- Title Pages
- Frontispiece
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Introduction
-
Part I Beginnings -
Chapter 1 Family -
Chapter 2 Formative Years -
Part II Pursuit of the Law -
Chapter 3 University of North Carolina School of Law -
Chapter 4 False Start -
Chapter 5 Sharp & Sharp -
Chapter 6 Politics and Public Life -
Part III Superior Court (1949–1962) -
Chapter 7 Appointment to Superior Court -
Chapter 8 Judge Sharp, Presiding -
Chapter 9 Ambition -
Chapter 10 Theory and Practice -
Chapter 11 The Road to He Supreme Court -
Part IV North Carolina Supreme Court (1962–1979) -
Chapter 12 Taking the Veil -
Chapter 13 Opinions -
Chapter 14 Federal Job Proposals -
Chapter 15 Out of Court -
Chapter 16 Chief Justice Election -
Chapter 17 Chief Justice -
Chapter 18 Equal Rights Amendment -
Chapter 19 Stepping off the Stage - Epilogue
- A Note on Sources
- Selected Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index
Judge Sharp, Presiding
Judge Sharp, Presiding
- Chapter:
- (p.146) Chapter 8 Judge Sharp, Presiding
- Source:
- Without Precedent
- Author(s):
Anna R. Hayes
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
This chapter describes how, as a new judge, Susie Sharp received a variety of advice as she awaited the assignment of her first term of court. Chief Justice Stacy counseled her to be careful of her sentencing power. Judge Allen Gwyn passed along an admonition against arrogance, in the form of a quotation from Shakespeare's Measure for Measure that his mother had given him when he took the oath of office. The old reprobate P. W. Glidewell, Sr. cautioned Susie against “the blandishments of the Bar,” saying, “You are going to have more eyes made at you than any other gal in North Carolina ever did. You be careful.” However, it was her father's words to her that she would quote most often in the years to come, and which served as her touchstone. The sum total of his advice to her was, “Sue, plow a straight furrow and remember you are the boss.”
Keywords: new judge, Susie Sharp, Chief Justice Stacy, Judge Allen Gwyn, P. W. Glidewell
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- Title Pages
- Frontispiece
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Introduction
-
Part I Beginnings -
Chapter 1 Family -
Chapter 2 Formative Years -
Part II Pursuit of the Law -
Chapter 3 University of North Carolina School of Law -
Chapter 4 False Start -
Chapter 5 Sharp & Sharp -
Chapter 6 Politics and Public Life -
Part III Superior Court (1949–1962) -
Chapter 7 Appointment to Superior Court -
Chapter 8 Judge Sharp, Presiding -
Chapter 9 Ambition -
Chapter 10 Theory and Practice -
Chapter 11 The Road to He Supreme Court -
Part IV North Carolina Supreme Court (1962–1979) -
Chapter 12 Taking the Veil -
Chapter 13 Opinions -
Chapter 14 Federal Job Proposals -
Chapter 15 Out of Court -
Chapter 16 Chief Justice Election -
Chapter 17 Chief Justice -
Chapter 18 Equal Rights Amendment -
Chapter 19 Stepping off the Stage - Epilogue
- A Note on Sources
- Selected Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index
