Collection Summary
Cox, Hugh Baker, 1905-1973
Hugh Baker Cox papers
1917-1973
03128
1.45 cubic ft. (2 boxes)
University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
English
Hugh Baker Cox was an antitrust lawyer who worked for the U.S. Department of Justice. The collection contains correspondence, memoranda, legal opinions, and other materials related to Cox's work
Biography of Hugh Baker Cox
Hugh Baker Cox (1905-1973) was born in Logan, Iowa and grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska. He
earned a bachelor of arts degree at the University of Nebraska in 1926 and became a
Rhodes Scholar the same year. He then received a bachelor's degree in English from
Christ Church at Oxford in 1929 followed by a law degree in 1930 under the Vinerian
scholarship. Cox was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1933 and in 1935 he
joined the antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice. He was counsel for
the Department before the Temporary National Economic Committee from 1938-1939. In
1942, he was assigned to the Board of Economic Warfare, working in London on
economic intelligence activities. He was named assistant attorney general in 1943 in
charge of the War Division and from 1943-1945 was assistant solicitor general. In
1944, he was directly involved in formulation of federal policy regarding a dispute
between Montgomery Ward and the National War Labor Board which resulted in the
seizure of the company under presidential executive order. Cox returned to private
legal practice in Washington, D.C. in 1945.
Scope and Content
Collection contains subject files and contents from five binders of correspondence,
memoranda, legal opinions, reports, press releases, and printed materials related to
Cox's work with the Department of Justice.
Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the
collection is open to the public.
Copyright Information
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and
libel laws as they apply.
Related Materials
There are no known other archival collections created by Hugh Baker Cox at the date
of processing.
Acquisition Information
This material was received from Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Cox in 1962 and 1974.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Kathryn Brooks in August 2011.
Preferred Citation
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number,
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Access Terms
Montgomery Ward.
United States. Dept. of Justice.
Antitrust Division.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic
aspects.
Antitrust law -- United States.
Alien property.
War and emergency powers -- United
States.
Lawyers.
Politics, Government, and Law
Laws and Legislation
Civil Procedure and Courts
Business, Industry, Labor, and Commerce
Container List
1
Alien Property Custodian
1943
1
Amazon Rubber
undated
1
Antitrust - Foreign Contracts Act
1943
1
Antitrust Matters - General
1943-1944
1
Antitrust - Price Agreements (Basing Point)
1945
1
Aviation
1945
1
Charters
circa 1940-1941
1
Corrupt Practices Act
1938, 1944
1
Employment - Government & Private
1943-1945
1
Executive Orders - Seizures
1936-1944
1
Foreign Agents Registration Act
1942
1
Legal Memoranda
1943-1945
1
Montgomery Ward & Co., Incorporated
1943-1944
1
Miscellaneous items
undated
1
O'Mahoney file
1943-1944
1
Opinions - Attorney General
1941-1945
1
State Taxes during Federal Operation
1945
1
Obituaries
1973
2
Agricultural Adjustment Act
circa 1937
2
Agricultural legislation in relation to antitrust investigation of
the food industries
undated
2
Aluminum Co. of America memo
1936 November 24
2
American Optical Co. Atty.-Client Priv. Brief
1941
2
Antitrust Decree Conviction for Contempt
1937 July 28
2
Cases of major importance (since 1900)
1938 December 16
2
Notes prepared for Mr. Arnold
undated
2
Price reductions memo
1940 November 15
2
Violations by Labor
1940 March 19
2
Appealability
1940 March 15
2
Cartelisation articles
circa 1935-1938
2
Robert C. Barnard memos, bibliography, bid depositories
circa 1941
2
Bill of Particulars
1921, 1939, undated
2
Copper-Volstead Act
1938
2
Certiorari
1939
2
Civil liberties
1939
2
Consent Decree in Treble Damage Action
1938 November 29
2
Constitutional Limitations on the Powers of the States
1936 May 26
2
Contempt proceedings
undated
2
Convict Labor cases
1935 October 17
2
Cooper v. U.S. Argument in CCA & The Argument
circa 1938
2
McDowell & Stemmler memos
1940 May
2
Judge Coxe Opinion - Mandel v. Cooper Corp.
1941 December 9
2
Cranberry memo, Criminal Appeals Act, Darby Lumber Co.
Recommendation, Limits of Reviewability, Demurrer, Elizabethan Patents of
Monopoly, Evidence, Questions arising in Antitrust cases
1938-1941
2
FTC Act
1936, 1938
2
Monopoly & competition in steel
1939 March 7
2
Hartford Empire - Plaintiff's memo
1941 March 6
2
Hepburn Act & Hinderlider memo
1937-1938
2
Housing - Certain Lands memo, Debentures memo, Eminent domain memo
(Bird)
1935
2
Eminent domain memo (Kimble), Finnegan v. Soevig memo, McLean
letter
1935-1936
2
Oil
1941
2
Opinion, Owlett memo, Paper Bag Program
1917-1938
2
Pipe Line Regulations, Pleas of Nolo, Privileged
Communications
1940
2
Proposed legislation, Robinson Patman Act, Rule of
Reason
1936-1938
2
St. Joseph memo, Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, Stammler memo on State
& Municipal statutes & ordinances, State inspection
laws
1936-1939
2
Subpoena, Supreme Court, Taylor Act memo, Tax Power, TNEC, Tin Can
Invest., Venue
1935-1940
2
Immunity to arrest in PA, Indictment, Interstate Commerce Commission,
Jurisdiction of State to adjudicate Constitutional Act of
Congress
1936-1941
2
Jurisdictional Strike, Lanza, U.S. v. Masonite, McLean estate
memo
1936-1941
2
Master's power to hold hearings, etc; McGovern memo on Fraud under
Crim. Code; Morgan v. U.S.; U.S. v. National Retail Lumber Dealers;
Newspaper industry; Norris - La Guardia Act;
1937-1942