ajc.com - 1/5/2009
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Griffin Boyette Bell, who served as Jimmy Carter’s attorney general and whose South Georgia drawl and lawyerly mannerisms disguised an unusually innovative legal mind, died Monday morning. He was 90.“He was thinking outside the box before there was a box,” said Bob Steed, senior partner at King ...
southernappeal.org - 1/5/2009
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Griffin Bell was a truly great man, and
he will be dearly missed by his family and...
friends. I was fortunate enough to meet and interview Judge Bell while working on an essay about his tenure on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which you can read here. I cannot even begin ...
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Judge Griffin Bell, RIP
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Griffin Bell was a truly great man, and he will be dearly missed by his family and friends.
I was fortunate enough to meet and interview Judge Bell while working on an essay about his tenure on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which you can read here. I cannot even begin to describe what a generous and warm person he was during our brief time together. Indeed, one of the greatest compliments I've ever received about my writing was from Judge Bell, who loved the essay I had written about him.
The United States has lost a great patriot, and the South has ...
Judge Griffin Bell, RIP
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Griffin Bell was a truly great man, and he will be dearly missed by his family and friends . I was fortunate enough to meet and interview Judge Bell while working on an essay about his tenure on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which you can read ...
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