Goldberg, Arthur Joseph

Born August 8, 1908, in Chicago, IL
Died January 19, 1990, in Washington, DC

Federal Judicial Service:
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
Nominated by John F. Kennedy on August 31, 1962, to a seat vacated by Felix Frankfurter. Confirmed by the Senate on September 25, 1962, and received commission on September 28, 1962. Service terminated on July 26, 1965, due to resignation.

Supreme Court Oath:
October 1, 1962

Allotment as Circuit Justice:

First Circuit, October 15, 1962-July 26, 1965

Education:
Northwestern University School of Law (now Pritzker School of Law), B.S.L., 1929
Northwestern University School of Law (now Pritzker School of Law), J.D., 1930

Professional Career:

Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1930-1952
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1952-1961, 1971-1990
Special assistant, Office of Strategic Services, 1942-1943
General counsel, United Steelworkers, 1948-1961
General counsel, CIO, 1948-1955
General counsel, AFL-CIO, 1955-1961
Secretary of Labor, 1961-1962
Ambassador to the United Nations, U.S. Department of State, 1965-1968
Private practice, New York City, 1968-1971
Ambassador-at-large, U.S. Department of State, 1977-1978

Bibliography

Carmen, Ira H. “One Civil Libertarian among Many: The Case of Mr. Justice Goldberg.” Michigan Law Review, vol. 65, no. 2 (Dec. 1966): 301-36.

Dalin, David G. Jewish Justices of the Supreme Court: From Brandeis to Kagan. Waltham, Mass.: Brandeis University Press, 2017.

Olkin, Samuel R., et. al. “The Legacy of Arthur Goldberg: The 20th Belle R. and Joseph H. Braun Memorial Symposium: The Development of Privacy Law from Brandeis to Today: Session I” John Marshall Journal of Computer and Information Law, vol. 29, no. 3 (Spring/Summer 2012): 285-318.

Ray, Laura Krugman. “The Legacy of a Supreme Court Clerkship: Stephen Breyer and Arthur Goldberg, Pennsylvania State Law Review, vol. 115, no. 1 (Summer 2010): 83-134.

Shils, Edward B. “Arthur Goldberg: Proof of the American Dream.” Monthly Labor Review, vol. 120, no. 1 (Jan. 1997): 56-72.

Manuscript Collections

American Jewish Historical Society
New York, N.Y.
Arthur J. Goldberg papers, 1962-1965.
0.25 linear ft.; finding aid; autographed pen and ink drawing of Goldberg; autographed transcription of Goldberg's opinion in Pointer v. Texas; 3 speeches given by Goldberg in 1962; and a copy of the 1962 New Yorker profile of Goldberg.

John F. Kennedy Library
Boston, Mass.
Arthur J. Goldberg papers, 1960-1962.
13 microfilm reels; collection contains speeches, photos, and news clippings documenting Goldberg's tenure as U.S. secretary of labor.

Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Arthur J. Goldberg papers, 1793-1990.
120.7 linear ft.; material related to Goldberg's tenure as U.S. representative to the United Nations and as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Northwestern University Law School
Evanston, Ill.
Arthur J. Goldberg Supreme Court papers, ca. 1961-1978.
42 boxes; primarily Supreme Court case records from 1962-1964.

Oral History

Goldberg, Arthur J. "Arthur J. Goldberg Oral History Interview I." Interview conducted on March 23, 1983, by Ted Gittinger. Lyndon B. Johnson Library, Austin, Texas. Transcript, 36 pages. http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/oralhistory.hom/Goldbe...

Goldberg, Arthur J. "Oral history interview with Arthur J. Goldberg." Interview conducted in March 1985. Dean Rusk Oral History Collection, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga., 1984-1989. 1 sound cassette, 29 minutes; transcript, 13 pages.

Goldberg, Arthur J. "The Reminiscences of Arthur J. Goldberg." Interviews conducted in 1970. Oral History Research Office, Butler Library, Columbia University, New York, 1970. Transcript, 51 pages. Permission required.

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