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Judge Alfred T. Goodwin served on the U.S. district court for the District of Oregon from 1969 through 1971. This paper examines the subject-matters of the cases he handled there and the various settings (in his own district, other districts, and the court of appeals) in which he performed his work.. The very busy two-year period of his service is long enough to provide a useful picture of a district judge's work After brief attention to how the District of Oregon decided cases, most attention will be given to the range of subject-matters, civil and criminal, which came before Judge Goodwin as a federal trial judge. This examination encompasses cases he continued to handle as a district judge sitting by designation once he was an appellate judge, and cases he heard as a single judge in other districts. Cases he designated as his most important are given special attention. Cases before the three-judge district courts then used in challenges to the constitutionality of state laws, are also examined. His service as a district judge sitting by designation on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is also explored. The final section is an initial look at how the judge's rulings fared when reviewed on appeal.. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]