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Archive comprised of material sent to Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson by Frankfurter, including one TLS on Supreme Court letterhead and seven ANSs on Supreme Court memo stationery, all simply signed with his initials, “FF,” most undated but circa mid-1940s. The TLS, two pages, December 22, 1947, is in reference to the ongoing case Marino v. Ragen, in part: “May I trouble you…to cite Baltzer v. United States…with the other cases to which you refer regarding our attitude toward confessions of error…The Baltzer case, that is, reversal upon ‘confession of error,’ reflects the practise of the Court until Stone became Chief Justice. I am not a believer in rigid adherence to a practise merely because it was the practise, although I do entertain the conviction that the wisdom of the past should not be overturned until proved to have been unwisdom.” One of the memos, in part: “And that confession of mine was wholly ‘voluntary.’” Another memo, in part: “From my point of view, Stanley’s dissent…calls for lots of changes.” A third, in part: “I like your addition very much. It seems to me compellingly true!” In overall fine condition. The Marino v. Ragen case referenced had to do with habeas corpus at the state level. A fascinating group of rarely seen correspondence between sitting Supreme Court justices. RR Auction COA.
