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Illinois justice : the scandal of 1969 and the rise of John Paul Stevens
Title:
Illinois justice : the scandal of 1969 and the rise of John Paul Stevens
Author:
Manaster, Kenneth A.
ISBN:
9780226502434
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Publication Information:
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001.
Physical Description:
xv, 317 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
A citizen's suspicions -- Alarm bells in the newsrooms -- Uproar in Springfield -- A special commission -- The case against Isaacs -- Stevens and his team -- Limiting the questions -- The Chief Justice's stock -- Starting the search -- Building the answers -- Blind alleys and roadblocks -- The trial begins -- Secrets in the bank -- Challenging witnesses -- A Justice's deals -- The gift -- Intermission and jail -- After the landing -- Alibis -- Testing the stories -- Summing up -- Meeting the deadline -- A sad affair -- Loose ends -- Legacies and echoes -- Stevens to the bench -- Integrity of the judgments.
Local Note:
Gift - John D. Fassett.
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