Burton of Supreme Court To Judge Law Comp Final

Supreme Court Justice Harold H. Burton will act as chief judge in the finals of the annual Ames Competition of the Law School, it was learned last night.

Charles H. Randall, Jr., faculty assistant in charge of the Ames Competition, has neither confirmed nor denied the choice.

The finals, scheduled for April 14, in the courtroom of Langdell Hall, will feature the Gardner Club against the Story Club. John W. Dickey 3K and John LcMoyne Ellicott 3L will debate for the Story Club, against two men chosen from among William S. Ellis 3L. John A. Mitchell 3L. and Archibald C. Spenser 3L of the Gardner Club.

According to Randall, the two associate judges have not been selected as yet, but invitations will be sent out in the near future to allow them enough time to decide whether or not they wish to participate.

Former Mayor of Cleveland

In recent years, the associate judges have been high-ranking members of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts or of the U.S. Circuit or District Courts.

Burton, a Rapublican, was appointed to the Supreme Court Oct. 1, 1945, by expresident Havry Truman. Prior to his appointement, he had served as senator from his home state of Ohio. He received a LL.B. from the Law School in 1912, after which he practiced law in Cleveland. In 1935, he was elected mayor of Cleveland, a post he held until 1940.

The Ames Competitions were organized in 1910 by the law students for the purpose of arguing cases in moot courts. The cases are the same sort as those on appeal at appellate courts.

In order to reach the finals, a team must win in both the quarterfinals and the semifinals. The quarterfinals are held in the spring of a law student's second year and the semifinals in the full of his third.

Approximately two months before the actual debate, the competition committee releases the facts on the case to the respective participants.