The Chief Justiceship of Melville W. Fuller, 1888–1910Univ of South Carolina Press, 2012 M11 1 - 257 pages A study of the man who led the Supreme Court as the nineteenth century ended and the twentieth began, exploring issues of property, government authority, and more. |
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... helps to modify the pro-business stereotype that has so long discouraged scholars from taking a more balanced view of law in the Gilded Age. Herbert A. Johnson PREFACE All commentators agree that the Supreme Court began to.
... taking the position . He did , of course , enjoy some independent income from investments and land , but this would hardly offset the reduction in salary . News of Fuller's nomination was received with jubilation in Chicago.57 Well ...
... taking any unilateral action.82 On October 8 , 1888 , fifty - five - year - old Melville Fuller took the oath in open court , swearing to " administer justice without respect to persons , and do equal right to the poor and to the rich ...
... taking another circuit , the usage has been for the Chief Justice to take the Va . Circuit . After a little while the Chief Justice must be settled there and he is convenient to the Va . Circuit . There is very little to do . If your ...
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Conservative Jurisprudence in the Age of Enterprise | |
Safeguarding Entrepreneurial Liberty | |
Defending the National Market | |
Civil Liberties Equal Rights and Criminal Justice | |
Issues of Government | |
Private Litigation | |
Betting on the Future | |