Word: delayer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...reorganization of the Supreme Court, the question of speed is a favorite one among such men as Homer Cummings and James Farley. Taking a pious and sanctimonious attitude, these gentlemen contend that there is such a crying need for social legislation of the NRA and AAA type, that delay is impossible. We are told that a constitutional amendment to legalize minimum wage laws and maximum hours of work regulations would take too long to put through, and that no time must be wasted in achieving this desired goal...
...nine in 1837, to ten in 1863, decreased it to eight in 1866, increased it to nine in 1869. Franklin Roosevelt produced a letter from his Attorney General attesting that each Federal judge now has to handle nearly half again as many cases as in 1913, that congestion and delay result. His reasoning was impeccably high-minded as he developed it for the newshawks, but as he continued he let his political purpose flicker through...
...Delay in any court results in injustice. It makes lawsuits a luxury available only to the few who can afford them or who have property interests to protect which are sufficiently large to repay the cost. . . . The Supreme Court is laboring under a heavy burden. Its difficulties in this respect were superficially lightened some years ago by authorizing the Court, in its discretion, to refuse to hear appeals in many classes of cases. This discretion was so freely exercised that in the last fiscal year, although 867 petitions for review were presented to the Supreme Court, it declined to hear...
...questionnaire was most courteously received. From day to day the Premier continued "about to answer." After nearly a week's delay, the Caballero entourage said their Ambassador in France would answer Mr. Howard the next night. Twenty-four hours later Valencia's Paris Embassy was "going to answer within a week...
...Jackson County courthouse site on Oak Street. President of McCoy Land Co. was Lawyer William C. Scarritt of the prominent firm of Scarritt, Jones & North. Although a lower court ruled the McCoy suit had no merit, Lawyer Scarritt threatened an appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court. Fearing further delay would cause the selection of another courthouse site, property owners of the proposed site on Oak Street hired Lawyer Henry Spotswood Conrad, agreed to pay him a $1,000 fee and $250 expenses to get Lawyer Scarritt to withdraw his suit. After numerous conferences Lawyer Conrad told his clients the real...