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877, box 121, folder 10.

Folder 12: United States v. Robert Lewis Betts, Cr. 4-86-30. Possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions.

Folder 13: United States v. Terrance Duane Bjerke, et al, Cr. 6-88-58. Fraud charges related to misuse of farm equipment under mortgage in a federal farm loan program. Pre-trial motions. Exhibit materials, including political flyers on the plight of farmers.

Folder 14: United States v. John Alvin Blackwell, Cr. 3-84-139. Plea agreement reached concerning charges of smuggling marijuana from Mexico by private airplane. Pre-trial motions, plea agreement and sentencing stipulations. [Cross-reference United States v. Kragness, et al, Cr. 3-84-139, beginning in box 15 folder 7.]

Folder 15: United States v. Leslie Anthony Bluske, et al, Cr. 3-90-65. Conviction for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions.

Folder 16: United States v. Roger David Bong, Cr. 3-84-80. Acquittal on charges of possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon. Complete trial documents through acquittal by jury, including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, and Judge Devitt's trial notes. Transcripts of wiretapped telephone conversations.

Folder 17: United States v. William Roger Boone, et al, Cr. 3-80-23. Conviction for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions.

Box 9

Folder 1: United States v. John Robert Boone, et al, Cr. 6-87-127. A major marijuana cultivation case involving 17 defendants. All pled guilty, but two defendants later appealed unsuccessfully to withdraw their pleas. Most documents relate to detention pending the sentencing hearing. Numerous handwritten letters from community leaders and relatives in the defendants' home town of Loretto, Kentucky attest to their good character and request that release on bail be granted. Transcripts of examination of two drug enforcement agents provides extensive detailed description of the defendants' camouflaged marijuana cultivation operation on a Minnesota corn farm. Also included is an article from the Minneapolis Star Tribune which reports that many of the defendants came from families once involved in running "moonshine" stills. I
Folder 2: United States v. John R. Boone, et al. II.
Folder 3: United States v. John R. Boone, et al. III.
Folder 4: United States v. John R. Boone, et al. IV.
Folder 5: United States v. John R. Boone, et al. V.
Folder 6: United States v. John R. Boone, et al. VI.
Folder 7: United States v. John R. Boone, et al. VII.
Folder 8: United States v. John R. Boone, et al. VIII.
Folder 9: United States v. James Vernon Born, Cr. 3-87-49. Conspiracy to distribute methamphetamines. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 10: United States v. Donald Bowman, Cr. 3-85-12. Jury conviction for armed robbery of a drug store and for related narcotics violations. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877, box 264 folder 13 and box 265 folder 1, which include copies of district court trial transcripts and related documents not found in the Judge Devitt Papers.
Folder 11: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Ba" through "Bo".
Folder 12: United States v. Jon David Brooks, Cr. 4-90-55. Conviction by jury for cocaine distribution. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Includes bound transcript of witness testimony which provides detailed description of cocaine preparation and sales practices.
Folder 13: United States v. Bobby Bryant, et al, Cr. 3-87-49. Conspiracy to distribute methamphetamines and cocaine. Pre-trial motions, plea agreement and sentencing stipulations.
Folder 14: United States v. Brody Burton, Cr. 3-88-102. Convicted on retrial for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, after a hung jury on the first trial. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions; includes jury instructions and Judge Devitt's notes for both trials.

Box 10

Folder 1: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Br" through "Bu".
Folder 2: United States v. Kenneth James Callahan, et al, Cr. 4-77-84. A well publicized interstate kidnapping case involving a one million dollar ransom. Jury conviction was reversed on appeal. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877, box 74 folders 11 and 12. I.
Folder 3: United States v. Kenneth James Callahan, et al. II.
Folder 4: United States v. Kenneth James Callahan, et al. III.
Folder 5: United States v. Kenneth James Callahan, et al. IV.
Folder 6: United States v. Kenneth James Callahan, et al. V.
Folder 7: United States v. Kenneth James Callahan, et al. VI.
Folder 8: United States v. Ivan J. Carlisle, Cr. 6-89-34. A dairy farmer was convicted by jury of several counts of fraud related to federal funds obtained under the Milk Diversion Program. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Evidence includes numerous documents of dairy operations. I.
Folder 9: United States v. Ivan J. Carlisle. II.
Folder 10: United States v. Ivan J. Carlisle. III.
Folder 11: United States v. Ivan J. Carlisle. IV.
Folder 12: United States v. William Charles Cary, Jr., Cr. 3-88-55. Case went to trial for charge of "aiding and abetting another in casting contempt upon the flag of the United States by burning it." This charge resulted from a flag burning during a March 1988 demonstration against US policy in Honduras. Pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes.
Folder 13: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Ca".
Folder 14: United States v. Gerald Stephen Clausen, Cr. 3-87-117. Unsuccessful motions (also denied on appeal) to eliminate a three year requirement of "supervised release" following a 32 month incarceration for cocaine distribution.
Folder 15: United States v. Ludger Vance Clement, Cr. 6-83-118. Conviction by jury for possession of an unregistered weapon, namely a sawed-off rifle. Jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, post-trial motions including an unsuccessful appeal.

Box 11

Folder 1: United States v. Curtis Collins, Cr. 3-90-16. Conviction by jury for harboring a fugitive. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, and Judge Devitt's trial notes.
Folder 2: United States v. Robert Ersel Coney, Cr. 3-90-132. An armored car driver unsuccessfully appealed after being convicted of embezzlement. Jury instructions, post-trial motions.
Folder 3: United States v. Gerald Cook, Cr. 6-80-65 and 6-81-23. Acquitted of an alleged 1979 assault on a Bureau of Indian Affairs police officer. Subsequently convicted of a similar assault committed in 1981. Complete trial documents on the earlier charge, through acquittal by jury, including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, and Judge Devitt's trial notes.
Folder 4: United States v. Edward M. Coralnick, Cr. 3-90-55. Plea bargain for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Pre-trial motions, photographs used in a photo line-up for suspect identification (photocopies only), and plea agreement and sentencing stipulations.
Folder 5: United States v. John Everett Crosby, Cr. 6-87-63. Acquitted of "knowingly and willfully threatening the life of the President of the United States." Complete trial documents through acquittal by jury, including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, and Judge Devitt's trial notes. File includes newspaper clippings on the case.
Folder 6: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Ch" through "Cz".
Folder 7: United States v. Stephen Raymond Davidson, Cr. 3-85-115. Charged with fraudulently cashing stolen checks from the US mail. Case was resolved before going to jury. Pre-trial motions, photographs used in a photo line-up for suspect identification (photocopies only).
Folder 8: United States v. Orestes Dieguez/Alvarez, et al, Cr. 4-88-27. Conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Proposed jury instructions, plea agreement and sentencing stipulations.
Folder 9: United States v. Donald Dennis Dobbs, Cr. 6-82-123. Conviction by Judge Devitt for extortion was upheld on appeal. Jury trial waived. Pre-trial motions, evidence including photocopy of the extortion note, post-trial motions. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877, box 188 folder 9.
Folder 10: United States v. Virgil Jerome Dols, Cr. 3-81-15. A pharmacist was charged with dispensing controlled substances without prescriptions, following a three-day warrantless search of his premises. Devitt granted defendant's motion to suppress evidence from this search. Pre-trial motions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 11: United States v. Richard A. Dougherty, Cr. 3-84-38. Conviction, upheld on appeal, for unlawful issuance of $14.5 million in bad loans in his capacity as a bank vice president. Record of these loans was kept in a private desk drawer while held secret from other bank officials. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. I.
Folder 12: United States v. Richard A. Dougherty. II.
Folder 13: United States v. Richard A. Dougherty. III.
Folder 14: United States v. Charles Ray Douglas, Cr. 6-89-1. Conviction by jury for bribing an IRS official. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Detailed psychological evaluation includes discussion of the defendant's Vietnam experiences as a cause of Post-traumatic Stress Syndrome. I
Folder 15: United States v. Charles Ray Douglas. II.
Folder 16: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "D".

Box 12

Folder 1: United States v. Bruce Ray Fairbanks, Cr. 6-88-88. Pled guilty to felony assault with a screwdriver upon a Native American woman. At issue was whether the 5th Amendment double jeopardy clause applies when an individual is convicted of a misdemeanor in a Tribal Court and is subsequently charged under federal law with a felony for the same offense. Documents include organizational charts and funding contracts for the Tribal Court Program of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians. Pre-trial motions.
Folder 2: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Fa".
Folder 3: United States v. Rudolph C. Fitol, Cr. 3-89-118. Conviction for indoor cultivation of marijuana. An unsuccessful motion sought to avoid a mandatory five-year prison sentence for growing 100 or more marijuana plants, on the grounds that "cuttings" with growing roots were not "plants." Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants, sentencing documents.
Folder 4: United States v. James J. Fletcher, Cr. 3-81-92. Conviction for distribution of cocaine. Pre-trial motions, jury instructions, post-trial motions. Handwritten character reference letters accompany a motion to reduce sentence.
Folder 5: United States v. Angela Renen Ford, et al, Cr. 3-88-93. Convicted of transporting cocaine through the US mail. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions.
Folder 6: United States v. James K. Franke, et al, Cr. 3-86-149. Charged with possession of stolen handguns. Pre-trial motions, detailed officers' descriptions of search and arrest.
Folder 7: United States v. Daniel Murray Freeman, Cr. 3-88-84. Charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions, Judge Devitt's handwritten notes as to plea agreement and sentencing stipulations.
Folder 8: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Fe" through "Fr".
Folder 9: United States v. John Elroy Gadell, Cr. 3-84-44. Convicted of one count of first degree assault, through plea bargaining after indictment for an attempted bank robbery which included hostage-taking. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions, post-trial motions. Records include a detailed psychiatric legal evaluation.
Folder 10: United States v. Charles Alexander Gary, Cr. 3-83-86. Charged with distribution of cocaine, found in airline carry-on baggage. Pre-trial motions.
Folder 11: United States v. Thomas Gervais, Cr. 3-86-80. A realtor was convicted of falsifying receipt of an earnest money deposit on a client's VA mortgage loan application. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions.
Folder 12: United States v. Georges Fayez Ghassan, et al, Cr. 3-84-36. Charged with trafficking in heroin in multi-kilogram quantities. Pre-trial motions, numerous Reports of Investigation by federal Special Agents.
Folder 13: United States v. John Michael Gill, Cr. 3-80-61. Motion denied for reduction of a five-year sentence for cocaine trafficking. Numerous hand-written letters attest to defendant's character and suitability for drug rehabilitation work.
Folder 14: United States v. William Harrison Givens, et al, Cr. 3-82-94. Convicted of bank robbery. Conviction upheld on appeal. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877, Box 177 folder 7.
Folder 15: United States v. Darryl Jerome Glover, Cr. 3-89-128. Convicted of conspiracy to distribute two kilograms of "crack" cocaine. Upheld on appeal. Pre-trial motions, post-trial motions.

Box 13

Folder 1: United States v. Gregory Good, Cr. 6-86-30. A Native American male was acquitted of murder by means of a rifle on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. Complete trial documents through acquittal by jury, including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, and Judge Devitt's trial notes. I
Folder 2: United States v. Gregory Good. II
Folder 3: United States v. Modesto Gonzales-Chaparro, et al, Cr. 3-86-54. Conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Detailed documentation relating to search warrants. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 4: United States v. Byron Graves, Cr. 6-85-114. A prominent member of the Red Lake Chippewa Indian tribe was charged with failure to pay income tax on $150,000 in interest income. Pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes.
Folder 5: United States v. Zollie Green, et al, Cr. 3-82-129. Zollie Green, a Minneapolis alderman, was charged with receiving bribes in connection with award of a contract for construction of city bus shelters. Pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes. I
Folder 6: United States v. Zollie Green, et al. II
Folder 7: United States v. Zollie Green, et al. III
Folder 8: United States v. Virgil L. Griffin, et al, Cr. 83-53-01-09 (North Carolina). Judge Devitt prepared to hear the controversial case of nine Ku Klux Klan members and American Nazis accused of conspiracy in provoking deadly violence at a 1979 Greensboro, NC anti-Klan rally staged by the Communist Workers Party. Devitt issued a pre-trial "gag" ruling but was unable to hear the actual case due to illness. Pre-trial motions, newspaper clippings, misc. travel arrangements and related correspondence. I
Folder 9: United States v. Virgil L. Griffin, et al. II
Folder 10: United States v. Virgil L. Griffin, et al. III
Folder 11: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "G".
Folder 12: United States v. Jon Hill, Cr. 6-84-143. A Minnesota farmer was charged with selling cows that were under mortgage to the Production Credit Association. Pre-trial motions. Detailed hand-written notes concerning calving and other farm operations.
Folder 13: United States v. GJH, an Indian juvenile. Cr. 6-81-109. Adjudicated a juvenile delinquent for voluntary manslaughter in killing a drunken tormentor by means of a rifle shot. Upheld on appeal. Pre-trial motions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, post-trial motions. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877, Box 162 folder 6.
Folder 14: United States v. Tobias Hernandez, Cr. 3-89-85. Pled guilty to bank robbery, after pre-trial motions were filed. Pre-trial motion to be allowed a visit to his critically ill father was denied, due to a previous jail escape attempt documented in detail in the file (includes transcripts of wiretapped telephone conversations.) Post-trial motions to reduce sentence, written by the defendant in a unique rambling style, were also denied.

Box 14

Folder 1: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Ha" through "He".
Folder 2: United States v. Brian James Hirt, Cr. 6-84-123. Charged with distributing cocaine and marijuana. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 3: United States v. Robert Easton Howe, Cr. 3-86-24. A rural bank vice president pled guilty to embezzlement of $600,000. Pre-trial motions, FBI interview of defendant, newspaper clipping photocopies, plea agreement and sentencing stipulations, post-trial motions in unsuccessful effort to have sentence reduced.
Folder 4: United States v. Abdula Ilazi, Cr. 3-83-21. Charged with possession of 223 grams of cocaine, with intent to distribute. Stopped at an airport and then searched by officers who noted suspicious behavior including an unusual gait "like a two year old with a dirty diaper," the defendant sought to suppress the evidence found on 4th Amendment grounds. Judge Devitt wrote a highly articulate and comprehensive 15-page memorandum and order [published as 563 F. Supp. 730 (1983)] denying this motion to suppress evidence. Devitt's ruling was upheld on appeal. Pre-trial motions. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877, Box 201 folders 1 and 2.
Folder 5: United States v. Yorke B. Jacobs, Cr. 3-86-39. Charged with underreporting income to IRS, namely profits from illegal distribution of narcotics. Pre-trial motions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 6: United States v. Ted Jennings, Cr. 3-80-32. A prominent cattle dealer (100,000 head annually) was charged with aiding and abetting in fraud against the Farmers Home Administration on one particular transaction for some 100 head. Detailed grand jury transcripts, affidavits in support of defendant providing abundant information on cattle ranching operations. Pre-trial motions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 7: United States v. Michael R. Jewell, et al, Cr. 3-84-50. Charged with distributing marijuana and cocaine. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury. Pre-trial motions included effort to suppress evidence of membership in the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club.
Folder 8: United States v. James W. Johnson, Cr. 3-74-50. Acquitted of kidnapping in a Minnesota state court, but subsequently convicted of extortion in Judge Devitt's federal court. This conviction, challenged on "double jeopardy" grounds, was upheld on appeal. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. I
Folder 9: United States v. James W. Johnson. II
Folder 10: United States v. AWJ (a juvenile male), Cr. 6-86-47. Pled guilty to second-degree murder in a drunken shooting incident on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. Grand Jury transcripts, pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions, post-trial motions including later appeal to reduce sentence, with complete copy of parole file and of presentence report. I
Folder 11: United States v. AWJ (a juvenile male). II
Folder 12: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Hi" through "J".
Folder 13: United States v. Harold B. Kail, et al, Cr. 3-84-100. Coin dealer charged with mail fraud in selling overgraded coins at inflated prices. Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants. Devitt ordered the case reassigned to another judge based on his "long-term personal and professional association with the defendant's father."

Box 15

Folder 1: United States v. Rick Roland Kienzle, Cr. 3-88-34. Convicted by jury of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, and of failure to pay taxes on drug profits (including those from bales of marijuana smuggled in from Thailand). Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Includes voluminous transcripts of examination and cross-examination of co-conspirators granted immunity. I
Folder 2: United States v. Rick Roland Kienzle. II
Folder 3: United States v. Rick Roland Kienzle. III
Folder 4: United States v. John A. Kokkeler, Cr. 3-84-49. A jeweler was convicted of receiving stolen diamonds. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions.
Folder 5: United States v. David Anthony Kost, et al, Cr. 3-88-54. Convicted by jury for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Affirmed on appeal, although Judge Myron Bright dissented from the Appeals Court decision and would have reduced the sentence imposed on Kost (Appeals case 89-5010/5028, in Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877).
Folder 6: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Ka" through "Ko".
Folder 7: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al, Cr. 3-84-139. Numerous defendants were convicted by jury of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and other drugs, under the RICO anti-racketeering act. The five-week trial was described by the prosecution as the largest drug case in Minnesota history. At the center of the conspiracy, which involved extensive smuggling from South America in private aircraft, was Kragness, an Alaskan gold miner. Documents in a post-trial forfeiture proceeding contain extensive detail on gold mining operations. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. This folder contains the indictment, a newspaper article concerning the prosecutor, and the beginning of the pre-trial motions. I
Folder 8: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al. II. Pre-trial motions #2, including transcripts of wiretapped telephone conversations.
Folder 9: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al. III. Pre-trial motions #3.
Folder 10: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al. IV. Pre-trial motions #4.
Folder 11: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al. V. Pre-trial motions #5.
Folder 12: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al. VI. Pre-trial motions #6.
Folder 13: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al. VII. Pre-trial motions #7.
Folder 14: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al. VIII. Jury instructions #1.

Box 16

Folder 1: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al. IX. Jury instructions #2.
Folder 2: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al. X. Judge Devitt's trial notes, witness and exhibit lists, verdict forms.
Folder 3: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al. XI. Motions during the trial.
Folder 4: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al. XII. Forfeiture proceeding #1.
Folder 5: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al. XIII. Forfeiture proceeding #2.
Folder 6: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al. XIV. Sentencing, post-trial motions #1.
Folder 7: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al. XV. Post-trial motions #2.
Folder 8: United States v. Leonard Wayne Kragness, et al. XVI. Post-trial motions #3.
Folder 9: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Kr" through "Ku".
Folder 10: United States v. Robert A. LaCosse, et al, Cr. 3-80-100. Conviction for evading income taxes on profits from illegal sale in Minnesota of cigarettes purchased in Kentucky. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions.
Folder 11: United States v. Duane Wendell Larson, Cr. 3-85-43. Convicted for currency and tax violations related to an earlier conviction for cocaine distribution. Two currency transaction counts were reversed on appeal. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Plea agreement and sentencing stipulations, evidence including extensive documents related to "beefalo" ranching and trade in semen of cow-buffalo hybrids. I
Folder 12: United States v. Duane Wendell Larson. II
Folder 13: United States v. Duane Wendell Larson. III
Folder 14: United States v. Duane Wendell Larson. IV.

Box 17

Folder 1: United States v. Duane Wendell Larson. V.
Folder 2: United States v. Duane Wendell Larson. VI.
Folder 3: United States v. Duane Wendell Larson. VII.
Folder 4: United States v. Stanley Michael Lieser, Cr. 6-85-120. Tax protester case. Convicted of currency transaction reporting violations; conviction reversed on appeal based on precedent set in US v. Larson, 796 F2d 244 (8th Cir. 1986). Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. I
Folder 5: United States v. Stanley Michael Lieser. II
Folder 6: United States v. Walter Calvin Little, Cr. 3-84-65. [Cross-reference to US v. Andrade, et al, box 7 folders 10 and 11.] Additional defendant in airline ticket fraud scheme. Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants. I
Folder 7: United States v. Walter Calvin Little. II
Folder 8: United States v. William C. Longbehn, et al, Cr. 6-88-18. Convictions for large-scale distribution of methamphetamines. Extensive and highly revealing transcripts of wiretapped telephone conversations. Detailed documentation relating to search warrants. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Folder 10 includes dubbed copy of contested audiocassette tape of recorded telephone conversations, transcripts of that tape, and related motions. I
Folder 9: United States v. Wm. C. Longbehn, et al. II
Folder 10: United States v. Wm. C. Longbehn, et al. III
Folder 11: United States v. Wm. C. Longbehn, et al. IV
Folder 12: United States v. Wm. C. Longbehn, et al. V
Folder 13: United States v. Wm. C. Longbehn, et al. VI
Folder 14: United States v. Wm. C. Longbehn, et al. VII
Folder 15: United States v. Wm. C. Longbehn, et al. VIII
Folder 16: United States v. Wm. C. Longbehn, et al. IX

Box 18

Folder 1: United States v. Osvaldo Lorenzo, Jr., et al, Cr. 3-88-72. Convicted of cocaine distribution. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Detailed documentation relating to search warrants. I

Folder 2: United States v. Osvaldo Lorenzo, Jr., et al. II

Folder 3: United States v. Robert Lee Lott, Cr. 3-80-74. Possession of 1/2 lb. of cocaine. Pre-trial motions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.

Folder 4: United States v. Rocco Salvatore Lupino, et al, Cr. 4-58-77 and 3-58-59. Fragmentary records from a major murder-kidnapping case in 1958.

Folder 5: United States v. F.D.L. (a juvenile male), et al, Cr. 6-86-29. Convicted of involuntary manslaughter on an Indian reservation. Pre-trial motions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, post-trial motions.

Folder 6: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "L".

Folder 7: United States v. Lawrence Norman Main, Cr. 3-86-143. Pled guilty to one count of cocaine distribution. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions. Note regarding plea agreement and sentencing stipulations.

Folder 8: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al, Cr. 81-720-RJK in Central District of California. Marcello, described in one newspaper account as "the most powerful Mafia boss in the USA after Carl Gambino," was convicted of conspiracy to obstruct justice and attempted bribery of a federal judge. Two co-conspirators were also convicted. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Voluminous transcripts of wiretapped telephone conversations and FBI informer files. This folder contains newspaper articles which pertain to the defendants. I.

Folder 9: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. II.

Item 1: Judge Devitt's personal correspondence and travel/social arrangements.

Folder 10: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. III.

Item 1: Pre-trial motions #1, including indictment, published report of previous case, and computer summary of pre-trial motions by date.

Folder 11: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. IV.

Item 1: Pre-trial motions #2.

Folder 12: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. V.

Item 1: Pre-trial motions #3.

Folder 13: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. VI.

Item 1: Pre-trial motions #4.

Folder 14: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. VII.

Item 1: Pre-trial motions #5.

Box 19

Folder 1: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. VIII.

Item 1: FBI reports.

Folder 2: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. IX.

Item 1: Transcripts of wiretapped telephone conversations #1.

Folder 3: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. X.

Item 1: Transcripts of wiretapped telephone conversations #2.

Folder 4: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. XI.

Item 1: Jury instructions #1.

Folder 5: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. XII.

Item 1: Jury instructions #2.

Folder 6: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. XIII.

Item 1: Trial notes and documents.

Folder 7: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. XIV.

Item 1: Sentencing #1.

Folder 8: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. XV.

Item 1: Sentencing #2.

Folder 9: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. XVI.

Item 1: Sentencing #3.

Folder 10: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. XVII.

Item 1: Post-trial motions #1.

Folder 11: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. XVIII.

Item 1: Post-trial motions #2.

Folder 12: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. XIX.

Item 1: Post-trial motions #3.

Box 20

Folder 1: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. XX.

Item 1: Post-trial motions #4.

Folder 2: United States v. Carlos Marcello, et al. XXI.

Item 1: Post-trial motions #5.

Folder 3: United States v. Pauline A. Marinsek, Cr. 5-80-20. The owner of a small store was charged with evasion of federal income taxes. Pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes. I.

Folder 4: United States v. Pauline A. Marinsek. II.

Folder 5: United States v. William Arthur Mars, Cr. 3-91-49. Charged with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants, proposed jury instructions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.

Folder 6: United States v. Robert William McCormick, et al, Cr. 3-89-120. Acquitted by jury of conspiracy to assist in a federal prison escape attempt. Complete trial documents through acquittal by jury, including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, and Judge Devitt's trial notes. Transcripts of bugged in-person conversations involving "wired" undercover FBI agents. I.

Folder 7: United States v. Robert William McCormick, et al. II.

Folder 8: United States v. Allen Henry McKinney, et al, Cr. 3-80-80. Conspiracy to manufacture controlled substances similar to methamphetamines. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions.

Folder 9: United States v. Sherman Ray Meirovitz, Cr. 3-88-111. Conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Pre-trial motions, including numerous character references. Transcripts of wiretapped telephone conversations, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes.

Folder 10: United States v. Rickie Lee Messner, et al, Cr. 3-85-18. A Minnesota farmer was charged with conversion to private use of property mortgaged to the Commodity Credit Corporation. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.

Folder 11: United States v. Daniel Wayne Miller, Cr. 3-85-21. Conviction by jury, upheld on appeal, for aiding and abetting in distribution of cocaine. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions.

Folder 12: United States v. Constance Rae Miranda-Jewell, Cr. 3-84-50. Charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana. Pre-trial motions, transcripts of bugged in-person conversations involving a "wired" undercover agent, proposed jury instructions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.

Folder 13: United States v. David Miles Miskavige, Cr. 3-83-12, 3-87-31, 3-87-70. Plea agreement to bank robbery, threatening communications, and bond jumping. Numerous legal challenges filed subsequently, all denied. Includes numerous letters from relatives challenging courtroom security measures and other aspects of the case, both before and after the bond jumping took place. I.

Folder 14: United States v. David Miles Miskavige. II.

Folder 15: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Ma" through "Min".

Box 21

Folder 1: United States v. Todd Andrew Mithun, Cr. 4-90-26. Possession of firearm by a previously convicted felon. Pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes.
Folder 2: United States v. Steven Mogol, Cr. 3-85-140. An art and antiques dealer was charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. Pre-trial motions, jury instructions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants.
Folder 3: United States v. Emilio Lazaro Mojena, Cr. 3-85-152. Possession of cocaine. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 4: United States v. Pablo Lleregua Montalvo, Cr. 3-85-35. Conviction, upheld on appeal, for distribution of cocaine. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions.
Folder 5: United States v. Patrick Joseph Morris, et al, Cr. 3-84-120. Pled guilty to possession of cocaine with intent to distribute; later sought unsuccessfully to vacate this plea or lessen the sentence. Pre-trial motions, post-trial motions, detailed parole hearing documents. I.
Folder 6: United States v. Patrick Joseph Morris, et al. II.
Folder 7: United States v. Robin Neil Munkelwitz, et al, Cr. 3-88-61. Plea agreement to distribution of cocaine, later rescinded by government for failure of defendant to co-operate in other drug investigations. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions, plea agreement and sentencing stipulations.
Folder 8: United States v. Gregory Murdock, et al, Cr. 3-89-98. Convicted of several bank robberies. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. I.
Folder 9: United States v. Gregory Murdock, et al. II.
Folder 10: United States v. Gregory Murdock, et al. III.
Folder 11: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Mo" through "Mu".
Folder 12: United States v. Herman Aaron Natwick, Cr. 6-87-56. A third-generation Minnesota farmer forced into foreclosure pled guilty to making false statements on PCA loan forms. Complete transcript of the sentencing hearing includes a moving speech on the plight of family farmers. Pre-trial motions, sentencing document.
Folder 13: United States v. Marlo Naylor, Cr. 3-89-128 [cross-reference to United States v. Darryl Glover, box 12 folder 15.] A female accomplice of Darryl Glover in distribution of "crack" cocaine was granted a sentence reduction to ten years on the basis of her relative youth (age 23) and her having been, in Judge Devitt's words, "purposefully exploited by a manipulative lover 15 years her senior." Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. I.
Folder 14: United States v. Marlo Naylor. II.
Folder 15: United States v. Darwin Lee Neadeau, Cr. 6-86-124 [cross-reference United States v. Gordon Wayne Roy, box 24 folder 4]. A young Native American man raised on the Red Lake Indian Reservation was charged with participation in a brutal murder of another Native American male. Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 16: United States v. Gary A. Neadeau, Cr. 6-80-112. A young Native American man raised on the Red Lake Indian Reservation was charged with a brutal sexual assault. Pre-trial motions, FBI investigation report. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 17: United States v. Vickie Lee Neadeau, et al, Cr. 6-89-9. A young Native American woman raised on the Red Lake Indian Reservation was charged with aiding and abetting in involuntary manslaughter in an automobile collision which took place while she was driving intoxicated. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.

Box 22

Folder 1: United States v. Y.M.N. (a juvenile), Cr. 6-83-95. A young Native American woman raised on the Red Lake Indian Reservation was convicted (upheld on appeal) for voluntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of her uncle, Albert Neadeau. Pre-trial motions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, appeals court decision.
Folder 2: United States v. Debra J. Neumiller, et al, Cr. 3-84-113. Convicted of cocaine distribution. Sentence reporting date was postponed to allow her to be with her children while they were receiving counseling for sexual abuse by a neighbor (detailed "Order of Detention" papers concerning this neighbor are included in the case file). Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants, motion to extend reporting date.
Folder 3: United States v. Steven Earl Neumann, Cr. 5-87-14. Convicted of bank robbery using a dangerous weapon. Conviction was upheld on appeal. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions.
Folder 4: United States v. Timothy Ralph Nordskog, Cr. 3-83-111. Convicted of cocaine distribution. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Extensive transcripts of wiretapped telephone conversations and of bugged in-person conversations involving a "wired" undercover agent.
Folder 5: United States v. Patrick A. Norquay, Cr. 6-88-98. A Chippewa Native American male pled guilty to burglary. Motions largely concerned sentencing and resolution of apparent conflicts between federal and tribal laws. Pre-trial motions, post-trial motions.
Folder 6: United States v. John North, et al, Cr. 3-89-105. Pled guilty to conspiracy to make counterfeit US and Canadian currency using a Canon color laser copier. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions, plea agreement and sentencing stipulations, detailed transcripts of wiretapped telephone conversations. I.
Folder 7: United States v. John North, et al. II.
Folder 8: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "N".
Folder 9: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "O".
Folder 10: United States v. Jesus Leon Padron, Cr. 3-85-30. A Cuban refugee who came to the USA as part of the 1980 "Marial" boat-lift was convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Photocopied articles from newsmagazines on US crimes by "Marielites". I.
Folder 11: United States v. Jesus Leon Padron. II.
Folder 12: United States v. Ronald A. Palermo, et al, Cr. 3-88-14. Charged with fraud against FHA by collecting rents without paying mortgages. Pre-trial motions, photographs used in a photo line-up for suspect identification (photocopies only). Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 13: United States v. Panagiotis Papadopolous, et al, Cr. 3-86-164. Charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 14: United States v. Derrick Kim Patterson, Cr. 3-88-12. A prior felon convicted of possession of a firearm. Upheld on appeal, although Judge Myron Bright dissented from this appeals decision. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877.
Folder 15: United States v. James Richard Paulsen, Cr. 3-80-6. Convicted of cocaine distribution. Conviction upheld on appeal. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions.
Folder 16: United States v. Donna Mae Peterson, et al, Cr. 3-83-92. Sentenced to three years imprisonment for cocaine distribution. Pre-trial motions; post-trial motions seeking sentence reduction.
Folder 17: United States v. Kenneth Maynard Popow, Cr. 6-86-43. A Canadian citizen convicted of using a false name on entry to the USA. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Upheld on appeal. Included are detailed descriptions of the defendant's work as a middleman for rebuilt parts of city buses throughout North America.
Folder 18: United States v. Paul Edward Porter, Cr. 6-85-39. A tax protester who acted as his own attorney was convicted by jury of manufacturing an unlicensed machine gun with a silencer. Pre-trial motions and post-trial motions focused on supposed illegality of the US court system absent a gold-backed national currency, and an alleged prejudicial prosecution of the defendant because of his tax protest and "anti-Zionist" affiliations. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. FBI reports. I.
Folder 19: United States v. Paul Edward Porter. II.

Box 23

Folder 1: United States v. George Lankford Powell, Jr., et al, Cr. 3-82-49. Conviction, upheld on appeal, for selling "bootleg" phonograph records in violation of copyrights held by Bruce Springsteen and other performers. Extensive detailed documentation relating to search warrants, describing the illicit recording of live concerts and production and sale of "bootleg" records from them. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877, box 170 folder 9.

Folder 2: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "P".

Folder 3: United States v. Michael Richard Quinn, Cr. 6-87-1. Plea agreement to cocaine possession with intent to distribute. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants.

Folder 4: United States v. Joseph D. Ramirez, et al, Cr. 3-84-47 and 3-84-85. Convicted of conspiracy to import cocaine, in a major smuggling operation by private aircraft. Ramirez was admired as a civic benefactor by the citizens of Princeton, MN up to the time of his arrest, and was the key mover in the construction of the town's airport as well as a hockey rink and other public facilities. This folder includes newspaper coverage of the case as well as documents concerning Ramirez' character and past activities. I.

Folder 5: United States v. Joseph D. Ramirez, et al. II.

Item 1: Pre-trial motions #1.

Folder 6: United States v. Joseph D. Ramirez, et al. III.

Item 1: Pre-trial motions #2.

Folder 7: United States v. Joseph D. Ramirez, et al. IV.

Item 1: Jury instructions.

Folder 8: United States v. Joseph D. Ramirez, et al. V.

Item 1: Judge Devitt's trial notes, mid-trial motions.

Folder 9: United States v. Joseph D. Ramirez, et al. VI.

Item 1: Post-trial motions, including appeal.

Folder 10: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Ra" through "Ri".

Folder 11: United States v. Jeffrey Floyd Roberts, et al, Cr. 3-86-100. Convicted by jury of bank robbery (upheld on appeal). Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions.

Folder 12: United States v. Harlow Dale Robinson, Cr. 6-80-02. Charged with mail fraud in cashing a check mailed through the US mails from an insurance company for a farm house burned down by arson. Pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes.

Folder 13: United States v. Steven Thomas Rodgers, Cr. 3-82-140. Convicted by jury of cocaine distribution. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Upheld on appeal. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877, box 197 folders 5 and 6.

Folder 14: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Ro".

Box 24

Folder 1: United States v. Donald Preston Rossbach, Jr., aka "Mr. Big", Cr. 6-81-47. A Native American male, aged 24, was convicted by jury of rape of two underage females on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. Upheld on appeal. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877, box 151 folder 10. I.
Folder 2: United States v. Donald Preston Rossbach, Jr., aka "Mr. Big". II.
Folder 3: United States v. Donald Preston Rossbach, Jr., aka "Mr. Big". III.
Folder 4: United States v. Gordon Wayne Roy, Cr. 6-26-124 [cross-reference United States v. Darvin Lee Neadeau, box 21, folder 15]. A young Native American man raised on the Red Lake Indian Reservation was convicted of second-degree murder in a slaying by machete. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Upheld on appeal.
Folder 5: United States v. Vicky Lee Roy, Cr. 6-88-59. A young Native American woman raised on the Red Lake Indian Reservation pled guilty to aggravated assault causing bodily injury, in a stabbing incident. Plea agreement and sentencing stipulations. Her sentencing was used as a test case, in an unsuccessful constitutional challenge to the United States Sentencing Commission's authority. Included are several drafts and final version of Judge Devitt's carefully written "Order Upholding Constitutionality of Sentencing Guidelines Law".
Folder 6: United States v. Clayton Runck, Cr. 3-78-38 and 3-78-39. Pled guilty to insurance fraud using the US mails. Briefs in the file largely concern release of Grand Jury transcripts for use in a separate civil case by several insurance firms against Mr. Runck.
Folder 7: United States v. Isacc McKenely Russell, Cr. 3-82-39 and 3-82-49. A black man pled guilty to bank robbery, and agreed to be sentenced to a longer term in a state prison, rather than a shorter term in a federal prison, so as to be near his family. Later unsuccessful motions sought extra credit for in-prison work in view of this unusual plea agreement. Proposed jury instructions, plea agreement and sentencing stipulations, post-trial motions.
Folder 8: United States v. Jerry Hal Saliterman, et al, Cr. 6-87-101. Pled guilty to conspiracy to defraud, in a large-scale shoplifting, credit card, and stolen goods operation involving several hundred thousand dollars worth of fur coats from department stores. Pre-trial briefs and post-sentencing briefs sought unsuccessfully to suppress wiretap evidence on which the case was based. Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants, proposed jury instructions, post-trial motions. I.
Folder 9: United States v. Jerry Hal Saliterman, et al. II.
Folder 10: United States v. Jerry Hal Saliterman, et al. III.
Folder 11: United States v. Jerry Hal Saliterman, et al. IV.
Folder 12: United States v. Robert Thomas Sanko, Cr. 3-84-113. Convicted by jury of cocaine distribution. Upheld on appeal. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877, box 263 folder 1.
Folder 13: United States v. Patrick Gene Sayers, Cr. 6-89-27. A young Native American man raised on the Red Lake Indian Reservation was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon (a knife) with intent to do bodily harm. Upheld on appeal. Pre-trial motions, jury instructions, post-trial motions. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877.
Folder 14: United States v. Joseph M. Sazenski, Magistrate Docket #86-67. Sought unsuccessfully to be released on bail pending trial for possession of 3/4 ton of marijuana. Motions, Pre-trial Services Report, unsuccessful appeal.

Box 25

Folder 1: United States v. Terry Paul Schleicher, Cr. 3-87-126. Convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Upheld on appeal. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. DEA "Reports of Investigation".
Folder 2: United States v. Gregory Byron Schmidt, Cr. 3-84-46 [cross-reference United States v. Joseph D. Ramirez, box 23 folders 4 through 9]. Conspiracy to import cocaine by private aircraft. Pre-trial motions, evidence related to aircraft ownership and servicing, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes. I.
Folder 3: United States v. Gregory Byron Schmidt. II.
Folder 4: United States v. Randy Charles Schmidt, Cr. 3-89-138. Convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Upheld on appeal. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Transcripts of wiretapped telephone conversations.
Folder 5: United States v. Wilhelm E. Schmitt, et al, Cr. 6-84-124 and 6-84-125. Major tax protester case whose primary defendant was "obsessed with the idea that the US government is controlled by Communists". Exhibit materials include a handwritten set of assembly instructions for a machine gun which concludes "Test firing: Load a 20 rd magazine and go to your nearest judge or IRS agent and fill him full of holes." Specific charges against the defendants included conspiracy to commit bank robbery and take hostages, conspiracy to impede and injure federal officers, and manufacturing of machine guns. This folder includes recent tax protest correspondence and a post-conviction publication by Wilhelm Schmitt entitled "Twenty-six Years in Prison for Telling the Truth about the Income Tax". Also in this folder are Grand Jury exhibits and indictments. I.
Folder 6: United States v. Wilhelm E. Schmitt, et al. II. Pre-trial motions #1.
Folder 7: United States v. Wilhelm E. Schmitt, et al. III. Pre-trial motions #2.
Folder 8: United States v. Wilhelm E. Schmitt, et al. IV. Pre-trial motions #3.
Folder 9: United States v. Wilhelm E. Schmitt, et al. V. Pre-trial motions #4.
Folder 10: United States v. Wilhelm E. Schmitt, et al. VI. Jury instructions #1.
Folder 11: United States v. Wilhelm E. Schmitt, et al. VII. Jury instructions #2, Judge Devitt's trial notes.
Folder 12: United States v. Wilhelm E. Schmitt, et al. VIII. Post-trial motions.

Box 26

Folder 1: United States v. Ronald F. Schubel, Cr. 3-89-36. Charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, detailed documentation relating to search warrants.

Folder 2: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Sa" through "Se"

Folder 3: United States v. Ming Sen Shive, Cr. 3-80-72. Convicted by jury in a highly publicized rape-kidnap case. After the trial, Judge Devitt issued a significant ruling which denied local television stations access to videotapes of the victim made by Shive during the kidnap itself. This folder includes news articles and pre-trial motions. I.

Folder 4: United States v. Ming Sen Shive. II.

Item 1: Jury instructions.

Folder 5: United States v. Ming Sen Shive. III.

Item 1: Judge Devitt's trial notes; motions.

Folder 6: United States v. Ming Sen Shive. IV.

Item 1: Post-trial motions and appeals.

Folder 7: United States v. Ming Sen Shive. V.

Item 1: Transcripts of videotapes, motions concerning release of videotapes to television stations for public broadcast.

Folder 8: United States v. Ming Sen Shive. VI.

Item 1: Letters to Judge Devitt concerning release of videotapes. Further motions on the videotape issue.

Folder 9: United States v. James A. Simchuck, et al, Cr. 3-86-12. Charged with willful failure to file income tax returns. Tax protester case. Pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes. Copies of forms sent to IRS by defendants in 1977, declaring "vows of poverty" in the "Life Science Church - Order of Almighty God."

Folder 10: United States v. Allen Smith, et al, Cr. 3-90-26. Two members of the "Crips" street gang were convicted by jury of conspiracy to distribute "crack" cocaine. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Detailed documentation relating to search warrants. I.

Folder 11: United States v. Allen Smith, et al. II.

Folder 12: United States v. John D. Smith, Jr., Cr. 6-82-72. A young Native American man raised on the Red Lake Indian Reservation had his probation revoked after an assault on his ex-wife. Remanded on appeal but sustained in supplemental district court proceeding. File includes detailed psychiatric evaluation report. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877, box 248 folder 2.

Folder 13: United States v. Morris Harris Smith, et al, Cr. 3-83-87. Convicted by jury of bank robbery. Upheld on appeal. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. FBI interview documents.

Folder 14: United States v. Todd Lydell Smith, Cr. 6-89-33. A young Native American man raised on the Red Lake Indian Reservation was acquitted of assault with a metal rake causing serious bodily injury. Complete trial documents through acquittal by jury, including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, and Judge Devitt's trial notes.

Box 27

Folder 1: United States v. Conrad Bruce Solomonson, Cr. 3-88-73. Co-owner of an independent insurance agency was convicted of mail fraud and bank fraud in a scheme which diverted over one million dollars into his personal checking accounts. This folder contains newspaper clippings, indictment documents, and pre-trial motions #1. I.

Folder 2: United States v. Conrad Bruce Solomonson, Cr. 3-88-73. II.

Item 1: Pre-trial motions #2.

Folder 3: United States v. Conrad Bruce Solomonson, Cr. 3-88-73. III.

Item 1: Pre-trial motions #3, financial exhibits #1.

Folder 4: United States v. Conrad Bruce Solomonson, Cr. 3-88-73. IV.

Item 1: Financial exhibits #2.

Folder 5: United States v. Conrad Bruce Solomonson, Cr. 3-88-73. V.

Item 1: Jury instructions.

Folder 6: United States v. Conrad Bruce Solomonson, Cr. 3-88-73. VI.

Item 1: Judge Devitt's trial notes; motions during trial.

Folder 7: United States v. Conrad Bruce Solomonson, Cr. 3-88-73. VII.

Item 1: Post-trial motions #1.

Folder 8: United States v. Conrad Bruce Solomonson, Cr. 3-88-73. VIII.

Item 1: Post-trial motions #2.

Folder 9: United States v. Martin Andrew Speltz, Cr. 3-90-11. Pled guilty to indoor marijuana cultivation, sought unsuccessfully on appeal to withdraw his plea and to challenge the government search warrant which led to his arrest. Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants, proposed jury instructions, post-trial motions.

Folder 10: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Sk" through "Sta".

Folder 11: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al, Cr. 6-87-19 and 6-87-20. Convictions by jury for conspiracy to defraud the US government by impeding the IRS, and for income tax evasion. Upheld on appeal. All defendants hid transactions from the IRS through a network of "warehouse banks" coordinated by the "National Commodity and Barter Association" based in Denver, Colorado. Stelten and other defendants submitted numerous "tax protest" briefs espousing a highly unconventional view of US law. For example, Stelten filed a "petition for writ of Habeas Corpus" which charged judges with "treason against the Constitution" through "the usurpation of the Civil War Amendments"; citing the 1857 Dred Scott decision in a related "motion for free white Christian male bench." Tax protester case. This folder contains a news clipping concerning the indictment, a copy of the indictment itself, general correspondence, and circulated pamphlet propaganda. I.

Folder 12: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. II. Detailed documentation relating to search warrants; briefs on search issues.

Box 28

Folder 1: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. III. Grand jury transcripts #1.
Folder 2: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. IV. Grand jury transcripts #2.
Folder 3: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. V. Grand jury transcripts #3.
Folder 4: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. VI. Exhibits.
Folder 5: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. VII. Pre-trial motions #1.
Folder 6: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. VIII. Pre-trial motions #2.
Folder 7: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. IX. Pre-trial motions #3.
Folder 8: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. X. Pre-trial motions #4.
Folder 9: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. XI. Jury selection and jury instructions #1.
Folder 10: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. XII. Jury selection and jury instructions #2.
Folder 11: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. XIII. Jury selection and jury instructions #3.
Folder 12: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. XIV. Judge Devitt's trial notes.

Box 29

Folder 1: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. XV. Mid-trial motions #1.
Folder 2: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. XVI. Mid-trial motions #2.
Folder 3: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. XVII. Courtroom security and decorum matters, including US Marshals Service intelligence reports.
Folder 4: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. XVIII. Post-trial motions #1.
Folder 5: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. XIX. Post-trial motions #2.
Folder 6: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. XX. Post-trial motions #3.
Folder 7: United States v. Norbert E. Stelten, et al. XXI. Post-trial motions #4.
Folder 8: United States v. Harland L. Sumlin, Cr. 3-85-51. Pled guilty to credit card fraud using various aliases, with funds used for "purely hedonistic reasons" including purchase of $37,000 in clothes. Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants, psychiatric examination for competency, sentencing memorandum.
Folder 9: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "St" through "Sz".
Folder 10: United States v. Summit National Bank of St. Paul, et al, Cr. 3-82-110. Criminal charges for currency reporting violations were resolved through a plea agreement on the eve of trial [cross-reference United States v. Agosto, et al, box 5 folder 6 through box 7 folder 5]. This folder includes indictments and pre-trial motions with attached photocopies of newspaper articles concerning the defendants. I.
Folder 11: United States v. Summit National Bank of St. Paul, et al. II. Pre-trial motions #2.
Folder 12: United States v. Summit National Bank of St. Paul, et al. III. Pre-trial motions #3.
Folder 13: United States v. Summit National Bank of St. Paul, et al. IV. Pre-trial motions #4.
Folder 14: United States v. Summit National Bank of St. Paul, et al. V. Proposed jury instructions.

Box 30

Folder 1: United States v. Summit National Bank of St. Paul, et al. VI. Evidence, proposed exhibits and witnesses, trial plans, plea agreement hearing transcript and orders.
Folder 2: United States v. Clarence Sweets, et al, Cr. 4-86-24. Fraud charges resulting from a Minneapolis "boiler room" operation in which $298.00 packages of vitamins were charged to credit card numbers obtained over the phone from individuals told they had won free vacations to Mexico, and that these numbers were needed to "verify their identity". Warrant for arrest with lengthy Affidavit of Probable Cause, detailed documentation relating to search warrants, pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions.
Folder 3: United States v. Heidi Deniene Tatro, Cr. 3-84-78. A realty employee, apparently distraught over the death of her child, was charged with mailing death threat letters to mothers of recently born children. FBI exhibit includes photocopies of the threatening letters. Pre-trial motions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 4: United States v. Rena Renee Taylor, Cr. 3-89-80. Charged with possession of 87 grams of crack cocaine with intent to distribute. Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants, proposed jury instructions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 5: United States v. Dennis William Tetens, Cr. 3-83-35. Unsuccessful motion to delete a "special two year parole term" following a two year sentence for distribution of phencyclidine (PCP). Includes detailed presentence report.
Folder 6: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Ta" through "Th".
Folder 7: United States v. Raymond Townsend, Cr. 4-87-111. An airline employee was charged with making false statements to the Social Security Administration to disguise his being gainfully employed while receiving over $60,000 in disability payments. Pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes.
Folder 8: United States v. Christopher A. Vallo, Cr. 6-84-75 and 6-86-125. Plea agreements to mail fraud in confidence schemes involving purported riches from recovery of sunken gold treasures, variously described as being in shipwrecks off the coast of Florida and in the English Channel. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions, plea agreement and sentencing stipulations.
Folder 9: United States v. Pedro Tores Verdecia, Cr. 3-89-22. Charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants, proposed jury instructions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 10: United States v. Robert John Verdon, Cr. 3-85-12 and 3-85-65. Granted partial relief in recalculation of a plea bargain sentence for charges of intimidating a witness to influence testimony.
Folder 11: United States v. John E. Veronikas, et al, Cr. 3-85-12. Charges stemming from a drug store robbery of prescription medications for illegal resale. Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants.
Folder 12: United States v. Ronald VonEastman, Cr. 3-88-37. Pled guilty to aiding and abetting in distributing cocaine. A motion to reduce his sentence was denied. Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants, pre-sentencing report, post-sentencing motion.
Folder 13: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "Ti" through "V".
Folder 14: United States v. Daniel Alan Walesch, Cr. 3-87-18. Charged with cocaine distribution. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions. Case was apparently resolved before going to jury.
Folder 15: United States v. Daniel Joseph Waletzki, Cr. 3-85-11. A resident alien was convicted of robbing a bank in the "Dinkytown" district near the University of Minnesota. Pre-trial motions, detailed documentation relating to search warrants, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, post-trial motions.

Box 31

Folder 1: United States v. Kevin Allen Walker, Cr. 3-88-104. Pled guilty to cocaine distribution charges, while unsuccessfully moving to dismiss the charges on the basis that search of his Mercedes-Benz automobile, which held 500 grams of cocaine and several firearms in the trunk, was unlawful. Pre-trial motions, transcript of pre-trial detention hearing, proposed jury instructions.
Folder 2: United States v. William Joseph Walker, Cr. 3-89-106. Plea agreement to charges of using false IDs and social security numbers to obtain and use credit cards under some 26 aliases. Pre-trial motions, plea agreement and sentencing stipulations, Order of Restitution.
Folder 3: United States v. Stanley Walton, et al, Cr. 3-86-33. Judge's order held that payment for prostitution services with credit cards constitutes interstate commerce. His decision was summarized in "Judicial Highlights" for July 1986, copy of which is included in this file.
Folder 4: United States v. Chester Cleo Watley, et al, Cr. 3-88-52. Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base (crack cocaine). Pre-trial motions, plea agreement and sentencing stipulations.
Folder 5: United States v. Jeffrey Scott Webster, Cr. 3-84-77. Conviction for armed bank robbery, upheld on appeal. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. File also includes detailed documentation relating to search warrants.
Folder 6: United States v. James E. Whitfield, Cr. 3-88-7. Conviction for bank robbery, upheld on appeal. Judge Paul Magnuson heard the case up through the jury verdict; subsequently Judge Devitt presided over sentencing, due to on extended illness of Judge Magnuson. Post-trial motions and appeals documents largely relate to constitutionality of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, an issue that was resolved against the defendant on the basis of Mistretta v. United States, 109 S. Ct. 647 (1989). Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. File also includes evidence and detailed documentation relating to search warrants. I.
Folder 7: United States v. James E. Whitfield. II.
Folder 8: United States v. James E. Whitfield. III.
Folder 9: United States v. George Workcuff, et al, Cr. 3-87-126. Pled guilty to cocaine distribution. Pre-trial motions, letter from probation officer supporting Work Release.
Folder 10: Miscellaneous motions involving defendants whose last names begin with "W".
Folder 11: United States v. Spiros Zorbalas, Cr. 3-89-110. A law student at the University of Minnesota pled guilty to fraud in collecting insurance on his BMW automobile falsely reported as stolen. Pre-trial motions, proposed jury instructions, plea agreement and sentencing stipulations, post-sentencing correspondence.
Folder 12: United States v. Harry Hanson, et al, Cr. 6-79-32. Judge Devitt handed down lengthy sentences, later reduced, to leaders of a politically motivated armed takeover of the Red Lake Indian Reservation police station in May 1979. I.
Folder 13: United States v. Harry Hanson, et al. II.

Series 3: Civil Cases

Box 32

Folder 1: Charges to the Jury - Civil Cases, 1955-57 #1
Folder 2: Charges to the Jury - Civil Cases, 1955-57 #2
Folder 3: Charges to the Jury - Civil Cases, 1959-62
Folder 4: Charges to the Jury - Civil Cases, 1964-66
Folder 5: Charges to the Jury - Civil Cases, 1967-70
Folder 6: AMOCO Canada Petroleum Co., etc. v. Lakehead Pipe Line Co., etc., et al, Civ. 6-76-439. At issue were damages for natural gas lost in a pipeline rupture accident. Summary judgement motion (granted), appeal (unsuccessful).
Folder 7: Archie's Kwik Shop v. United States, Civ. 4-78-23. A grocery store succeeded in reducing length of a suspension from the Food Stamp program for a series of minor violations. Records include Food Stamp program forms and contact reports, and signed petitions by grocery store patrons.
Folder 8: David L. Arneson v. Gary Gygax and TSR Hobbies, etc., Civ. 4-79-109. The original author of the game "Dungeons and Dragons" sued for unpaid royalties on later adapted versions.
Folder 9: Assoc. General Contractors, etc., et al v. Construction and General Laborers Local No. 563, etc., et al, Civ. 3-74-56. Suit for damages arising from picketing alleged to be an illegal secondary boycott. I
Folder 10: Assoc. General Contractors, etc., et al v. Construction and General Laborers Local No. 563, etc., et al II
Folder 11: Ernestine W. Belton v. Greater Minneapolis Day Care Assoc., et al, Civ. 4-75-349. Plaintiff alleged racial discrimination in her being fired from a day care position. Documents include a 28 page history of the origins of this publicly funded day care organization in years 1967-73.
Folder 12: In Re Grand Jury Proceedings Involving Berkley and Company, et al, Misc. 3-79-3. The general manager of Berkley and Co., an importer of fishing tackle, was under investigation for obstruction of justice in attempting to evade grand jury subpoenas relating to bribery of Taiwanese officials, company-paid tours to "notorious brothels" in Taiwan, and customs violations. I
Folder 13: In Re Grand Jury Proceedings Involving Berkley and Company, et al II
Folder 14: In Re Grand Jury Proceedings Involving Berkley and Company, et al III This case continues in Box 35 folders 3 through 7.

Box 33

Folder 1: Bio-Medicus, Inc., et al v. Shareholders' Committee in Opposition, etc., et al, Civ. 4-77-298. Two former directors of Bio-Medicus sought unsuccessfully to enjoin the convening of the 1979 annual shareholders' meeting, as part of an ongoing proxy fight.

Folder 2: Bolger Publications, et al v. Graphic Communications Int'l. Union, etc., et al, Civ. 3-83-1070. Several Twin Cities printing firms sought to recover multimillion dollar losses resulting from a major strike marred by violence. Unions contested that plaintiffs provoked the strike through a hard-line "union busting" position which would have "radically reduced" wage scales and benefits built up over the previous sixty years. Documents include detailed transcripts of union-management negotiating sessions. This folder consists of correspondence and memoranda which outline the case.

Folder 3: Bolger Publications, et al v. Graphic Communications Int'l. Union, etc., et al II

Item 1: Judge Devitt's Orders

Folder 4: Bolger Publications, et al v. Graphic Communications Int'l. Union, etc., et al III

Item 1: Depositions - alphabetical by name #1

Folder 5: Bolger Publications, et al v. Graphic Communications Int'l. Union, etc., et al IV

Item 1: Depositions - alphabetical by name #2
Item 2: Pre-trial motions, 1983

Folder 6: Bolger Publications, et al v. Graphic Communications Int'l. Union, etc., et al V

Item 1: Pre-trial motions, 1984 #1

Folder 7: Bolger Publications, et al v. Graphic Communications Int'l. Union, etc., et al VI

Item 1: Pre-trial motions, 1984 #2

Folder 8: Bolger Publications, et al v. Graphic Communications Int'l. Union, etc., et al VII

Item 1: Pre-trial motions, 1984 #3

Folder 9: Bolger Publications, et al v. Graphic Communications Int'l. Union, etc., et al VIII

Item 1: Pre-trial motions, 1984 #4

Folder 10: Bolger Publications, et al v. Graphic Communications Int'l. Union, etc., et al IX

Item 1: Pre-trial motions, 1985 #1

Folder 11: Bolger Publications, et al v. Graphic Communications Int'l. Union, etc., et al X

Item 1: Pre-trial motions, 1985 #2

Folder 12: Bolger Publications, et al v. Graphic Communications Int'l. Union, etc., et al XI

Item 1: Pre-trial motions, 1985 #3

Box 34

Folder 1: Bolger Publications, et al v. Graphic Communications Int'l. Union, etc., et al XII

Item 1: Pre-trial motions, 1986

Folder 2: Bolger Publications, et al v. Graphic Communications Int'l. Union, etc., et al XIII

Item 1: Jury Selection
Item 2: Jury instructions #1

Folder 3: Bolger Publications, et al v. Graphic Communications Int'l. Union, etc., et al XIV

Item 1: Jury instructions #2

Folder 4: Bolger Publications, et al v. Graphic Communications Int'l. Union, etc., et al XV

Item 1: Jury instructions #3

Folder 5: Bolger Publications, et al v. Graphic Communications Int'l. Union, etc., et al XVI

Item 1: Witness Lists #1

Folder 6: Bolger Publications, et al v. Graphic Communications Int'l. Union, etc., et al XVII

Item 1: Witness Lists #2

Folder 7: Bolger Publications, et al v. Graphic Communications Int'l. Union, etc., et al XVIII

Item 1: Witness Lists #3

Folder 8: Bolger Publications, et al v. Graphic Communications Int'l. Union, etc., et al XIX

Item 1: Juror verdict forms

Folder 9: Bolger Publications, et al v. Graphic Communications Int'l. Union, etc., et al XX

Item 1: Trial notes
Item 2: Trial briefs

Folder 10: Bolger Publications, et al v. Graphic Communications Int'l. Union, etc., et al XXI

Item 1: Mid-trial motions #1

Folder 11: Bolger Publications, et al v. Graphic Communications Int'l. Union, etc., et al XXII

Item 1: Mid-trial motions #2

Folder 12: Bolger Publications, et al v. Graphic Communications Int'l. Union, etc., et al XXIII

Item 1: Exhibit Lists

Box 35

Folder 1: Bolger Publications, et al v. Graphic Communications Int'l. Union, etc., et al XXIV

Item 1: Exhibits - negotiating sessions and NLRB

Folder 2: Bolger Publications, et al v. Graphic Communications Int'l. Union, etc., et al XXV

Item 1: Exhibits - news clips and miscellaneous

Folder 3: In Re Grand Jury Proceedings Involving Berkley and Company, et al IV Continued from Box 32 folders 12 to 14.

Folder 4: In Re Grand Jury Proceedings Involving Berkley and Company, et al V

Folder 5: In Re Grand Jury Proceedings Involving Berkley and Company, et al VI

Folder 6: In Re Grand Jury Proceedings Involving Berkley and Company, et al VII

Folder 7: In Re Grand Jury Proceedings Involving Berkley and Company, et al VIII

Folder 8: William H. Black v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., Civ. 3- 77-205. Age discrimination suit, decided by jury in favor of a 58-year-old employee who was demoted to a lower paying position.

Folder 9: D.H. Blattner & Sons, Inc. v. Local No. 49, etc., Civ. 6-78-483. Judge Devitt upheld an arbitrator's award of higher wages claimed by the union, based on a question of map interpretation as to the location between two wage districts of a rural job site.

Folder 10: Homer A. Bonhiver, Trustee in Bankruptcy of New World Inns v. Johnson Bros. Wholesale Liquor Co., Civ. 4-79-309. A disputed amount of fifteen thousand dollars was collectible by New World Inns as part of a class action suit against Minnesota liquor wholesalers, but technicalities of the bankruptcy process prevented its being offset from Johnson Bros. share of the bankruptcy estate.

Folder 11: John Carroll v. Texaco, Inc., et al, Civ. 4-74-541. A service station owner was unsuccessful in a suit for damages against various firms and individuals connected with the repossession of his service station for unpaid debts.

Folder 12: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. v. Coratomic, Inc., Civ. 3-78-207. Suit and countersuit concerning patent and trademark rights to a particular heart pacemaker design. Exhibits include technical manuals and trade brochures. I

Folder 13: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. v. Coratomic, Inc. II

Folder 14: Robert Eugene Carter v. Jack G. Young, Commissioner of Corrections, et al, Civ. 3-79-176. Unsuccessful suit for damages by a prison inmate after a prison guard spat in his face.

Box 36

Folder 1: Chamfer Engineering v. Tapco Int'l., et al, Civ. 3-78-79. Plaintiff challenged several patents on devices used in the welding trade, alleging unfair competition on the part of defendants. I

Folder 2: Chamfer Engineering v. Tapco Int'l., et al II

Folder 3: John A. Cochrane v. Iowa Beef Processors, Inc., et al, Civ. 3-79-304. A suit for damages from "abuse of process" in an earlier suit involving the Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union. I

Folder 4: John A. Cochrane v. Iowa Beef Processors, Inc., et al II

Folder 5: George Deretich v. City of St. Francis, et al, Civ. 3-83-942. A local real estate developer was forced into foreclosure after refusing to pay city assessments for sewer and road services to his newly built shopping center. He later filed suit for damages, alleging that he was forced out of business by an anti-developer conspiracy running city government. His suit was dismissed by summary judgement, which judgement was upheld on appeal, and double attorney fees were assessed. This folder includes major hearing transcripts, orders, and appeals documents which best summarize the case. I

Folder 6: George Deretich v. City of St. Francis, et al II

Item 1: General correspondence
Item 2: Miscellaneous orders and briefs

Folder 7: George Deretich v. City of St. Francis, et al III

Item 1: Briefs concerning motion to dismiss

Folder 8: George Deretich v. City of St. Francis, et al IV

Item 1: Briefs concerning motion for summary judgement #1

Folder 9: George Deretich v. City of St. Francis, et al V

Item 1: Briefs concerning motion for summary judgement #2

Folder 10: George Deretich v. City of St. Francis, et al VI

Item 1: Affidavits
Item 2: Pre-trial briefs

Folder 11: George Deretich v. City of St. Francis, et al VII

Item 1: Trial briefs

Box 37

Folder 1: George Deretich v. City of St. Francis, et al VIII

Item 1: Exhibit and witness lists
Item 2: Exhibits #1

Folder 2: George Deretich v. City of St. Francis, et al IX

Item 1: Exhibits #2

Folder 3: George Deretich v. City of St. Francis, et al X

Item 1: Proposed jury instructions

Folder 4: George Deretich v. City of St. Francis, et al XI

Item 1: Motions concerning attorneys' fees #1

Folder 5: George Deretich v. City of St. Francis, et al XII

Item 1: Motions concerning attorneys' fees #2

Folder 6: District Lodge No. 77 of International Association of Machinists, etc. v. E. L. Murphy Trucking Co., Civ. 3-79-100. Suit to compel arbitration in a dispute concerning seniority issues in new hiring, as opposed to rehiring, to fill a foreman's position.

Folder 7: . Elbow Lake (Village of), Minnesota v. Otter Tail Power Co., Civ. 6-67- 244. Otter Tail Power Company filed briefs requesting Judge Devitt to remove himself from the case, on grounds that he had recently presided over a similar case against the defendant. Plaintiff opposed this request, but Judge Devitt issued an order to have the case reassigned.

Folder 8: Elwood Flick, et al v. Arthur Noot, et al, Civ. 4-78-359. A class action suit which resulted in expanded rights for institutionalized mentally retarded individuals in Minnesota. File includes letters from service organizations commenting on a stipulated agreement settling the suit.

Folder 9: Miscellaneous civil briefs and correspondence regarding plaintiffs whose last names begin with "A" through "G"

Folder 10: Marguerite Gamble v. University of Minnesota, et al, Civ. 4-76-223. Plaintiff alleged dismissal from University of Minnesota Medical School on racial grounds. Appeals Court affirmed Judge Devitt's decision that her dismissal was actually for nondiscriminatory academic reasons. Files include photocopied newspaper articles concerning the case, and also leaflets for protest meetings in support of plaintiff. I

Folder 11: Marguerite Gamble v. University of Minnesota, et al II

Folder 12: Katherine Hiduchenko v. Minneapolis Medical and Diagnostic Center, et al, Civ. 4-79-264. Suit by a female physician of Ukrainian descent, alleging that dismissal from employment was due to her sex and national origin.

Box 38

Folder 1: Jane E. Hodgson, M.D., et al v. Gary W. Flakne, et al, Civ. 4-76-293. A class action suit challenging newly enacted restrictions on second-trimester abortions was referred back to Minnesota state court by a three-judge panel of federal court judges which included Devitt. Exhibits include numerous affidavits and correspondence related to the viability for survival of 20-week-old fetuses. I Jane E. Hodgson, M.D., et al v. Gary W. Flakne, et al II
Folder 2: Jane E. Hodgson, M.D., et al v. Gary W. Flakne, et al II
Folder 3: Infilco Degremont, Inc. v. Beatrice Foods Co., Civ. 3-77-159. Suit for damages related to a defective water treatment plant.
Folder 4: Insurers Action Council, Inc., et al v. Michael Markman, Commissioner of Insurance, et al, Civ. 3-76-440. Notes and correspondence from a case in which Minnesota health insurance firms challenged new state regulations which required them to offer policies to residents who would not otherwise qualify for major medical coverage.
Folder 5: Joseph P. Hansen, Trustee of Local Union P-9 v. Lynn Huston, et al, Civ. 3-86-437, 3-86-490, and 3-86-960. A dispute concerning management and control of a United Food and Commercial Workers union local was fought out at length in court, with Judge Devitt's rulings in favor of the parent union being upheld on appeal. The dispute was triggered by Local P-9's decision to continue supporting a strike and boycott against Hormel even after the parent union ordered such support to stop. Secondary issues included motions for restraining orders against strike propaganda activities and against defacement of a pro-strike mural painted in the Austin, MN local P-9 office building. This folder includes appeals court decisions, major orders, and news clippings which provide an overview of the case. I
Folder 6: Joseph P. Hansen, Trustee of Local Union P-9 v. Lynn Huston, et al II
Folder 7: Joseph P. Hansen, Trustee of Local Union P-9 v. Lynn Huston, et al III
Folder 8: Joseph P. Hansen, Trustee of Local Union P-9 v. Lynn Huston, et al IV
Folder 9: Joseph P. Hansen, Trustee of Local Union P-9 v. Lynn Huston, et al V
Folder 10: Joseph P. Hansen, Trustee of Local Union P-9 v. Lynn Huston, et al VI
Folder 11: Joseph P. Hansen, Trustee of Local Union P-9 v. Lynn Huston, et al VII
Folder 12: Joseph P. Hansen, Trustee of Local Union P-9 v. Lynn Huston, et al VIII

Box 39

Folder 1: Joseph P. Hansen, Trustee of Local Union P-9 v. Lynn Huston, et al IX

Folder 2: Joseph P. Hansen, Trustee of Local Union P-9 v. Lynn Huston, et al X

Folder 3: Joseph P. Hansen, Trustee of Local Union P-9 v. Lynn Huston, et al XI

Folder 4: Joseph P. Hansen, Trustee of Local Union P-9 v. Lynn Huston, et al XII

Folder 5: Joseph P. Hansen, Trustee of Local Union P-9 v. Lynn Huston, et al XIII

Folder 6: Joseph P. Hansen, Trustee of Local Union P-9 v. Lynn Huston, et al XIV

Folder 7: Miscellaneous civil briefs and correspondence regarding plaintiffs whose last names begin with "H" through "J"

Folder 8: Klapperich v. Navistar v. Koch Refining, et al, Civ. 3-85-1237. Suit for damages arising from a tractor fire. Navistar (aka International Harvester) filed a third party suit alleging that the fire was not caused by a defect in the tractor but rather by an excessively volatile grade of gasoline. This folder includes general briefs and correspondence providing a full history of the case. I

Folder 9: Klapperich v. Navistar v. Koch Rfng., et al II

Item 1: Trial briefs and memoranda

Folder 10: Klapperich v. Navistar v. Koch Rfng., et al III

Item 1: Proposed jury instructions

Folder 11: Klapperich v. Navistar v. Koch Rfng., et al IV

Item 1: Exhibit and witness lists

Folder 12: Klapperich v. Navistar v. Koch Rfng., et al V

Item 1: Objections to exhibits

Folder 13: Klapperich v. Navistar v. Koch Rfng., et al VI

Item 1: Deposition exhibits, tractor manuals (Exhibits #1)

Box 40

Folder 1: Klapperich v. Navistar v. Koch Rfng., et al VII

Item 1: Exhibits #2

Folder 2: Klapperich v. Navistar v. Koch Rfng., et al VIII

Item 1: Exhibits #3

Folder 3: Klapperich v. Navistar v. Koch Rfng., et al IX

Item 1: Exhibits #4

Folder 4: Klapperich v. Navistar v. Koch Rfng., et al X

Item 1: Exhibits #5

Folder 5: Klapperich v. Navistar v. Koch Rfng., et al XI

Index Ledger 1: Exhibits #6

Folder 6: Klapperich v. Navistar v. Koch Rfng., et al XII

Item 1: Exhibits #7

Folder 7: Klapperich v. Navistar v. Koch Rfng., et al XIII

Item 1: Exhibits #8

Folder 8: Klapperich v. Navistar v. Koch Rfng., et al XIV

Item 1: Exhibits #9

Folder 9: Marvin Lumber and Cedar Co. v. Norton Co., Civ. 6-85-93. A manufacturer of windows based in Warroad, MN sued a supplier of sealants which turned out to be defective, resulting in massive failures of its products in the field. A settlement was eventually reached without going to trial. This folder contains general briefs, orders, and correspondence #1. I

Folder 10: Marvin Lumber and Cedar Co. v. Norton Co. II

Item 1: General briefs, orders, and correspondence #2

Folder 11: Marvin Lumber and Cedar Co. v. Norton Co. III

Item 1: General briefs, orders, and correspondence #3

Box 41

Folder 1: Marvin Lumber and Cedar Co. v. Norton Co. IV

Item 1: Proposed jury instructions

Folder 2: Marvin Lumber and Cedar Co. v. Norton Co. V

Item 1: Trial briefs

Folder 3: Marvin Lumber and Cedar Co. v. Norton Co. VI

Item 1: Witness lists

Folder 4: Marvin Lumber and Cedar Co. v. Norton Co. VII

Item 1: Exhibit lists #1

Folder 5: Marvin Lumber and Cedar Co. v. Norton Co. VIII

Item 1: Exhibit lists #2

Folder 6: Marvin Lumber and Cedar Co. v. Norton Co. IX

Item 1: Exhibit lists #3

Folder 7: Marvin Lumber and Cedar Co. v. Norton Co. X

Item 1: Affidavit of Darron C. Knutson, with exhibits

Folder 8: Marvin Lumber and Cedar Co. v. Norton Co. XI

Item 1: Marvin exhibits book: volume 1

Folder 9: Marvin Lumber and Cedar Co. v. Norton Co. XII

Item 1: Marvin exhibits book: volume 2

Folder 10: Marvin Lumber and Cedar Co. v. Norton Co. XIII

Item 1: Marvin exhibits book: volume 3

Box 42

Folder 1: Minneapolis Community Development Agency, et al v. HUD, Civ. 3-86- 1046 and 3-87-65. A lawsuit, settled without trial, to prevent HUD from selling a large public housing development to the highest bidder. This folder contains briefs, orders, and correspondence. I
Folder 2: Minneapolis Community Development Agency, et al v. HUD. Exhibits #1. II
Folder 3: Minneapolis Community Development Agency, et al v. HUD. Exhibits #2. III
Folder 4: Minneapolis Community Development Agency, et al v. HUD. Exhibits #3. IV.
Folder 5: United States v. Walter Moorhouse, et al, Civ. 6-84-853. Suit to compel the firm "Armageddon, Inc." and related parties to produce for the IRS all business records pertaining to corporate trusts apparently set up to facilitate tax evasion, and to order an end to their marketing of business trusts as fraudulent tax shelters. I
Folder 6: United States v. Walter Moorhouse, et al. II
Folder 7: United States v. Walter Moorhouse, et al. III
Folder 8: United States v. Walter Moorhouse, et al. IV
Folder 9: United States v. Walter Moorhouse, et al. V
Folder 10: United States v. Walter Moorhouse, et al. VI
Folder 11: United States v. Walter Moorhouse, et al. VII

Box 43

Folder 1: Virginia Pikop v. Burlington Northern Railroad Co., et al, Civ. 3-84-351. Suit for damages arising from alleged sexual and emotional harassment of the plaintiff by her male supervisor and other male employees who resented her holding a "man's job" on a section crew and her refusal to assist in rodent control activities as part of this job. Jury found against the plaintiff. Exhibits include case histories of other sexual harassment proceedings filed earlier by other BN employees, all of which were ruled inadmissible and therefore not seen by the jury. This folder includes briefs, memoranda and orders. I
Folder 2: Virginia Pikop v. Burlington Northern Railroad Co., et al. Briefs, memoranda, and orders #2. II
Folder 3: Virginia Pikop v. Burlington Northern Railroad Co., et al. Briefs, memoranda, and orders #3. III
Folder 4: Virginia Pikop v. Burlington Northern Railroad Co., et al. Briefs, memoranda, and orders #4. IV
Folder 5: Virginia Pikop v. Burlington Northern Railroad Co., et al. Briefs, memoranda, and orders #5. V
Folder 6: Virginia Pikop v. Burlington Northern Railroad Co., et al. Jury instructions #1. VI
Folder 7: Virginia Pikop v. Burlington Northern Railroad Co., et al. Jury instructions #2, witness lists. VII
Folder 8: Virginia Pikop v. Burlington Northern Railroad Co., et al. Affidavits. VIII
Folder 9: Virginia Pikop v. Burlington Northern Railroad Co., et al. News clips, exhibits #1. IX
Folder 10: Virginia Pikop v. Burlington Northern Railroad Co., et al. Exhibits #2. X

Box 44

Folder 1: United States, et al v. Reserve Mining Co., et al, Civ. 5-72-19. A suit filed in 1972 led to Judge Devitt's 1976 decision to order Reserve Mining Co. to cease discharge of taconite tailings into Lake Superior. At issue were both public health concerns related to asbestos exposure in drinking water, and general environmental concerns. Judge Devitt entered into the case in January 1976 after Judge Miles Lord was ordered dismissed by a panel of Appeals Court judges who decided that he was not impartial but had been acting as an advocate for the prosecution. The case drew extensive public commentary, including numerous letters to Judges Lord and Devitt applauding their decisions to curtail a "notorious polluter." This file contains Judge's orders. I

Folder 2: United States, et al v. Reserve Mining Co., et al Appeals briefs and decisions. II

Folder 3: United States, et al v. Reserve Mining Co., et al

Item 1: Minnesota State Court orders, Judge Devitt's general notes and correspondence #1. III

Folder 4: United States, et al v. Reserve Mining Co., et al

Item 1: Judge Devitt's general notes and correspondence #2. IV

Folder 5: United States, et al v. Reserve Mining Co., et al

Item 1: Judge Devitt's general notes and correspondence #3. V

Folder 6: United States, et al v. Reserve Mining Co., et al

Item 1: Judge Devitt's general notes and correspondence #4. VI

Folder 7: United States, et al v. Reserve Mining Co., et al

Item 1: Judge Devitt's general notes and correspondence #5. VII

Folder 8: United States, et al v. Reserve Mining Co., et al

Item 1: News articles, correspondence from the general public #1. VIII

Folder 9: United States, et al v. Reserve Mining Co., et al

Item 1: News articles, correspondence from the general public #2. IX

Folder 10: United States, et al v. Reserve Mining Co., et al

Item 1: Motions, briefs and legal memoranda #1. X

Folder 11: United States, et al v. Reserve Mining Co., et al

Item 1: Motions, briefs and legal memoranda #2. XI

Folder 12: United States, et al v. Reserve Mining Co., et al

Item 1: Motions, briefs and legal memoranda #3. XII

Folder 13: United States, et al v. Reserve Mining Co., et al

Item 1: Motions, briefs and legal memoranda #4. XIII

Folder 14: United States, et al v. Reserve Mining Co., et al

Item 1: Transcripts of federal court hearings #1. XIV

Box 45

Folder 1: United States, et al v. Reserve Mining Co., et al

Item 1: Transcripts of federal court hearings #2. XV

Folder 2: United States, et al v. Reserve Mining Co., et al

Item 1: Transcripts of federal court hearings #3. XVI

Folder 3: United States, et al v. Reserve Mining Co., et al

Item 1: Transcripts of federal court hearings #4. XVII

Folder 4: United States, et al v. Reserve Mining Co., et al

Item 1: Transcripts of federal court hearings #5.
Item 2: Affidavits #1. XVIII

Folder 5: United States, et al v. Reserve Mining Co., et al

Item 1: Affidavits #2. XIX

Folder 6: United States, et al v. Reserve Mining Co., et al

Item 1: Exhibits #1. XX

Folder 7: United States, et al v. Reserve Mining Co., et al

Item 1: Exhibits #2. XXI

Folder 8: United States, et al v. Reserve Mining Co., et al

Item 1: Exhibits #3. XXII

Folder 9: United States, et al v. Reserve Mining Co., et al

Item 1: Minutes: Emergency Water Supply Monitoring Committee XXIII

Folder 10: United States, et al v. Reserve Mining Co., et al

Item 1: Reports: Reserve Mining Construction Activity; Corps of Engineers XXIV

Folder 11: United States, et al v. Reserve Mining Co., et al

Item 1: Minnesota State agency documents #1. XXV

Folder 12: United States, et al v. Reserve Mining Co., et al

Item 1: Minnesota State agency documents #2. XXVI

Box 46

Folder 1: Jeffrey and Gene Schermerhorn v. Clayton H. Shrout, et al, Civ. 6-82- 1834/1835. Suit to collect on unpaid award of some $700,000 in damages arising from attorney malpractice which had resulted in plaintiffs losing their farm. This folder includes trial notes, orders, general memoranda, and correspondence. I

Folder 2: Jeffrey and Gene Schermerhorn v. Clayton H. Shrout, et al

Item 1: Legal briefs and memoranda #1. II

Folder 3: Jeffrey and Gene Schermerhorn v. Clayton H. Shrout, et al

Item 1: Legal briefs and memoranda #2. III

Folder 4: Jeffrey and Gene Schermerhorn v. Clayton H. Shrout, et al

Item 1: Legal briefs and memoranda #3. IV

Folder 5: Jeffrey and Gene Schermerhorn v. Clayton H. Shrout, et al

Item 1: Exhibits and affidavits #1. V

Folder 6: Jeffrey and Gene Schermerhorn v. Clayton H. Shrout, et al

Item 1: Exhibits and affidavits #2. VI

Folder 7: Miscellaneous civil briefs and correspondence regarding plaintiffs whose last names begin with "M" through "Z"

Folder 8: United States v. Jerome J. Schoenborn, Civ. 3-84-1662. A farmer who purchased land with easements to preserve wetlands was ordered to restore several basins and drainage ditches to their original condition, a decision largely upheld on appeal. I

Folder 9: United States v. Jerome J. Schoenborn. II

Folder 10: United States v. Jerome J. Schoenborn. III

Folder 11: United States v. Jerome J. Schoenborn. IV

Photographs :

Separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinets.

Photograph 1: Edward J. Devitt, ca. 1946
Photograph 2: Edward J. Devitt, June 1967 in Bismarck, ND at Allied Insurance Co. trial
Photograph 3: Portrait photograph of Edward J. Devitt, ca. 1982
Photograph 4: June 1965 at University of North Dakota: Judge Devitt with three other individuals dressed in academic robes
Photograph 5: June 1965 at University of North Dakota: Judge Devitt with two other individuals dressed in academic robes, being congratulated
Photograph 6: Duplicate of photograph 5
Photograph 7: June 1967: Judge Devitt with jurors at Allied Insurance Co. trial in Bismarck, ND
Photograph 8: Duplicate of photograph 7
Photograph 9: A somewhat hazy blow-up of photograph 7
Photograph 10: Judge Devitt with two unnamed figures, all wearing business suits, ca. 1970
Photograph 11: 1985 Fiftieth Reunion of 1935 University of North Dakota Law School graduating class, accompanied by a label naming each individual in the photograph: Judge Devitt is fifth from the left in front row
Photograph 12: Judge Devitt's wife, ca. 1940
Photograph 13: Judge Devitt's wife, ca. 1940
Photograph 14: Judge Devitt's wife, ca. 1940
Photograph 15: Judge Devitt's wife, ca. 1940

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