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| Size | 51.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 8000 items) |
| Abstract | Frank T. Dupree, Jr., was born in Angier, N.C. He was graduated from the University of North Carolina with a law degree in 1936. He practiced law in Angier and in Raleigh, N.C., before he was appointed U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina by President Nixon on 12 December 1970. Case files, including court Papers, correspondence, background reports, clippings, appeal information, and handwritten trial notes, of Judge Frank Dupree, chiefly relating to his tenure as U.S. District Judge in the Eastern District of North Carolina and other courts on which he sat by special designation. The bulk of the collection consists of case files of civil cases heard in Elizabeth City, Fayetteville, New Bern, Raleigh, Washington, Wilmington, and Wilson, N.C. Also included are case files for asbestos-related civil cases; civil cases from Asheville and Greensboro, N.C., Charleston, S.C., Orlando and Tampa, Fla., and Wheeling, W.Va.; criminal cases, including some heard in North Carolina and a racketeering case in West Virginia; backruptcy cases; habeas corpus cases; prisoners' civil rights cases; and appeals cases heard in the federal circuit courts in Boston, Mass., Richmond, Va., and Chicago, Ill. Of note are case files and audio tapes from Duplan v. Deering Milliken, an extensive patent and anti-trust case in the District of South Carolina; case files from the J. P. Stevens racial discrimination trial in Roanoke Rapids, N.C.; and materials regarding the appeal processes for the Wilmington Ten, a civil rights group sentenced for conspiracy and the 1971 fire bombing of a grocery store in Wilmington, N.C. |
| Creator | Dupree, Franklin Taylor, 1913-1995. |
| Language | English |
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Subject Headings
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Biographical Information
Frank T. Dupree, Jr., was born in Angier, N. C., on 8 October 1913. He was graduated from the University of North Carolina with a law degree in 1936, after which he practiced law with his father in Angier. In 1939, he started work with A. J. Fletcher's law firm in Raleigh as an associate. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1946, then returned to his former practice.
An active Republican, Dupree served as Republican member of the Wake County Board of Elections, chairman of the Wake County Republican Party, and a member of the State Republican Executive Committee before he was appointed United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina by President Nixon on 12 December 1970. He took office on 4 January 1971. From 1971 to 1980, Dupree tried virtually all of the civil litigation in the Eastern District of North Carolina. He became Chief Judge of the District on 9 June 1979.
Dupree held court by special designation in each of the three federal districts in North Carolina, the Northern District of West Virginia, the District of South Carolina, and the Middle District of Florida. He also sat by designation with the Courts of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago, the First Circuit in Boston, and the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Va.
Dupree was married to the former Rosalyn Adcock of Oxford, N.C.; they had two daughters.
Dupree died on 17 December 1995.
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Scope and Content
The collection contains papers relating to Franklin Taylor Dupree, Jr.'s service as a federal court judge beginning in 1971. It contains no material about Dupree's family, his personal life, his civic activities, or his law practice before his appointment to the bench.
Dupree's filing system, including original case numbers and file titles, has been retained.
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Series 1. Civil Case Files, 1974-1995.
Arrangement: by division.
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Subseries 1.1. Eastern District of North Carolina Civil Case Files, 1974-1995.
Cases are separated into seven divisions: Elizabeth City, Fayetteville, New Bern, Raleigh, Washington, Wilmington, and Wilson. Some Elizabeth City Division cases are filed in the New Bern Division in keeping with the original filing system.
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Subseries 1.2. Special Civil Cases, 1978-1990.
Arrangement: by subject.
Civil cases, including asbestos-related litigation. Also in this subseries are files from extensive civil cases such as Duplan v. Deering Milliken, a trial involving 37 consolidated patent and antitrust cases in the District of South Carolina, and Lucy Sledge v. J. P. Stevens, a racial discrimination case involving 5,000 employees of the Roanoake Rapids, N.C., plants. Cases designated as Miscellaneous in the original filing system are also filed here.
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Subseries 1.3. Other Civil Cases, circa 1980-1995.
Arrangement: by division.
Case files from trials heard in districts outside the Eastern Division of North Carolina, including Asheville, N.C., Charleston, S.C., Greensboro, N.C., Orlando, Fla., Tampa, Fla., and Wheeling, W.Va.
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Series 2. Criminal Case Files, 1972-1987.
Arrangement: by district.
Criminal case files, including court Papers, correspondence, background information, clippings, and Depree's handwritten trial notes. Series 2.1 is separated into divisions: Elizabeth City, Fayetteville, New Bern, Raleigh, Washington, Wilmington and Wilson. Series 2.2 includes files from a racketeering trial in Wheeling, W.Va.
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Subseries 2.1. Eastern District of North Carolina Case Files, 1972-1987.
Arrangement: by division.
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Subseries 2.2. West Virginia Criminal Session, circa 1979.
| Folder 1216 |
West Virginia Criminal Session--23 April 1979 #04806, Subseries: "2.2. West Virginia Criminal Session, circa 1979." Folder 1216 |
| Folder 1217-1220 |
79-0003-E and 79-0007-E Roberto G. Altomare, et al. #04806, Subseries: "2.2. West Virginia Criminal Session, circa 1979." Folder 1217-1220Folder 1217Folder 1218Folder 1219Folder 1220 |
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Series 3. Other Case Files, 1974-1994.
Arrangement: by type of case.
Case files, including court Papers, correspondence, background reports, clippings, appeal information, and Dupree's handwritten trial notes.
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Subseries 3.1. Bankruptcy Cases, 1978-1987.
Arrangement: by subject.
Subject files and one case file regarding bankruptcy litigation.
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Subseries 3.2. Habeas Corpus Cases, 1974-1994.
Arrangement: by case.
Files on the "Wilmington 10" appeals are filed with the 1981 habeas corpus cases in keeping with the original filing system.
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Subseries 3.3. Prisoners' Civil Rights Cases, 1975-1991.
Arrangement: by case.
Case files from trials regarding the civil rights of prisoners heard in the Eastern District of North Carolina court. Also found here are files containing correspondence from prisoners.
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Series 4. Appeals, 1983-1994.
Arrangement: by jurisdiction.
Case files including court Papers, correspondence, background reports, clippings, appeal information, and Dupree's handwritten trial notes from appeals heard in the Circuit Court in Boston, Mass., the Fourth Circuit Court in Richmond, Va., and the Seventh Circuit Court in Chicago, Ill.