Marshall thanks Wiener “for agreeing to serve on the Resolutions Committee for the meeting of the Bar in memory of Mr. Justice Frankfurter.” He goes on to discuss Solicitor General Archibald Cox’s previous letter concerning the event and notes that he will be sending a draft resolution prepared by Dean Acheson. The letter is accompanied by a printed, black-bordered mourning card concerning the October 11 meeting of the Bar to present its resolutions to the Court, at which time the Attorney General of the U.S. will address the Court.

Justice Felix Frankfurter had died on February 22, 1965. Marshall at this time was Solicitor General of the United States. He joined the Supreme Court in 1967.

The recipient of this letter was Frederick Bernays Wiener, who often argued before the Court in his work with the Solicitor General’s office. He was an American jurist specializing in military justice and constitutional law. Wiener became famous for the 1957 case of Reid v. Covert, which represents the only time a lawyer lost in the Supreme Court of the United States but prevailed on rehearing.