Judge William Wayne Justice (1920-2009) was born in Athens, Texas and received his undergraduate and law degrees from The University of Texas. Judge Justice married Sue Rowan in 1947. The couple had one daughter, Ellen Justice. He served in the United States Army before returning to East Texas to practice law with his father and serve as city attorney in Athens. President John F. Kennedy selected him as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, and President Lyndon B. Johnson then appointed him to the federal bench in 1968 in Tyler.
In the course of his forty-one years of service on the bench, Judge Justice worked courageously to protect civil rights, uphold constitutional freedoms, and ensure equal justice for all. His landmark rulings safeguarded the rights of minorities, the poor, and the politically powerless in many areas. These decisions addressed race discrimination in schools and housing, inhumane treatment in state facilities, the dilution of voting rights, inadequate education for immigrant and non-English speaking children, and the unnecessary institutionalization of the developmentally disabled. In 2004, the UT Law School honored Justice by establishing the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law. Judge Justice died in Austin in 2009 at age 89.
Legal materials, correspondence, publications and other materials (approximately 91 linear ft.) document the life and career of Judge William Wayne Justice. Prominent categories include Del Rio Civil Cases, General Legal, Correspondence, Personal Files, Speeches, and two well-represented cases,
Files marked restricted require the permission of the Head of Special Collections to view. The family of Judge William Wayne Justice retains copyright to all of Judge Justice's speeches. All rights are retained by the copyright holders. No reproduction of the speeches is allowed without the permission of the copyright holders.
Related materials include the Law School Subject Vertical Files and the yearbook of the University of Texas,
William Wayne Justice Papers, Tarlton Law Library, Jamail Center for Legal Research, University of Texas at Austin.
Donated 2010.
Processing performed 2010 by Elizabeth Hilkin.
Signed by Lyndon B. Johnson, Ralph Yarborough, and Lindley Beckworth, respectively.
Notation inside folder "U.S. Attorney 9/29/65 Has 3163 sq ft Needs 6400 sq ft 3240"
Correspondence regarding Calvin Burdine.
Includes pay information and correspondence with the Department of Justice.
Includes program and speech.
Includes transcript from Justice's swearing in as U.S. Attorney.
Notation inside folder "2 yr. old 3 yr. old Less: social security, habeas corpus - prisoner civil rights, stayed, cases currently set for trial, student loans [struckthrough], settled (but no judgment)"
Includes miscellaneous professional correspondence.
Corresponds to "Our Courthouse" dvd included in media.
Judge Sheehy jury charge and supplemental jury charge.
Hearing before Judge Sheehy.
Hearing before Judge Sheehy.
Includes correspondence from the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.
Contains multiple versions
Post-It notes containing brief case descriptions were placed in front of corresponding case.
Post-It notes containing brief case descriptions were placed in front of corresponding case.
Material originally in binder pocket. Included 5 1/4 floppy disk titled "General ords."
Includes sample orders.
Includes sample orders.
2005 sentencing table and statutes.
Includes municipal liability, official capacity vs. personal capacity, §1983 pleading requirements, due process - post-deprivation remedies, intent requirements, etc. and absolute and qualified immunity.
Topics cover §1985 claims, §1983 and habeas corpus exhaustion, civil rights attorneys fees, and old orders on §1983 and §1985.
Material originally in binder pocket.
Post-It notes containing short case descriptions were placed in front of corresponding case.
Material originally in binder pocket. Includes workbook on race and racism from 2001 Youth Summit.
Material originally in binder pocket.
Handwritten copy of Canon 32 from the American Bar Association and Section 5 from Government Service Code of Ethics.
Includes 1974 letter from Judge Tamm recommending a particular charge.
Includes case law, order from
Material originally included in binder pocket.
Includes 1987 correspondence from David Booth, Federal Public Defender.
Pertains to death penalty and habeas cases.
Pertains to death penalty and habeas cases.
Relates to
Includes copy of case filing, Judge Justice's notes, and 1969 correspondence.
Includes complaints and orders in various cases.
Includes David Ferlager resume and case law on institutionalization
Includes filings and correspondence.
Correspondence related to various cases.
Correspondence related to Judge Justice's sanction of Lawrence West.
Includes cases and correspondence from Wayne Haglund regarding U.S. v. Texas
Case notes likely from law clerks.
Contains Amended Agreed Upon Pre-Trial Order
Contains copy of Amended Agreed Upon Pre-Trial Order
Contains miscellaneous filings
Pleadings from
Pleadings from
Includes decisions regarding State of Texas request for stay of the district court injunction and motion to intervene by additional inmates.
Includes order and report and recommendations regarding the design and feasibility of an information system to assist the court in
Organized by topic, includes Administrative Segregation and Solitary Confinement filings.
Organized by topic, contains Death Row filings.
Copy of Death Row filings.
Organized by topic, contains Disciple filings.
Organized by topic, contains Overcrowding filings.
Organized by topic, contains Health filings.
Health filings continued.
Copy of Health filings.
Copy of Health filings continued.
Organized by topic, contains Mentally Retarded filings.
Mentally Retarded filings continued.
Organized by topic, includes Occupational Safety and Health (O.S.H.) filings.
Organized by topic, contains Orders Related to Special Masters Reports.
Copy of Overcrowding filings.
Copy of Overcrowding filings continued.
Organized by topic, contains Psychiatric Care filings.
Organized by topic, contains of Use of Force filings.
Contains of Use of Force filings continued.
Contains a summary of relevant orders, stipulations, reports, and issues.
Contains a summary of relevant orders, stipulations, reports, and issues.
Contains a summary of relevant orders, stipulations, reports, and issues.
Contains a summary of relevant orders, stipulations, reports, and issues.
Includes copies of attachments from the TDC plan.
Includes copies of attachments from the TDC plan.
Includes correspondence from George Waldron, Senior Warden Eastham Unit.
Includes 1992 Final Judgment.
Includes prisoner correspondence.
Given the volume of sticky notes used as flags and to mark prisoner claims, the sticky notes have been kept on the documents for the time being.
Given the volume of sticky notes used as flags and to mark prisoner claims, the sticky notes have been kept on the documents for the time being.
Given the volume of sticky notes used as flags and to mark prisoner claims, the sticky notes have been kept on the documents for the time being.
Given the volume of sticky notes used as flags and to mark prisoner claims, the sticky notes have been kept on the documents for the time being.
Given the volume of sticky notes used as flags and to mark prisoner claims, the sticky notes have been kept on the documents for the time being.
Given the volume of sticky notes used as flags and to mark prisoner claims, the sticky notes have been kept on the documents for the time being.
Given the volume of sticky notes used as flags and to mark prisoner claims, the sticky notes have been kept on the documents for the time being.
Given the volume of sticky notes used as flags and to mark prisoner claims, the sticky notes have been kept on the documents for the time being.
Given the volume of sticky notes used as flags and to mark prisoner claims, the sticky notes have been kept on the documents for the time being.
Given the volume of sticky notes used as flags and to mark prisoner claims, the sticky notes have been kept on the documents for the time being.
Given the volume of sticky notes used as flags and to mark prisoner claims, the sticky notes have been kept on the documents for the time being.
Includes samples alleged to contain asbestos.
Given the volume of sticky notes used as flags and to mark prisoner claims, the sticky notes have been kept on the documents for the time being.
Given the volume of sticky notes used as flags and to mark prisoner claims, the sticky notes have been kept on the documents for the time being.
Given the volume of sticky notes used as flags and to mark prisoner claims, the sticky notes have been kept on the documents for the time being.
Given the volume of sticky notes used as flags and to mark prisoner claims, the sticky notes have been kept on the documents for the time being.
Prison correspondence primarily dealing with medical issues.Given the volume of sticky notes used as flags and to mark prisoner claims, the sticky notes have been kept on the documents for the time being.
Includes complaints from other prisoners.
Mostly includes correspondence with David Arnold, also includes an order from Judge Justice for fees.
Includes memo and filings.
Includes memo and filings.
Includes U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit No. 98-20848 Plaintiffs' Brief.
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals No. 97-21003.
Includes No. 98-20233, 98-20841, and related correspondence.
Includes petition and appendices.
Includes Ruiz's answer to petition and Judge Justice's Response of the District Court to the Petition for Writ of Mandamus.
Includes memos and filings.
Also includes 1997 Supplemental Motion and Brief in Support of Texas Representative John Culberson and Texas Senator J.E. "Buster" Brown to Terminate Federal Jurisdiction over the Texas Prison System.
Includes handwritten draft of final judgment, correspondence, and filings.
Pleadings included with drafts of final judgment.
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Brief for Plaintiffs and Cross-Appellants Nos. 99-20228, 96-20922, 99-20445. Included with drafts of final judgment.
Miscellaneous notes and list of attorneys for both parties.
Master outline and draft of introduction to memorandum opinion.
Plaintiffs preliminary evidence summaries with handwritten notations.
Draft of Inmate Safety portion of memorandum opinion.
Partial draft of memorandum opinion.
Summary of Allen Breed's testimony.
Partial draft of memorandum opinion.
Partial draft of memorandum opinion.
Partial draft of memorandum opinion.
Partial draft of memorandum opinion.
Draft of administrative segregation section.
Partial draft of protection from harm section.
Draft of inmate safety section.
Draft of medical and psychiatric services section.
March 1999 order with edits.
Draft of conclusion.
Draft of inmates' reasonable safety.
Partial draft of memorandum opinion with edits.
Administrative segregation draft.
Excessive force draft.
Protection from harm draft.
Draft of memorandum opinion with edits.
Case law included with drafts.
Includes Defendants' Notice of Filing April 2002 Reports, Judge Justice's order to seal certain exhibits, and TDC Reports.
Includes orders in
Includes motion by intervenors, original complaint, and order by Judge Justice for discovery.
Includes correspondence with Special Master Francis McGovern.
Contains first part of Defendant City of Paris's Reply to Plaintiff's Motion for Prelimanary Injunction.
Defendant City of Paris's Reply to Plaintiff's Motion for Prelimanary Injunction, continued.
Contains 1993-1994 filings, including motions for final remedy order and post-trial brief.
Includes memo from law clerk.
Contains Plaintiffs Motion to Enforce.
Contains Plaintiffs Motion to Enforce In Part and to Modify In Part the Final Judgment.
Includes typewritten notes on hearing, partial order, and 1997 docket.
Includes notes and cases.
David Brown clerked for Judge Justice.
Contains articles and handwritten note.
Plaintiffs' Motion for Interim Attorneys' Fees and Litigation Costs.
Housing demographics organized by city.
Housing demographics organized by city.
Housing demographics organized by city.
Housing demographics organized by city.
Housing demographics by city from 1992-1996.
Housing demographics by city.
Housing demographics by city.
Includes photograph.
Contains 1992 Reports of the Proceedings of the Judicial Conference of the United States
Includes survey of land and notice of auction.
W.D. Justice was Judge Justice's father.
Hyle A. Justice was the brother of W.D. Justice, Judge Justice's father. W.D. Justice took over H.A. Justice's law practice while H.A. served as a state representative.
W.D. Justice, Judge Justice's father, was the nephew of Jeff Justice and one of the executors of Jeff Justice's estate.
Judge and Mrs. Justice's granddaughter graduated from Yale in May 2004.
Material kept in William Wayne Justice portfolio. Includes U.S. District Court Civil Justice Expense Plan and Delay Reduction Plan as well as blood pressure readings.
Corresponds to peace pipe given to Judge Justice by Martha and Bowen Davis included in realia, includes note from Martha Davis.
Correspondence between Judge Justice and his father while Judge Justice was in the military.
Correspondence related to duck call sent to Judge Justice by Justice Scalia.
Addressed to Sue Justice.
Letters regarding presentation of Judge Justice's portrait.
Includes Ralph Yarborough article.
Includes edits.
The family of Judge William Wayne Justice retains copyright to all of Judge Justice's speeches. No reproduction of speeches is permitted without the permission of the copyright holders.
Includes text of speech.
Includes correspondence for Clements Lecture.
Includes correspondence with David Halpern.
Includes text of speech.
Notation inside folder, "David Brown, Mark Englehart, Susan Stefan, Mark Walter, Denise Wintenberger"
Contains articles.
Includes correspondence with Martha Davis.
Notation on folder, "McCleskey v. Ralph Kaup 481 U.S. __ Jennifer Riggs Asst. Atty. Gen. Freedom of Information Section - Open Records Act"
Includes flight and reimbursement information.
Contains May 25, 1987
Includes Texas School Administrators correspondence.
Contains correspondence.
Contains correspondence and material collected from Center.
Includes Alliance for Justice speech from April 19, 1983.
Includes naturalization speech
Correspondence from Robert Parker notated "Speech" and other items.
Includes 1988 correspondence with Leadership Tyler and Smith County Law Day speeches.
Various speeches including "Burrs Under the Saddle," "The Whole Truth," and "Putting the Judge Back in Judging."
Includes correspondence related to speeches and Natural Law outline.
Miscellaneous speeches and correspondence related to speeches.
Collection of speeches includes "Is There a Swift Decision to the
Speech from
Includes correspondence with Frank Kemerer.
Contains letter confirming speech.
Contains only correspondence, no copy of speech.
Includes edits.
Notation on folder, "Social change - In accordance with law and evidence - not personal opinion. Constitutional rights are priceless - a governmental agency cannot violate the Constitution. Forum shopping"
Includes 1998 correspondence from State Bar of Texas and Legal Aid.
Miscellaneous correspondence regarding presentations and interviews with Judge Justice.
Speech and correspondence related to Role of Special Masters conference.
Text of speech not present.
Contains articles and travel information.
Contains correspondence and travel information.
Award from Association of American Trial Lawyers.
Text of speech not present.
Includes correspondence from Ralph Yarborough.
Thurman Arnold Prize Argument correspondence.
In honor of Judge Justice's senior status.
Includes papers originally stapled to inside front cover of Rules.
Additional copy.
Titled
Includes
Includes lyrics to song written for Judge Justice.
Includes various journal reprints, many with inscriptions to Judge Justice. Also contains a copy of the national prayer service at 1985 presidential inauguration.
Contains newspaper article and speech by Judge Tuttle.
Also includes printed articles on other topics.
Includes newspaper articles and copy of Rudolph Guiliani's commencement speech at UT Tyler.
Includes newspaper article, print-out of FTC Complaints and Orders case with underlining.
Includes newspaper articles, law review articles.
Includes lyrics written by Kirk Purcell, newspaper and magazine articles.
Judge Justice Renominated as U.S. Attorney and Carl Turner resignation as Chief of U.S. Marshals.
Includes reviews of Kemerer's biography
Includes
Also includes "Jobs for Justice" button.
Includes "From Guns to Gavels," Ken Gjemre essay, and comparative review of U.S. and Canadian law.
Includes court directory, amendments to federal rules, and law review article.
Includes portrait presentations, Judge Sheehy memorials.
Includes correspondence and article for inclusion in
Includes correspondence from Joe Jamail.
Copy of speech by Mimi Wesson Cantrick.
Also includes statistics during Judge Justice's position as U.S. Attorney.
Includes correspondence, articles, and photographs.
Includes correspondence and articles.
Includes correspondence and articles.
Includes correspondence dated 1983, articles, photographs, and list of asbestos cases closed November 26, 1984.
Contains articles and photograph.
Includes correspondence and articles.
Includes correspondence and programs.
Includes correspondence and articles.
Includes newspaper articles and correspondence.
Includes law review and magazine articles.
Includes photographs, correspondence.
Includes correspondence 1986-1987, transcript of "Justice," and articles.
Includes correspondence, articles, copies of cases.
Includes photograph, correspondence, "Law Day, USA" Digest.
Includes correspondence on Baylor speech, materials on discovery in the court of Judge Justice, docket for April 5, 1999, and other correspondence.
Includes transcripts, articles, and correspondence.
Includes correspondence and articles.
Includes correspondence, articles, photographs.
Includes correspondence and articles.
Includes correspondence and collected articles, including reprints of "The Hard Realities of Legal Fictions" written by Judge Justice.
Includes articles and copy of "Ballad of Willy Wayne" lyrics.
Includes correspondence and articles.
Includes correspondence and articles.
Includes articles, memorial service for Marguerite Cox.
Includes correspondence and articles.
Includes correspondence and certificate from Texas Legal Services.
Includes correspondence, installation ceremony for Sam B. Hall program, and receipts and order forms.
Includes photographs, copies of unnamed speech, correspondence.
Includes song lyrics, photographs, copy of "A Relativistic Constitution," and bound Judge Sheehy memorial.
Includes handwritten notes on U.S. flag, speech outline, and loose page.
Includes 1982 order, "Prison Mail" article, lyrics to Judge's 78th birthday song.
Includes
Includes Memorials, articles,
Includes Kem Gjemre correspondence and articles.
Includes correspondence from 1961-1968.
Includes correspondence from 1961-1962.
Correspondence from 1997-2001.
Correspondence from 1997-2001.
Correspondence from 2002-2004.
Originally contained
College-age photos of Judge Justice sent by C.G. Spillars.
Includes photos of Judge Justice at various events and family photos.
Photos of the Justices and Popes.
Various 8x10 photos of Judge Justice, some professional.
Includes Prints of Darkness proofs from 1988, Don Santema photographs, and other unmarked 8x10 photosgraphs.
Signed by Jim Mattox.
Various group photographs of the judge.
Photo of Judge Justice with law clerks and staff, includes negatives.
Proofs and negatives from
Signed by the Honorable Gisela Triana, 200th Judicial District Civil Court.
Includes photos from portrait presentation, group photos of judges, and other miscellaneous shots.
Includes Lufkin dedication photos and loose photos of swearing in.
Includes group photo of Judge, Mrs. Justice, and others taken in front of Pat's Barbeque.
Photo of Judge Justice, Ralph Yarborough, and Mack Wallace, signed by Ralph Yarborough.
Photos of the Judge with staff and clerks.
Standford University Law Review dinner; Photo of Judge and Mrs. Justice.
Candid photos of Jim Mattox, Bill Clements, Judge Justice, and others.
Various photos of Judge and staff, Judge at speaking engagement.
Includes various headshots of Judge Justice.
Includes photo of Judge Justice and Judge Steger, Judge Justice with Richard Mithoff, Judge Justice with Roy Mersky, Judge and Mrs. Justice at the opening of the Rappaport Center, and other group photos.
Judge conducting swearing-in, other group shots.
Includes photos of Judge Justice at SMU School of Law and 2002 note from Toni [Palter].
Includes letter from Mark [Walter].
Includes corresponding letter from Roy Mersky.
Taken in Beaumont, Texas.
Taken at The University of Texas at Tyler.
Taken at The University of Texas at Tyler.
Inscribed by Justice Brennan to Judge Justice.
Group photos of Judge with clerks, others.
Photos of Judge with Mrs. Justice, clerks, others.
Includes various photos of Judge with clerks and others.
Photo includes Ralph Yarborough.
Inscribed to Judge Justice.
Group photo with Wright's helicopter.
Inscribed to Judge Justice.
Photos of Judge Justice and clerks.
Includes corresponding 1981 letter.
Article by Joe Holley, printed in
Originally included with Yarborough letter of April 16, 1987.
Lead article "William Wayne Justice: In the Eye of the Storm."
Given by William D. Wittliff.
Inscribed to Wayne Justice by Ralph Yarborough
Signed by President Johnson.
Includes John F. Kennedy, Nicholas Katzenbach, Ramsey Clark, and Archibald Cox.
Includes Nicholas Katzenbach, Ramsey Clark, Thurgood Marshall
Includes Ramsey Clark, Thurgood Marshall.
Includes Ramsey Clark.
Includes copies of Lyndon Baines Johnson's and John B. Connally's inaugural addresses with correspondence from J.E. Connally.
Photo by Emmett Colvin.
Photo by Emmett Colvin.
Inscribed to Judge J. Whitfield Davidson.
Includes VHS and DVD copies of Hanging of Judge Justice's Portrait, Justice, interview with Judge Justice held in 2002, and collected videos.
Includes duck call from Justice Scalia, business card plate, US Courts ID badge, other items.
Includes Thurgood Marshall Award, ceramic eagle anniversary gift, Fifth Circuit Judicial Conference "Best Attitude," U.S. Marshals, Austin Founder Lions Club, Texas Association for Bilingual Education, HNBA, University of Texas School of Law Fund for Public Service plate, and Texas Law Review Leon Green Award.
Includes Criminal Defense Lawyers, Justice Award, NAACP Texas Heroes, Morris Dees Award, Endowed Presidential Scholarhip.
Includes statue of Lady Justice, Rolodex, peace pipe given by Martha and Bowen Davis, framed photographs, various gavels.
Includes guestbook from booksigning event, photo album from May 1998 reception, scrapbook with photos and cards from former clerks.
Includes clerks' reunion 2003 scrapbook and reunion photo albums.