Nebraska Oral Histories
Over the last twenty years, Creighton University law professor Richard Shugrue conducted interviews of eighteen judges and
politicians from Nebraska and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The Historical Society of the United States Courts in the Eighth Circuit sponsored interviews of eight judges
from the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Judges
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The Honorable
C. Arlen Beam |
The Honorable
Donald P. Lay |
The Honorable
Donald R. Ross |
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Judge, 1987-present
Senior Judge, 2001-present |
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Judge, 1966-2007
Chief Justice, 1980-1992
Senior Judge, 1992-2007 |
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Judge, 1971-
Senior Judge, 1987- |
| Interviewed in 2006 |
Interviewed in 1995 |
Interviewed in 1987 |
United States District Court for the District of Nebraska Judges
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 |
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The Honorable
William G. Cambridge |
The Honorable
Richard Peck |
The Honorable
Richard E. Robinson |
United States District
Court of Nebraska
Judge, 1988-2000
Chief Judge 1994-1999 |
United States District
Court of Nebraska
Magistrate Judge, 1970-1991 |
United States District
Court of Nebraska
Judge, 1956-1991
Senior Judge, 1972-1991 |
| Interviewed in 2002 |
Interviewed in 1987 |
Interviewed in 1987 |
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 |
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The Honorable
Lyle E. Strom |
The Honorable
Robert Van Pelt |
The Honorable
Warren K. Urbom |
United States District Court of Nebraska
Judge, 1985-
Chief Judge, 1987-1994
Senior Judge, 1995- |
United States District Court of Nebraska
Judge, 1957-1988
Senior Judge, 1970-1988 |
United States District Court of Nebraska
Judge, 1970-
Senior Judge, 1991- |
| Interviewed in 2002 |
Interviewed in 1987 |
Interviewed in 2007 |
The following interviews were sponsored by the Nebraska State Bar Association Committee on the NSBA Centennial
in conjunction with the Nebraska Bar Foundation and Creighton University School of Law to commemorate the
100th anniversary of the Nebraska State Bar Association.
Nebraska Supreme Court Justices
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 |
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The Honorable
John T. Grant |
The Honorable
Leslie Boslaugh |
The Honorable
Hale McCown |
Nebraska Supreme Court
Associate Justice, 1983-1993 |
Nebraska Supreme Court
Associate Justice, 1961-1994 |
Nebraska Supreme Court
Associate Justice, 1965-1983 |
| Interviewed in 1996 |
Interviewed in 1997 |
Interviewed in 1997 |
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 |
The Honorable
William C. Hastings |
The Honorable
C. Thomas White |
Nebraska Supreme Court
Associate Justice 1979-1987
Chief Justice, 1987-1995 |
Nebraska Supreme Court
Associate Justice 1977-1995
Chief Justice, 1995-1998 |
| Interviewed in 1998 |
Interviewed in 1998 |
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The Honorable
Norman M. Krivosha |
The Honorable
D. Nick Caporale |
Nebraska Supreme Court
Chief Justice, 1978-1987 |
Nebraska Supreme Court
Associate Justice 1982-1998 |
| Interviewed in 1998 |
Interviewed in 1998 |
Nebraska Politicians
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 |
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The Honorable
Roman L Hruska |
The Honorable
Carl T. Curtis |
The Honorable
Frank B. Morrison |
United States Senator
for Nebraska, 1954-1976 |
United States Senator
for Nebraska, 1955-1979 |
Nebraska Governor,
1961-1967 |
| Interviewed in 1997 |
Interviewed in 1997 |
Interviewed in 1997 |