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Records Pertaining to Samuel Alito

Released on November 30, 2005

Record Group 60: Department of Justice
Accession #60-89-372
Files of the Attorney General,
Edwin Meese III

(All documents are in PDF format )


Box No. Title
4 Solicitor General, 1985
1.Memorandum from Rex E. Lee, Solicitor General, to D. Lowell Jensen, Deputy Attorney General regarding the weekly report (April 24, 1985). (6 pages)

2. Memorandum from Charles Fried, Acting Solicitor General, to D. Lowell Jensen, Deputy Attorney General regarding the weekly report (July 3, 1985). (4 pages)
17 Solicitor General, 1985
1. Memorandum from Rex E. Lee, Solicitor General, to D. Lowell Jensen, Deputy Attorney General regarding the weekly report (May 29, 1985). (6 pages)

2. Memorandum from Charles Fried, Acting Solicitor General, to D. Lowell Jensen, Deputy Attorney General regarding the weekly report (June 12, 1985). (4 pages)

3. Memorandum from Charles Fried, Acting Solicitor General, to D. Lowell Jensen, Deputy Attorney General regarding the weekly report (June 26, 1985). (4 pages)

4. Memorandum from Charles Fried, Acting Solicitor General, to D. Lowell Jensen, Deputy Attorney General regarding the weekly report (July 24, 1985). Includes a note from John Harris to the AG dated July 25, 1985. (7 pages)

5. Memorandum from Charles Fried, Acting Solicitor General, to D. Lowell Jensen, Deputy Attorney General regarding the weekly report (July 31, 1985). Includes a note to the AG dated August 1, 1985. (7 pages)
24 "0.1" - Orders, Attorney General, 1985
1. Order Number 1141-86. Order amends part 45 Section 735-14a, Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations, governing the acceptance of travel expenses for an accompanying spouse. Memorandum from Samuel A. Alito to John Richardson concerning the Attorney General Order on Reimbursement for Spousal Travel (April 14, 1986). Includes the DOJ ODAG Executive Secretariat Control Data Sheet. (11 pages)
27 "S" (Alpha Name Files)
1. Letter to Edward T. Sullivan from Samuel A. Alito, Jr. concerning the use of the flag in the logo of the Basketball Hall of Fame (December 20, 1985). Includes incoming correspondence and the DOJ ODAG Executive Secretariat Control Data Sheet. (5 pages)
52 Criminal Division, November 1-30, 1986
1. Letter dated November 17, 1986 from Samuel A. Alito to John C. Keeney concerning a redraft of the amendment of the Department's rules regarding exemptions for Drug Enforcement Agency undercover activities. Also includes a copy of the amended rule, a memorandum dated November 25, 1986 from William F. Weld to the Attorney General in which Alito's letter is attached, and the DOJ ODAG Executive Secretariat Control Data Sheet. (6 pages)
54 EOA - Referrals for Position of U.S. Attorney, 1986
1. Letter from Frederick B. Lacey to Arnold I. Burns dated November 17, 1986 recommending Samuel A. Alito, Jr., for the position of U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey. Includes DOJ ODAG Executive Secretariat Control Data Sheet. (3 pages)

2. Letter from Leonard I. Garth to Arnold I. Burns dated November 19, 1986 recommending Samuel A. Alito, Jr., for the position of U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey. Includes DOJ ODAG Executive Secretariat Control Data Sheet.(3 pages)

3. Letter from Matthew J. Rinaldo, Member of Congress, to Edwin Meese dated December 16, 1986 recommending Samuel A. Alito, Jr., for the position of U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey. Includes Meese's reply back to Congressman Rinaldo and the DOJ ODAG Executive Secretariat Control Data Sheet. (4 pages)

4. Letter from Christopher H. Smith, Member of Congress to Edwin Meese dated December 22, 1986 recommending Samuel A. Alito, Jr., for the position of U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey. Includes Meese's reply back to Congressman Smith and the DOJ ODAG Executive Secretariat Control Data Sheet. (4 pages)
78 "L" March thru June, 1986
1. Note from Sam Alito to John Richardson dated June 3, 1986. Includes incoming correspondence and the DOJ ODAG Executive Secretariat Control Data Sheet. (6 pages)
79 "M" July, 1986
1. Memorandum from Samuel Alito, Jr. to John N. Richardson concerning a letter to the Attorney General from L. Ralph Mecham, Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (September 29, 1986). Includes DOJ ODAG Executive Secretariat Control Data Sheet. (16 pages)
82

"S" April - May, 1986
1. Letter from Samuel A. Alito to George L. Smith regarding Mr. Smith's questions to the Attorney General concerning the legality of selling postage stamps at a discount (May 18, 1986). Includes DOJ ODAG Executive Secretariat Control Data Sheet and prior correspondence on the subject with Mr. Smith. (25 pages)

"S" June, 1986
1. Letter from Samuel A. Alito to Honorable Allan Paul Shatkin concerning the dredging activities of the West Indian Company (July 7, 1986). Includes incoming correspondence and DOJ ODAG Executive Secretariat Control Data Sheet. (4 pages)

83 "U," 1986
1. Letter from Samuel A. Alito to J. Clayton Undercofler III, Esq. concerning his letters regarding Federal Form FD-645 (March 20, 1987). Includes incoming correspondence and DOJ ODAG Executive Secretariat Control Data Sheet. (9 Pages)
86 Attorney General Correspondence, November thru December, 1987
1. Memorandum written by Samuel A. Alito Jr., for David H. Martin, Director, Office of Government Ethics concerning Mr. Martin's request for an opinion on section 1307 of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (December 3, 1986). (3 pages)
102 "C" - Civil Rights, 1987
1. Memorandum for the Attorney General by William Bradford Reynolds concerning the Essex County Youth House - Proposed Complaint accompanied by a Consent Decree, Pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Person Act (CRIPA, 42 U.S.C. Section 1997a) (November 16, 1987) Includes an unsigned signature line for Samuel A. Alito Jr., and the DOJ ODAG Executive Secretariat Control Data Sheet. (27 pages)

"C" - Congratulations, 1987
1. Memorandum from Laurence S. McWhorter to the Attorney General concerning the Presidential appointment of Samuel A. Alito, Jr., as United States Attorney, District of New Jersey (December 28, 1987). Includes DOJ ODAG Executive Secretariat Control Data Sheets. (5 pages)
107 "I" - Independent Counsel - EPA, 1987
1. Memorandum from William F. Weld to the Attorney General concerning Theodore Olson (April 2, 1987). Includes the incoming correspondence from the Office of the Independent Counsel and Samuel A. Alito Jr., is carbon copied on this letter. Also includes DOJ ODAG Executive Secretariat Control Data Sheet and other relevant correspondence. (17 pages)

2. Memorandum from William F. Weld to the Attorney General concerning the EPA/Independent Counsel (February 11, 1987) in which Samuel A. Alito, Jr., if carbon copied. Includes attachments and the DOJ ODAG Executive Secretariat Control Data Sheet. (48 pages)
140 Executive Office of the United States, States Attorney's, EOA - U.S. Attorney, May 1 thru May 6, 1988
1. Memorandum to the Honorable Edwin Meese, III from Samuel A. Alito, Jr., United States Attorney, District of New Jersey, concerning the Law Enforcement Plan for the District of New Jersey (May 5, 1988). Includes attachments and the DOJ ODAG Executive Secretariat Control Data Sheet. (8 pages)
173 EM Miscellaneous Materials, 1986 (#2)
1. Memorandum from James L. Byrnes to Edwin Meese III regarding the status of background investigations of Presidential nominees (May 11, 1987). (5 pages)

 

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