Honorable John D. Clifford, Jr. A Memoir by His Three Law Clerks
Coffin, Frank M., Scales Jr., L. Damon & Poulos, Richard E.
Abstract
The domain over which United States District Judge John D. Clifford, Jr. presided from 1947 until his death in 1956 was very different from what it is today. Anyone could walk into the federal courthouse in Portland. Security guards were unknown, and lawyers, litigants, and passers-by were free to come and go. A leisurely air pervaded all the court offices.
There was no hurry. This was an era when there were only two lawyers in the United States Attorney's office: the United States Attorney and his one assistant.