JAMES CLUB NAMED WINNER OF AMES LAW COMPETITION

Culminating three years of intensive competition, the James Law Club was last night declared the winner of the Ames Law Competition, defeating the Powell Club before a capacity audience in the Langdell Hall Court Room.

Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson presided over the finals of the competition. Sitting with him on the bench were Justice Harrie B. Chase, of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and Judge Cavlert Magruder of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Individual Briefs

The decision was based on individual presentation and preparation of briefs, although the issues involved in the fictitious case of the Columbia Broadcasting System vs. the Federal Communications Commission are real ones, concerning the recent litigation against the various broadcasting chains.

The James Club, presenting the case for the broadcasting company, was represented by Bernard Lisman of Burlington, Vermont, and Edward A. Smith, of Worcester. Opposing them in behalf of the F. C. C. were James A. Doherty of La Canada, California, and Donald MacDonald of Omaha, Nebraska, representing the Powell Club.

Compliments Contestants

Justice Jackson, whose son is a first-year student in the Law School, complimented the contestants on the thoroughness and skill of their briefs and presentation, and suggested that other courts might benefit from the high calibre of the cases presented.

The finalists last night were the survivors of some 60 law clubs which began the competition two years ago, going through a series of elimination contest before the finals were reached.

Also participating in the finals, though not arguing the cases, were David S. Junker, Sherman S. Lawrence, Henry Quinto, Jr., Sidney S. Rubin, M. Robert Segal, and David S. Stevents, who prepared the brief for the James Club. Arthur L. Krenzien, Halford W. Park, Jr., Harry Rice, Allan H. Smith, and Robert Taft, Jr. aided in the preparation of the brief for the Powell Club.