Recording with Judge Stanley Peele, 1983 (Chapel Hill Historical Society cassette)
Judge Stanley Peele, recorded on cassette in 1983 for the Chapel Hill Historical Society. Part of the society's CHHS.012 Audiovisual Materials Collection.
Local figure
Judge Stanley Peele
Stanley Peele joined the district court bench about 1970, succeeding his former law partner L. J. Phipps. By 1976 he was known for juvenile cases and for asking Chapel Hill's two police social workers to find counseling, treatment or work in place of jail for first-time defendants.
Source: North Carolina Anvil (DigitalNC): Judicial Races (continued from p. 1), August 12, 1976, p. 9
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- L. J. Phipps and Stanley Peele form a law partnership in Chapel Hill Chapel Hill attorney L. J. Phipps took Stanley Peele, associated with him since he was admitted to the bar in 1959, into partnership.Search the index · News of Orange County (DigitalNC): Phipps, Peele now partners in law firm, January 5, 1961, p. 3
- Judge Stanley Peele wins the Democratic primary for his district court seat Incumbent district judge Stanley Peele of Chapel Hill won the primary with 13,390 votes to 5,445 for Chapel Hill attorney Charles Hodson and 2,171 for Gerid Cumby of Alamance.Search the index · North Carolina Anvil (DigitalNC): primary results, August 19, 1976, p. 3
- Chief District Judge Peele halts Carrboro fire-lane towing In a class-action suit by four Carrboro residents, three of them UNC students, Chief District Court Judge Stanley Peele issued a temporary restraining order barring the town from enforcing its ordinance allowing cars to be towed from marked fire lanes on private property.Search the index · Daily Tar Heel (DigitalNC): Carrboro towing suit, December 1, 1977, p. 1
- Plans are announced for a Chapel Hill branch of the Orange County court clerk's office Clerk of Superior Court Frank Frederick and Chief District Court Judge Stanley Peele announced plans for a Chapel Hill branch of the clerk's office, to open in January and handle traffic tickets and other misdemeanors docketed for district court in Chapel Hill.Search the index · Daily Tar Heel (DigitalNC): court clerk branch office item, October 12, 1978, p. 1
- Judge Peele rules in the Hanes Hall CIA protest cases Judge Stanley Peele found anti-CIA protesters Dale McKinley and Graham Entwistle guilty of disorderly conduct for chaining themselves at Hanes Hall during CIA recruiting interviews and entered a prayer for judgment continued; later in 1988 he jailed McKinley for 21 days and gave Entwistle a suspended sentence for violating its terms.Search the index · Daily Tar Heel (DigitalNC): CIA protesters item, November 2, 1988, p. 1
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