Interview with former Michigan Supreme Court Clerk Erwin Simon
Erwin Simon, one of the first Michigan Supreme Court law clerks, talks about his professional and personal relationship with Justice Henry Butzel, his youth in Lansing, Michigan, his time at the University of Michigan Law School and having a very difficult time finding a job in 1937, during the Great Depression. He also describes accepting an offer to clerk for Butzel, his duties in that position, his close personal relationship with the Justice and his family and finally marrying Butzel's daughter. Simon says that meeting Justice Butzel was the best thing that ever happened to him.
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Interviews with Michigan State Supreme Court Justices
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date Created
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2007-06-20
- Interviewees
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Simon, Erwin, 1913-2010
- Interviewers
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Christie, Judith
- Subjects
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Simon, Erwin, 1913-2010
Michigan. Supreme Court
Butzel, Henry M. (Henry Magnus), 1871-1963
Employees
Law clerks
Michigan
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
Interviews
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 01:00:15
- Note
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Digital remastering of analog cassettes originally recorded for "Interviews with Michigan Supreme Court Justices," sponsored by the Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society.
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
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