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Ipse Dixit: How the World Looks to a Federal Judge
Hon. William L. Dwyer (1929-2002)
Foreword by Meade Emory
Introduction by Stimson Bullitt
During William Dwyer's fifteen-year tenure as a U.S. District Court
judge, he presided over many complex and ground-breaking cases. In one
of his most controversial rulings, he engaged environmentalists and the
timber industry in a heavily publicized and emotionally fraught battle
over the territory of the northern spotted owl, ultimately approving
the bird for "threatened species" status and forcing the Forest Service
to substantially reduce logging in owl-habitat areas.
He argued the libel case of accused Communist sympathizer John
Goldmark; he represented newspaper employees in the contested proposal
for a joint-operating agreement between the Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer; and he brought a suit against baseball's American League that resulted in the return of the Mariners to Seattle.
The fifteen speeches in this volume cover a span from 1978 - 2002 and
reveal the breadth and scope of Dwyer's legal wisdom. "If we use our
heads," Dwyer said, "we have the collective ability to survive and to
let the rest of life survive with us."
A panel will discuss "Judge
Dwyer's Enduring Contribution to the Law" at Town Hall Seattle on June
27 at 7:30 p.m. in an event co-sponsored by the University of
Washington Press, Town Hall Seattle, and Elliott Bay Books.
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June 16 -- Jack Hamann will be signing at the University Village Barnes and Noble at 1 p.m.
June 23 -- Richard Walker, author of The Country in the City will be reading at Book Passage in San Francisco at 2 p.m.
June 23 -- Ruth Kirk and Richard D. Daugherty will be reading at Elliott Bay Books at 2 p.m. |
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 | June 24 -- Richard Walker will be reading at City Lights in San Francisco at 5 p.m.
June 27 -- Town Hall Seattle will be hosting a 7:30 p.m. panel event for the publication of Ipse Dixit: How the World Looks to a Federal Judge by the late Hon. William L. Dwyer.
Panelists will include Frederic Tausend, Hon. Robert S. Lasnik, Hon.
Betty B. Fletcher, Arthur Harrigan, Stewart Jay, William Rodgers, and
Judith Ramseyer.
June 28 -- John Lombard, author of Saving Puget Sound, will be reading at Ravenna Third Place Books at 7 p.m.
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