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Robert Lysle Bridges (May 12, 1909 – July 18, 2006) was an American lawyer who specialized in construction and corporate law. Biography Bridges was born on May 12, 1909, in Altus, Arkansas. He was educated at the University of California at Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law, where he was Order of the Coif. In 1933, he became a partner at the law firm Thelen & Marrin, which was renamed Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges in 1943. There he advised several members of the "Six Companies" group of construction companies on tax-related issues during the 1930s. He later served as a director of the Bechtel companies for almost thirty years. He was also a prominent supporter of his alma mater, the University of California, for many years, serving as a member of both the Chancellor's Circle and the U.C. Berkeley Foundation. He served as president of the 1930 class of the University of California at Berkeley, which endowed a chair to celebrate their fiftieth anniversary in 1980. The U.C. Berkeley Foundation awarded him the Trustees’ Citation Award in 1981 and the Chancellor's Award in 1982. He died on July 18, 2006, in Walnut Creek, California. References Further reading LeBarge, Germaine (1998). Robert Bridges: Sixty Years of Legal Advice to Int'l Construction Firms (Interview). The Bancroft Library.. Discover the A L Bridges popular books. Find the top 100 most popular A L Bridges books.

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  • Sunset Pass synopsis, comments

    Sunset Pass

    Zane Grey

    Trueman Rock is a daring young cowboy and rider. Six years ago he had to leave the cowtown of Wagontongue because of a history of gunfights and runins with bad hombres. Since then,...

  • Clifton L. Bridges v. State Indiana synopsis, comments

    Clifton L. Bridges v. State Indiana

    First District Court of Appeals of Indiana

    On October 5, 1970, the Appellant and one Jonathan Stutsman were arrested by Trooper Mark Short of the Indiana State Police. The Appellant, age 17, was a passenger in a car driven ...

  • Union Bridge Company v. United States synopsis, comments

    Union Bridge Company v. United States

    Supreme Court of the United States

    The first principal question raised by the defendant is whether the 18th section of the River and Harbor Act of March 3d, 1899, is in violation of the Constitution of the United St...

  • Woodring v. Clarksburg-Columbus Short Route Bridge Co. synopsis, comments

    Woodring v. Clarksburg-Columbus Short Route Bridge Co.

    Supreme Court of the United States

    Per Curiam: The motion of the petitioners to reverse the judgment and remand the cause to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, with instructions to dismis...

  • Excelsior Wooden Pipe Company v. Pacific Bridge Company synopsis, comments

    Excelsior Wooden Pipe Company v. Pacific Bridge Company

    Supreme Court of the United States

    1. Motion is made by defendants to dismiss this appeal upon the ground that no appeal was taken, and no certificate of the trial court upon the question of jurisdiction, was made b...

  • The Life Heist synopsis, comments

    The Life Heist

    L. Bridges

    A MOTHER’S LOVE, A DAUGHTER’S RESILIENCE How can you cope when, as a single parent, your beautiful daughter is struck down with a complex medical condition that leaves her immobile...

  • Frank Pigg v. Jack L. Bridges and Farmers synopsis, comments

    Frank Pigg v. Jack L. Bridges and Farmers

    Supreme Court of Missouri En Banc

    Inability of the Judges of Division One to reach a majority decision in this case caused it to be transferred to Court En Banc. Supplemental briefs were then filed and t...

  • Fractured synopsis, comments

    Fractured

    A.L. Bridges

    Fractured follows the story of Renton Riley, an eighteen year old boy who was summoned to a world of magic users. Set one year after his arrival, Renton may have found a way back h...

  • Mania and the Executioner synopsis, comments

    Mania and the Executioner

    A.L. Bridges

    The problems never seem to cease for Cole Treyfair as he follows Jason’s clues to try and get his best friend back while continuing to protect Chezarei to avoid the end of the worl...

  • Willamette Iron Bridge Company v. Hatch. synopsis, comments

    Willamette Iron Bridge Company v. Hatch.

    Supreme Court of the United States

    This is a bill of review filed by the appellants, a corporation of Oregon, to obtain the reversal of a decree made by the court below against them in favor of Hatch and Lownsdale, ...

  • Covington and Cincinnati Bridge Company v. Kentucky. synopsis, comments

    Covington and Cincinnati Bridge Company v. Kentucky.

    Supreme Court of the United States

    This case involves the power of a State to regulate tolls upon a bridge connecting it with another State, without the assent of Congress, and without the concurrence of such other ...

  • I-Carnets de bridge synopsis, comments

    I-Carnets de bridge

    Johnson David

    Lors de l’affranchissement d’une couleur, il sera souvent nécessaire d’éviter qu’un adversaire particulier ne prenne la main : ce sera l’adversaire défini comme «dangereux» ( l’aut...

  • Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission v. Colburn Et Al. synopsis, comments

    Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission v. Colburn Et Al.

    Supreme Court of the United States

    The question is of the right of respondents to recover consequential damages to their New Jersey land, due to interference with their access to the land and with their light, air a...

  • Spirit Bridge synopsis, comments

    Spirit Bridge

    James L. Rubart

    The warriors riding have battled in astounding supernatural realms. Set captives free. And awakened thousands of hearts. But now their only chance of survival depends on calling fo...

  • That Which is Unexpected synopsis, comments

    That Which is Unexpected

    A.L. Bridges

    For Cole Treyfair, the first twenty years of his life were fairly normal. However, after a series of unexplainable occurrences, Cole discovers that he isn’t normal by any definitio...

  • Feros and the Underworld Prince synopsis, comments

    Feros and the Underworld Prince

    A.L. Bridges

    I’m Cole Treyfair. I suppose I have some apologies to make. Nothing has been the same since I came back and I just keep screwing things up. In the fifteen months I’ve been gone, Lo...

  • Bridges v. City of Boynton Beach synopsis, comments

    Bridges v. City of Boynton Beach

    District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida Fourth District January Term 2006

    After this courts decision in the case of Lankford et al. v. Holton et al., decided January 13, 1943, 195 Ga. 317 (24 S.E.2d 292), and a rehearing having thereafter been denied, wh...

  • An Imperceptible Ruse Indeed synopsis, comments

    An Imperceptible Ruse Indeed

    A.L. Bridges

    It's been four years. Cheza and I have finally graduated and are moving on with our lives, but Loki is never far from my mind. As long as he's around, Cheza and I will never have o...