Celebrating 125 Years
Under Judge Elbert P. Tuttle's leadership (shown on the
left), the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals pioneered in
civil rights law. Tuttle was Atlanta Bar President in 1947.
While brother-in-law Tuttle followed a judicial career, William
A. Sutherland (shown on the right) continued building the
law firm the two had founded in the 1920s. (Courtesy of
Herbert R. Elsas.)
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THE ATLANTA LAWYER
December 2013
Leonard Haas was the American
Civil Liberties Union's first
counsel in Georgia. In this
role, Haans argued before the
U.S. Supreme Court in 1941
in Taylor v. State of Georgia,
which declared unconstitutional
a statute authorizing involuntary
servitude. (Courtesy of Mrs.
Leonard Haas.)
Donald L. Hollowell handled
major civil rights cases in
Atlanta during the 1950s
and '60s. (Courtesy of
Donald L. Hollowell.)
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