# Warren Olney Jr.
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{{Short description|American judge (1870–1939)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Warren Olney Jr.
| image = Warren Olney, Jr.jpg
| image_size =
| caption =
| office = Associate Justice of the [Supreme Court of California](/source/Supreme_Court_of_California)
| term_start = March 1, 1919
| term_end = July 1921
| nominator =
| appointer = Governor [William Stephens](/source/William_Stephens_(American_politician))
| predecessor = [M. C. Sloss](/source/M._C._Sloss)
| successor = [Charles A. Shurtleff](/source/Charles_A._Shurtleff)
| birth_date = {{birth date|1870|10|15}}
| birth_place = [San Francisco, California](/source/San_Francisco%2C_California), U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1939|03|25|1870|10|15}}
| death_place = [Berkeley, California](/source/Berkeley%2C_California), U.S.
| spouse = {{marriage|Mary M. McLean|1899}}
| alma_mater = [University of California, Berkeley](/source/University_of_California%2C_Berkeley) (AB)
[Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University) (AB)
[University of California, Hastings College of the Law](/source/University_of_California%2C_Hastings_College_of_the_Law) (LLB)
}}
'''Warren Olney Jr.''' (October 15, 1870 – March 25, 1939) was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the [Supreme Court of California](/source/Supreme_Court_of_California) from March 1, 1919, to July 1921.
==Early life and education==
Olney was the second of six children born to Mary Jane Craven (January 30, 1842 – 1928) and [Warren Olney](/source/Warren_Olney) Sr. (March 11, 1841 – June 2, 1921), an attorney in San Francisco. Olney Sr. co-founded the [Sierra Club](/source/Sierra_Club) in his law office with naturalist [John Muir](/source/John_Muir), and others, but was later expelled from the organization because he supported the flooding of [Hetch Hetchy](/source/Hetch_Hetchy) Valley to supply water to San Francisco. Olney Sr. was [mayor](/source/List_of_mayors_of_Oakland%2C_California) of [Oakland, California](/source/Oakland%2C_California) from 1903 to 1905.[{{cite news|title=Candidates Raise Voices in Favor of Pure Water, Warren Olney, Nominee for Mayor, and Other Speakers Declare Before Municipal League Gathering Domination of the Contra Costa Company Must Cease|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1903-02-26/ed-1/seq-9/#date1=1878&index=4&date2=1924&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Olney+Warren&proxdistance=5&state=California&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=warren+olney&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|accessdate=June 30, 2017|work=The San Francisco Call|publisher=Library of Congress Historic Newspapers|date=February 26, 1903|page=9}}][{{cite news|title=Mayor Warren Olney Announces His Desire to See United City|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1903-05-20/ed-1/seq-9/#date1=1878&index=8&date2=1924&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Olney+OLNEY+WARREN+Warren&proxdistance=5&state=California&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=warren+olney&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|accessdate=June 30, 2017|work=The San Francisco Call|publisher=Library of Congress Historic Newspapers|date=May 20, 1903|page=9}}]
Olney Jr. was educated in the public schools in Oakland.[[https://books.google.com/books?id=ax0LAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22warren+olney+jr.%22&pg=PA453 History of the Bench and Bar of California]. Bates, Joseph Clement, ed. Bench and Bar Publishing Company, 1912. pg 453.] In 1891, he was graduated with an [A.B.](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) at the [University of California, Berkeley](/source/University_of_California%2C_Berkeley), where he played on the football team.[[https://books.google.com/books?id=HhA9AQAAIAAJ&dq=%22warren+olney+jr.%22&pg=PA36 "Two 'Square' Railroad Lawyers"], The California Outlook. Vol 12. March 30, 1912. p. 16. Retrieved June 29, 2017.] In 1894, Olney received his [LL.B.](/source/Bachelor_of_Law) degree from the [University of California, Hastings College of Law](/source/University_of_California%2C_Hastings_College_of_Law), and was admitted to the bar.[{{cite journal|title=Hastings Community|journal=Hastings Alumni Publications|date=Fall 1992|volume=81|page=22|url=http://repository.uchastings.edu/alumni_mag/81|accessdate=August 23, 2017|publisher=Hastings College of the Law Alumni Association|location=San Francisco, CA}}][[http://scocal.stanford.edu/justice/justice-warren-olney-jr-34144 Justice Warren Olney Jr.], Supreme Court of California Resources, Robert Crown Law Library, Stanford Law School. Retrieved June 29, 2017.]
==Legal and judicial career==
Olney entered into practice with his father in Olney & Olney, and then Olney, Pringle & Mannon. He also from 1895 to 1904 taught law classes at Hastings[{{cite news|title=Slack's Two Assistants, The Trustees Have Appointed Olney and Busley to the Positions|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1895-08-31/ed-1/seq-16/#date1=1878&sort=relevance&date2=1924&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=19&words=Olney+Warren&proxdistance=5&state=California&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=warren+olney&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=2|accessdate=June 30, 2017|work=San Francisco Call|publisher=Library of Congress Historic Newspapers|date=August 31, 1895|page=16|quote=Olney is the son of Warren Olney, a well-known attorney in this City. He is a recent graduate of the Hastings College and a student under Judge Slack.}}] and when Berkeley opened its law school he lectured on evidence there from 1904 to 1907.[[http://scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/californialawreview/vol27/iss4/4 "Warren Olney, Jr., 1870-1939"], 27 Cal. L. Rev. 423 (1939).][{{cite news|title=Revere Those Who Have Gone, Students and Faculty to Hold a Solemn Service, Walter Olney Jr. to Deliver Eulogium on the Departed|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1903-02-26/ed-1/seq-9/#date1=1878&index=4&date2=1924&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Olney+Warren&proxdistance=5&state=California&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=warren+olney&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|accessdate=June 30, 2017|work=San Francisco Call|publisher=Library of Congress Historic Newspapers|date=February 26, 1903|page=9|quote=Warren Olney Jr., a graduate of the University of California with the class of 1891, one of the instructors of jurisprudence, and a practicing attorney in San Francisco.}}]
In 1907, he joined the firm of Page, McCutchen, Knight and Olney, later known as McCutchen, Olney, and Willard (1913-1919).[{{cite news|title=W.P. Re-Elects All of Board and Officers|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1912-10-23/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1878&index=13&date2=1924&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Olney+Warren&proxdistance=5&state=California&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=warren+olney&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|accessdate=June 30, 2017|work=San Francisco Call|publisher=Library of Congress Historic Newspapers|date=October 23, 1912|page=3|quote=The board of directors consists of...Warren Olney, Warren Olney Jr.}}][{{cite news|title=E. L. Brown Succeeds C. H. Schlacks on Western Pacific; Jeffrey Retires|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1913-07-14/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1878&sort=date&date2=1924&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=5&words=Olney+Warren&proxdistance=5&state=California&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=warren+olney&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=39|accessdate=June 30, 2017|work=San Francisco Call|publisher=Library of Congress Historic Newspapers|date=July 14, 1913|page=1|quote=Warren Olney, general counsel of the Western Pacific...}}] From 1911 to 1919, he was counsel for the regents of the University of California.[Brower, Anne (September 11, 1976). [http://content.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb400006jf;NAAN=13030&chunk.id=div00182&toc.id=div00177&toc.depth=1&brand=calisphere&anchor.id=p325 Interview with Warren Olney III]. CaliSphere. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 29, 2017.][{{cite news|title=New Supreme Court Judge|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=CSCN19210610.2.27&srpos=1&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22warren+olney%2c+Jr.%22-------1|accessdate=June 30, 2017|work=Coast Side Comet|issue=13|publisher=California Digital Newspaper Collection|date=June 10, 1921|page=3}}][{{cite news|title=Olney May Quit Supreme Bench|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=MM19210604.2.10&srpos=14&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22warren+olney%2c+Jr.%22-------1|accessdate=June 30, 2017|work=Madera Mercury|agency=Associated Press|issue=52|publisher=California Digital Newspapers Collection|date=June 4, 1921|page=1}}] In November 1920, he was re-elected but left the court after a time to resume private practice with McCutchen, Olney, Mannon, and Greene (1921-1939)(later known as McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen and then [Bingham McCutchen](/source/Bingham_McCutchen), until its collapse in 2014).[{{cite news|title=Olney to Be Candidate This Fall|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19200413.2.186&srpos=3&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22warren+olney%2c+Jr.%22-------1|accessdate=June 30, 2017|work=Los Angeles Herald|issue=140|publisher=California Digital Newspapers Collection|date=April 13, 1920|page=B7|quote=Justice Warren Olney jr., a member of the state supreme court...announces he will be a candidate this fall for the short term which expires in 1923.}}]
In 1930 to 1932, he was a special assistant to the [Attorney General of the United States](/source/Attorney_General_of_the_United_States) in [antitrust litigation](/source/United_States_antitrust_law) concerning the [Radio Corporation of America](/source/RCA_Corporation).[{{cite book|last1=Blaisdell|first1=Thomas C.|title=The Federal Trade Commission: An Experiment in the Control of Business|date=2003|publisher=The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.|isbn=1584778652|page=245|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N8dZkGO6i-AC&q=He+was+a+special+assistant+to+the+attorney-general+warren+olney&pg=PA245|accessdate=June 30, 2017}}]
==Bar and civic activities==
In 1917, Olney had charge of registration in California for the draft for World War I.[[https://books.google.com/books?id=B888AAAAIAAJ&dq=%22warren+olney+jr.%22&pg=PA159 Address of Justice Warren Olney Jr.]. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting, California Bar Association (1920). pg 159. Retrieved June 29, 2017.][{{cite news|title=Scene at Meeting of Officials for War Enrollment|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19170519.2.36&srpos=12&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22warren+olney%2c+Jr.%22-------1|accessdate=June 30, 2017|work=Los Angeles Herald|issue=171|publisher=California Digital Newspapers Collection|date=May 19, 1917|page=3}}] He served the [Bar Association of San Francisco](/source/Bar_Association_of_San_Francisco) as president from 1926 to 1927, as his father had from 1901 to 1902.[{{cite web|title=BASF Past Presidents|url=https://www.sfbar.org/about/past_presidents.aspx|publisher=Bar Association of San Francisco|accessdate=June 29, 2017|archive-date=June 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621043642/http://www.sfbar.org/about/past_presidents.aspx|url-status=dead}}][{{cite web|title=Report of the Advisory Committee on Rules for Civil Procedure|url=http://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/fr_import/CV04-1937.pdf|publisher=United States Courts|accessdate=June 29, 2017|page=IV|date=April 1937}}][{{cite web|title=Photograph of Members of the United States Supreme Court Advisory Committee on rules of Civil Procedure|url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/hec.39641/|publisher=Library of Congress|accessdate=June 29, 2017|date=November 1935}}]
==Personal life==
In 1899 he married Mary M. McLean (July 25, 1873 – August 12, 1965) of Alameda, California, who graduated from the University of California and taught at [Stanford](/source/Stanford_University) and [Pomona College](/source/Pomona_College).[{{cite journal|title=Shasta-Siskiyou Vacation Album|journal=Bancroftiana, an Occasional Publication of the Bancroft Library, University of California|date=January 1992|volume=103|page=1|url=http://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/bancroftiana/ucb/text/bancroftiana_103.pdf|accessdate=June 30, 2017}}] They had two sons and a daughter: John McLean Olney, Warren Olney III, and Constance S. Olney.[{{cite book|last1=Stein|first1=Miriam F.|last2=Fry|first2=Amelia R.|title=Law enforcement and judicial administration in the Earl Warren era : oral history transcript of interview with Warren Olney III|date=1981|publisher=Regional Oral History Office, Bancroft Library, University of California|location=Berkeley, CA|page=[https://archive.org/details/enforcementjudi00olnerich/page/1 1]|url=https://archive.org/details/enforcementjudi00olnerich|accessdate=June 30, 2017}}] He was appointed by President [Dwight D. Eisenhower](/source/Dwight_D._Eisenhower) as an Assistant Attorney General to oversee the [Criminal Division](/source/United_States_Department_of_Justice_Criminal_Division) of the [United States Department of Justice](/source/United_States_Department_of_Justice).[{{cite web|title=Assistant Attorney Generals: Warren Olney III|date=3 February 2016|url=https://www.justice.gov/criminal/history/assistant-attorneys-general/warren-olney|publisher=U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division|accessdate=June 30, 2017}}][{{cite journal|last1=Olney III|first1=Warren|title=A Governmental Lawyer Looks at Little Rock|journal=California Law Review|date=1957|volume=45|issue=4|pages=516–523|doi=10.2307/3478602|jstor=3478602|url=http://scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/californialawreview/vol45/iss4/4|accessdate=June 30, 2017|url-access=subscription}}] From 1956 to 1966, Warren III was Director of the [Administrative Office of the United States Courts](/source/Administrative_Office_of_the_United_States_Courts).[{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=J.Y.|title=Warren Olney, 74, Court Official, Dies|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1978/12/22/warren-olney-74-court-official-dies/001998f8-b4bb-4a33-b3c4-1df0587e89dc/|accessdate=June 30, 2017|newspaper=Washington Post|date=December 22, 1978}}] He was appointed by Chief Justice [Earl Warren](/source/Earl_Warren), whom Warren III had served under in the [California Attorney General](/source/California_Attorney_General)'s Office.