THE HONORABLE CHARLES RICHEY Oral History Project The Historical Society of the District of Columbia Circuit Oral History Project United States Courts The Historical Society of the District of Columbia Circuit District of Columbia Circuit THE HONORABLE CHARLES RICHEY Interviews conducted by: Daniel Singer, Esquire April 10, 13 and 25, 1995, May 9, 1995, October 5, 1995 January 1996, February 19, 1996 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface.............................................................................................................................................. i Oral History Agreements Honorable Charles Richey ................................................................................................. iii Daniel Singer, Esquire ....................................................................................................... ix Oral History Transcripts of Interviews First Interview: April 10, 1995 ............................................................................................1 Second Interview: April 13, 1995, .....................................................................................56 Third Interview: April 25, 1995, ......................................................................................123 Fourth Interview: May 9, 1995 ........................................................................................175 Fifth Interview: October 5, 1995, ....................................................................................313 Sixth Interview: January 23, 1996 ...................................................................................387 Seventh Interview: February 19, 1996 .............................................................................436 Index ......................................................................................................................................... A-1 Table of Cases ..............................................................................................................................B-1 Biographical Sketches Honorable Charles Richey ...............................................................................................C-1 Daniel Singer, Esquire .................................................................................................... D-1 NOTE The following pages record interviews conducted on the dates indicated. The interviews were recorded digitally or on cassette tape, and the interviewee and the interviewer have been afforded an opportunity to review and edit the transcript. The contents hereof and all literary rights pertaining hereto are governed by, and are subject to, the Oral History Agreements included herewith. © 2017 Historical Society of the District of Columbia Circuit. All rights reserved. PREFACE The goal of the Oral History Project of the Historical Society of the District of Columbia Circuit is to preserve the recollections of the judges of the Courts of the District of Columbia Circuit and lawyers, court staff, and others who played important roles in the history of the Circuit. The Project began in 1991. Oral history interviews are conducted by volunteer attorneys who are trained by the Society. Before donating the oral history to the Society, both the subject of the history and the interviewer have had an opportunity to review and edit the transcripts. Indexed transcripts of the oral histories and related documents are available in the Judges’ Library in the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse, 333 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C., the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress, and the library of the Historical Society of the District of Columbia With the permission of the person being interviewed, oral histories are also available on the Internet through the Society's Web site, www.dcchs.org. Audio recordings of most interviews, as well as electronic versions of the transcripts, are in the custody of the Society. i Historical Society of the District of Columbia Circuit Interviewee Oral History Agreement 1. In consideration of the recording and preservation of my oral history memoir by the Historical Society of the District of Columbia Circuit, Washington, D.C., and its employees and agents (hereinafter"the Society"), I, Charles R. Richey, except as otherwise provided herein and in Schedule B attached hereto, do hereby grant and convey to the Society and its successors and assigns all of my rights, title, and interest in the tape recordings and transcripts of interviews of me as described in Schedule A hereto, including literary rights and copyrights. All copies of the tapes and transcripts are subject to the same restrictions0 herein provided. 2. The foregoing transfer is subject to the exception specifiedin Schedule B hereto. 3. I reserve the right to use the tapes and transcripts andtheir content as a resource forany book, pamphlet, article or other "vriting of whjch I am anauthor or co-author. 4. I authorize the Society, subject to the exception in Schedule B attached hereto, to duplicate, edit, publish, or permit the use of said tape recordings and transcripts in any manner that the Society considers appropriate, and I waive any claims I may have or acquire to any royalties from such use. 5. It is my intention to donate a copy of the tapes and transcripts described on Schedule A hereto as additional gifts under Paragraph 3 of my Deed of Gift to Case Western Reserve University dated December 1, 1992. (For information, a copy of the Deed of Gift is attached as Schedule C. The terms of that Deed of Gift shall apply exclusively to such tapes and transcripts as I may donate to Case Western Reserve University and shall not othenvise affect this grant and conveyance to the Society.) Accordingly, upon my request, the Society shall deliver to Case Western Reserve Universitv one set of the materials described on Schedule A hereto. Charles R. Richey �V � -���� SWORN TO AND SUBSCRJB .,D before me this/� day of � �9 7'II,; Notary Public My Commission expires __________ � �ooi0 ACCEPTED this _rft..0_ day of U5t:.-� , 1-9� by Daniel M. Gribbon, President of the Historical Society of the District of Columbia Circuit. Daniel M. Gribbon Schedule A Tapes recordings, digital recordings, transcripts, computer diskettes and electronic media resulting from four interviews of Charles Richey, conducted on the following dates: Pages of Interview No. and Date Number of Tapes or CDs Final Transcript No. 1 April 10, 1995 } 1-55 No. 2 April 13, 1995 } 56-122 No. 3, April 25, 1995 } All on one CD 123-174 No. 4, May 9, 1995 } 175-312 No. 5 October 5, 1995 } 313-386 No. 6 January, 1996 } 387-435 No. 7 February 19, 1996 } 436-505 The transcripts of the seven interviews are contained on one CD. Schedule B Exception to Ora! HistorY Agreement The materials described in Schedule A shall at all times be available to the Circuit Executive of the United States Courts for the District of Columbia Circuit, and members of his/her staff working on the Oral History P�ject. Until December 1, 201 7, access to such materials is restricted to me and to others only 'with my v..Tittenpermission or, in the event of my death, to my son, Charles �.Richey, Jr., Esquire, or his designee, and to others only with the writtenpermission of my son, Charles R. Richey, Jr., or his designee. This exception shall be of no effect on and after December 1, 2017. Schedule C PEEP or CIFT znstrume�t of Gift froa tbe 'Koborable Charles R. RicheJ �o tbe·case vesterA Reserve �niversity School of Lav I, Cha=les �. Richey (hereafter: Donor), hereby give, g1:ant, . ' convey on this ls� day of Decembe.r, 1992, title in, �nd se� over to the Case Western Reserve University for inclusion in the collections of all the Library o! the Schoo! ot La� (hereinafter: Library) and for aainis�ration therein, a collection ot all my p�pers, including all books and !�amed a�ards, and �ll records and papers from the tiroe I vas in la� -school ��.roughout my adult life, This includes fil�s pert�ining �o my �o�k �s a j�dge, copies of speeches �nd other writinss in con.,ection vi�h professional a�tivi�y ane servic� on various bo�ds ana coW?Lissions in ci�y, eounty, and state governme�t, and: in la� practice as vall a zederal �udge under Ar�icle III of ��e Constit�tionI of the Onitee States. I hera�y dedicate �o �he public all rights, in�luding copy=igh�s �hrougho�� the vorld, -in this property. The pi!.pers constitu-cing this gift shall be subject to the. eonditions hereina�t•r enl.!ltlerated: l. Aceess. With the exc•ption that the en�ire collection shall at all times be available to the staff of the Library £or administrative p�=poses, and that published and unp�blished opinions, 'books, scrapbooks, and phot.ograph.s and a.wards may be availabie to the public imfflediat�ly, access to the collections for th• next t�enty-five yea�s i� res�rieted �o me and to others only vi�h my �itten pe:-mission, or, in the event o! my d�at.1', to my son, Charles R, Richey, Jr., Esq,1ire or his designee. Thereafter, the collection shall be 111ade ·a.vaila.ble to the· !)Ul::ilie at the discretion of the Library. 2. B�rodµction- Person.$ granted access t0 the collection may procure at their o.-n expense singla-e0py raproductions of the unpublished writings contained in the collection. Sul::,ject to the restrictions in paragraph l, to-:- :ea.sons ot sec:urity, preserva'Cion, or ser,,ice, the Library, vhen cc�si>tent vith its policies, may r�produce, transcribe, transmi�� copy and/or publicly display or e�ibi� all or parts of the cellection . 3. .Agdi