Judge James von der Heydt, Part 1 |
2006-15-32_PT.1 |
Alaska Mental Health Trust History |
Judge James von der Heydt was interviewed by Judge Niesje Steinkruger and Karen Brewster on December 9, 2010 at his condominium overlooking Cook Inlet in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. His wife, Verna, joined in on part of the interview. Judge von der Heydt talks about his experience as a Deputy Federal Marshal based out of Nome in the late 1940s where he was charged with retrieving people for sanity cases and if found "insane and at large" transporting them to Morningside Hospital in Portland, Oregon. He also talks about the court process in Nome for determining mental illness, especially the roles of US Commissioner, attorney, doctor, and the use of a jury trial.
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Judge James von der Heydt, Part 2 |
2006-15-32_PT.2 |
Alaska Mental Health Trust History |
This is a continuation of the interview with Judge James von der Heydt by Judge Niesje Steinkruger and Karen Brewster on December 9, 2010 at his condominium overlooking Cook Inlet in downtown Anchorage, Alaska.
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Judge Gerald Van Hoomissen, Part 1 |
2012-02-14_PT.1 |
Judges of Alaska |
Judge Gerald Van Hoomissen was interviewed on May 15, 2012 by Karen Brewster and Niesje Steinkruger at Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks in Fairbanks, Alaska. Gerald Van Hoomissen was born in Portland, Oregon and received his law degree from the University of Oregon Law School. In 1965, he became the Assistant US Attorney in Fairbanks, was district attorney in Fairbanks from 1968-1969, was a private attorney, and then in 1970 was appointed as judge of the Superior Court in Fairbanks. As a private pilot, he flew around much of rural Alaska to hold hearings and try cases in the villages, something which is no longer done. He retired from the bench in 1986. In this interview, he talks about working as US attorney, traveling to the villages, holding court in Barrow as a visiting judge, the needs of rural justice, the importance of understanding the Native cultures, the types of cases he handled, Alaska’s judicial selection and retention system, and changes in Alaska’s justice system.
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Judge Gerald Van Hoomissen, Part 2 |
2012-02-14_PT.2 |
Judges of Alaska |
This is a continuation of the interview with Judge Gerald Van Hoomissen on May 15, 2012 by Karen Brewster and Niesje Steinkruger at Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks in Fairbanks, Alaska. This is a continuation of tape number Oral History 2012-02-14, Part 1. It also continues on tape number Oral History 2012-02-14, Part 3. In this part of the interview, Judge Van Hoomissen talks about traveling to villages to hear cases and working with rural communities, his thoughts about Alaska's sentencing laws, being a pilot, key cases that he remembers, and his travels around Alaska.
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Judge Gerald Van Hoomissen, Part 3 |
2012-02-14_PT.3 |
Judges of Alaska |
This is a continuation of the interview with Judge Gerald Van Hoomissen on May 15, 2012 by Karen Brewster and Niesje Steinkruger at Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks in Fairbanks, Alaska. This is a continuation from tape number Oral History 2012-02-14, Parts 1 and 2. In this part of the interview, Judge Van Hoomissen talks about the challenges of being a judge, tribal courts, menotors, and his retirement.
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