Published by Westernlore Press, 1958
Seller: My Book Heaven, Alameda, CA, U.S.A.
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Inscribed and Signed by the author. 2nd Printing. Very Good to Near Fine condition.
Published by The World Publishing Company, Inc., New York, 1971
Seller: Antiquarian Bookshop, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Autograph; 170 pages; Clean and tight in original binding in very good dustjacket. Inscribed and SIGNED by the author to Justice Potter Stewart. Justice Potter Stewart served on the U.S. Supreme Court for nearly 24 years. In 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower nominated Potter Stewart to the Supreme Court to replace Justice Harold Hitz Burton, who was retiring. Stewart served on the Supreme Court until he announced his retirement from the Court on June 18, 1981 at the age of 66. During his tenure (1958-1981) as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Potter Stewart made major contributions to criminal justice reform, civil rights, access to the courts, and Fourth Amendment jurisprudence. Stewart leaned toward moderate, pragmatic positions, but was often in the position of dissenting during his time on the Warren Court. Stewart's philosophy might be most coherently traced to Justice Robert Jackson, about whom Stewart said: "He saw that 'judicial activism' could be a deadening and stultifying force. that every coercive and centralizing court decision deals a blow . to the ability and then to the will of the democratic process to operate with responsibility and vigor." ; Signed by Author.
Published by Princeton University Press:, 1955
Seller: PASCALE'S BOOKS, NORTH READING, MA, U.S.A.
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Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 194 pages. "The author, drawing on his experience explains how simple it is to obtain better judges and better jurors and substantive impartial justice based on the facts of each case rather than on procedural chicanery and technicalities, once there is a will to do so. He concludes with an eloquent plea for modification and simplification of the great body of substantive law." FINE HARDCOVER, VERY GOOD- DUST JACKET, signed by the author. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. By the Author.
Published by Crown Publishers, NY, 1976
Seller: bookroom, Livingston, TX, U.S.A.
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Condition: Fine. First edition first printing hardcover Fine in fine price clipped dust jacket SIGNED INSCRIBED TO BY DONALDSON AND DATED NOV 10 1978 ON THE FRONT END PAPER.
Published by Bantam Books, NY, 1991
Seller: bookroom, Livingston, TX, U.S.A.
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Condition: Fine. First edition first printing hardcover limited to 350 copies this number 248 Fine in navy blue cloth and fine navy blue cloth publishers slipcase SIGNED BY DONALDSON ON THE LIMITATION PAGE.
Published by Easton Press, CT, 1994
Seller: bookroom, Livingston, TX, U.S.A.
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Condition: Fine. First edition first printing hardcover Fine in red leather with gilt trim SIGNED BY DANFORTH ON THE PUBLISHERS PAGE.
Published by University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2001
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
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First Edition. First printing. Octavo; cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 317pp. Fine copy in dustwrapper; inscribed by the author on front endpaper, "to Bob, with my admiration and friendship," dated 2009. Includes a foreword by Justice John Paul Stevens.
Seller: Herbst-Auktionen, Detmold, Germany
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Original-Farbgroßfoto (Porträt in Uniform, 4°) mit eigenhändiger Widmung, Empfehlung, Unterschrift signiert.
Published by Kurt Boone, New York, 2022
Seller: Village Works, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: New. Ron English, Dasic Fernandez, Queen Andrea, Crash, BMike, Beau Stanton, Elle, Jason Naylor, L'Amour Supreme, Woes Martin, Riiisa Boogie (illustrator). 1st Edition. This limited edition is signed and numbered by Kurt Boone on the title page. This is numbered #2 and includes works of the artists, Ron English, Dasic Fernandez, Queen Andrea, Crash, BMike, Beau Stanton, Elle, Jason Naylor, L'Amour Supreme, Woes Martin, Riiisa Boogie and many more. Signed by Author(s).
Seller: Herbst-Auktionen, Detmold, Germany
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Farbportraitfoto (GF,4° in Uniform) , eigenhändig signiert.
Published by Supreme Court Of The United States), Washington DC, 1950
Seller: Austin's Antiquarian Books, Wilmington, VT, U.S.A.
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Wraps. Condition: Very good. Only Edition. Quarto; pp; 138; Laid in is a black and white 8x10" Harris Ewing photograph of Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, signed by the photographer; beige wrappers with "Charles Evans Hughes" lettered in black on the front cover. With the card, "This book is sent to you at the request and with the compliments of the Hughes Family, " laid-in. The pencil signed Harris Ewing photograph is very handsome.
Published by Published by Ian Allan Ltd., Terminal House, Station Approach, Shepperton, Surrey First Edition . 1989., 1989
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
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First edition hard back binding in publisher's original aqua marine cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 166 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Housed in Fine condition open-fronted slip case. From the private library of General Sir Edward Arthur Burgess, KCB, OBE with his personal bookplate 'E. A. Burgess' to the verso of the front free end paper with a SIGNED dedication to him by the author to the title page + cartoon of Mahaddie titled 'Hamish' to the front free end paper. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF).
Published by Dundurn Press/Supreme Court of Canada, 2000
ISBN 10: 1550023411 ISBN 13: 9781550023411
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. About the book: Hardcover with jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Inscribed by retired Supreme Court Justice, Frank Iacobucci, on title page. Book is in fine condition. Jacket would also be in fine condition, except for the 3/4 inch tear to lower front panel near the spine. Additional photos available upon request. We're not satisfied unless you are. Signed by Author(s).
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
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A personal letter about travel plans to the west coast. Harlan Fiske Stone (October 11, 1872 - April 22, 1946) was an American political figure, lawyer, and jurist. A native of New Hampshire, he served as the dean of Columbia Law School, his alma mater, in the early 20th century. As a member of the Republican Party, he was appointed as the 52nd Attorney General of the United States before becoming an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1925. In 1941, Stone became the 12th Chief Justice of the United States, serving until his death in 1946 - one of the shortest terms of any Chief Justice. Stone was the first Chief Justice not to have served in elected office. His most famous dictum was: "Courts are not the only agency of government that must be assumed to have capacity to govern.".
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
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Douglas thanks the recipient for his kind words on Douglas' book, Beyond the High Himalayas and thanks him for the copy of They Dare to Believe. William Orville Douglas (October 16, 1898 - January 19, 1980) was an American jurist and politician who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Douglas was confirmed at the age of 40, one of the youngest justices appointed to the court. His term, lasting 36 years and 209 days (1939-75), is the longest term in the history of the Supreme Court. Douglas holds a number of records as a Supreme Court Justice, including the most opinions. He was the 79th person appointed and confirmed to the bench of that court. In 1975 Time magazine called Douglas "the most doctrinaire and committed civil libertarian ever to sit on the court".
Published by Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1958
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
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Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Signed copy of All In One Lifetime by James F. Byrnes, former Secretary of State, Governor of South Carolina and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. (illustrator). First Edition, Second Printing. Octavo, x, [2], 432pp. Blue cloth, title stamped in silver on spine. Lacking "first edition" statement on copyright page. Light rubbing to lower edge of text block, a near fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, price-clipped, bright illustrations. This copy is inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To Randall _, with the best wishes of James F. Byrnes." James F. Byrnes (1882-1972) is one of the few politicians to serve in all three branches of the American federal government. He served as the 49th U.S. Secretary of State (1945-1947), an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1941-1942), the Governor of South Carolina (1951-1955), a U.S. Senator (1931-1941) and a U.S. House Representative (1911-1925).
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
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Note, in full: "Wakefield, RI, July 8, 1861 (?) | Dear Punchard | I am going to see the old | Alma Mater [Dartmouth College] at Commencement | this year. Won't you be there, & | see what in you (?) to receive a | full attention of our class. | Cardially yours | Sa Chase | Rev G W Punchard " Wikipedia: "Salmon Portland Chase (January 13, 1808 - May 7, 1873) was an American politician and jurist who served as the sixth Chief Justice of the United States from 1864 to 1873. Earlier in his career, Chase was the 23rd Governor of Ohio and a U.S. Senator from Ohio prior to service under Abraham Lincoln as the 25th Secretary of the Treasury. As Secretary of the Treasury, Chase strengthened the federal government, introducing its first paper currency as well as a national bank, both during wartime. Chase articulated the "slave power conspiracy" thesis, devoting his energies to the destruction of what he considered the Slave Powerâ"the conspiracy of Southern slave owners to seize control of the federal government and block the progress of liberty. He coined the slogan of the Free Soil Party, "Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men". Chief Justice Chase presided over the Senate trial of Andrew Johnson during the President's impeachment proceedings in 1868.".
Published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, New York, 1956
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
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Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Inscribed copy of AFL-CIO: Labor United by Supreme Court Justice Arthur J. Goldberg. (illustrator). First Edition, Fourth Printing. Octavo, 319pp. Gray cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine. Stated "fourth printing" on copyright page. In the publisher's dust jacket, $5.00 retail price on front flap, bright illustrations, short closed tear along hinge flap. Inscribed on the front free endpaper to a career U.S. Department of State employee: "To Thomas Turqman, with best wishes and high personal regards. Arthur J. Goldberg / Associate Justice of the Supreme Court / May 29, 1963." Arthur J. Goldberg (1908-1990) served as the United States Secretary of Labor in the Kennedy Administration, and was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Kennedy in 1962. He served for 3-years, before being asked by President Johnson to serve as United States Ambassador to the United Nations, filling the vacancy left by the untimely death of Adlai Stevenson.
Published by Banks and Brothers. New York and Albany, 1887
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Recently rebound in plain gray cloth, with original spine labels laid back down. A clean, workmanlike, binding. Text block good and tight. New endpapers added. Original headbands retained. 648 pages. Title page dated 1887. Front endpaper is faded and chipped at the edges; damage from the old leather binding. Inscribed on the front endpaper, J. H. McKenny, Esq from his friend W. Hallett Phillips. The author was a Counsellor of the Supreme Court, and the recipient was Clerk of the Supreme Court from 1880-1913. A nice association copy of an obscure law book. Please email with questions or to request photos. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1965
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
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Cloth. Condition: Very good. The President Speaks: "A More Beautiful America," signed by First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson to Carol Fortas, wife of Supreme Court Justice, Abe Fortas. (illustrator). First Edition. Quarto, 47pp. Green cloth, title in gilt on spine and front panel. Pamphlet in pocket affixed to rear endpaper titled "Message On Natural Beauty By President Lyndon Baines Johnson. February 8, 1965." Multiple black and while photographic illustrations by Ansel Adams and Wynn Bullock. Dampstain to lower left corner of green cloth, not affecting text or binding. Housed in publisher's pictorial slipcase, near fine, except for a residual piece of paper attached to lower corner, light shelf wear. Inscribed by Lady Bird Johnson on half title: "To Carol Fortes [sic], whose knowledgeable hands and generous heart will help bring about 'A More Beautiful America.' - with the gratitude and devotion of her friend, Lady Bird Johnson.".
Published by [Supreme Court of the United States], [Washington, D.C.], 1992
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
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Framed. Condition: Fine. Candid photograph of Justice Byron White taken in the Supreme Court Chambers, inscribed to the chief spokeswoman of the Supreme Court, Toni House. (illustrator). Signed Photograph. Framed in gild, black paper backing. Measures 14" x 11". Mounted on white matte. Signed along bottom border: "With best wishes to Toni, Byron White." The chief spokeswoman of the Supreme Court, Toni House (1943-1998), was a leading advocate for women's rights in Washington D.C. Prior to joining the Supreme Court, she advocated for the inclusion of women in traditionally all-male events in Washington D.C, such as the Gridiron Dinner. In 1982, Chief Justice Warren E. Burger announced that House would become the public information officer of the court, where she was "the Court's public voice, although not, as she often stressed, its interpreter." She would serve in this position for 16 years, before an untimely death due to lung cancer in 1998.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
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Black responds to Walter request that he be appointed to a position on the new Labor Relations Board. Black notes that Walter is no longer a resident of Alabama but rather is now living in New York. The Senator suggests that he contact representatives from that state for his request. In very good condition. Hugo Lafayette Black (February 27, 1886 - September 25, 1971) was an American politician and jurist. A member of the Democratic Party, Black represented Alabama in the United States Senate from 1927 to 1937, and served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1937 to 1971. Black was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 63 to 16 (6 Democratic Senators and 10 Republican Senators voted against him.) He was first of nine Roosevelt nominees to the Court,[2] and he outlasted all except for William O. Douglas.[3] Black is widely regarded as one of the most influential Supreme Court justices in the 20th century.
Seller: Douglas Stewart Fine Books, Armadale, VIC, Australia
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Sydney : W. J. Row, Government Printer, [1842, or earlier]. Foolscap folio (335 x 210 mm), single sheet of laid paper with Britannia watermark, printed recto only, with manuscript entries; a warrant on Fieri Facias In Assumpsit empowering William Johnson Sugden, the Deputy Sheriff's Bailiff, to recover the sum of £23 10/- 8d in damages and costs from Thomas Softly Kay (Little Bourke Street), owed to the plaintiff, Andrew Crockett (Little Flinders Street),as ruled in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, for the District of Port Phillip, and to be delivered to the Court before 10 February 1842; the document is dated 4 January 1842; embossed court seal at lower right; signed by Raymond and countersigned by the plaintiff's attorney, David Ogilvy, at the foot; verso with clerical summary 'Crockett Plaintiff / Kay Defendant / Warrant on Fi. Fa. / D. Ogilvy Plaintiff's Attorney; original folds, fine. A very early Port Phillip legal document, associated with several significant pioneer colonists. William Johnson Sugden (c.1804-1868) was one of the most notable early Port Phillip colonists. A portrait of him by Thomas Foster Chuck was published in Chuck's The explorers and early colonists of Victoria (1872). Sugden, formerly a soldier in the Life Guards and attendant to George IV, arrived in Australia in 1834. He lived in Hobart where he was the licensee of the Dorchester Butt Hotel in Campbell Street, between September 1835 and May 1836, before being declared insolvent. He left Van Diemen's Land to try his luck in the new settlement at Port Phillip, and records show that in 1839 he became the first secretary of the Melbourne Union Cricket Club and a founder of Odd Fellows Lodge. In 1841, Sugden was appointed Sheriff's Bailiff, and the present document dates to this period of his career. During 1842 and 1843 he is also recorded as being an auctioneer and burgess (councillor) for Burke Ward, with a residence in William Street. In 1843, William Johnson Sugden married Louisa Frost at St James' Cathedral, and the following year he received the appointment of Chief Constable of Melbourne. During his time in this position, Sugden introduced the new English model of the modern police detective to Melbourne. An indication of the esteem in which he was held in Melbourne is that in 1850 he was Grand Marshal of the parade that celebrated the opening of Princes Bridge. David Ogilvy(c.1804-1871), the plaintiff's Edinburgh-born Queen Street solicitor, arrived in Port Phillip on the Superb in 1839. He marriedElizabeth Aitchison Williamson in Viewbank, Heidelberg, northeast of Melbourne,on 9 September 1841, and the couple would have seven children. Ogilvy became the first President of the Law Institute of Victoria when it was founded in 1859. He died in London in 1871. Andrew Crockett, the plaintiff,was a merchant who was running a grocery and bakery in Little Flinders Street as early as 1840. He was granted adepasturing license for Portland Bay in February 1844. Thomas Softly Kay, the defendant, was the licensee of the Horse and Jockey public house in Little Bourke Street. In April 1842 - some three months after the date of the present document - Kay was declared insolvent, and his application for the renewal of his publican's license was rejected. Despite these setbacks, Kay battled on; a few years later, in 1847, we find him listed as a 'mathematical instrument manufacturer in Collins Lane.
Published by The White House, Washington DC, 1977
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
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Signed Photograph. Condition: Near fine. Photograph of President Carter meeting with the Justices of the Supreme Court and their wives, signed by President Jimmy Carter and Chief Justice Warren E. Burger. (illustrator). Signed Photograph. Photograph by Thomas J. O'Halloran. Measures 8" x 10". Publication note in pencil on verso. This photograph features the following individuals: Thurgood Marshall, Lewis Powell, William Brennan, President Jimmy Carter and Chief Justice Warren Burger. Signed by President Jimmy Carter and Warren Burger along the bottom edge. Judge Warren E. Burger (1907-1995) served as the 15th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He was nominated in 1969 by President Richard Nixon and served until his retirement in 1986. His nomination was due to the retirement of Chief Justice Earl Warren, which was announced during the final months of the Johnson administration. President Johnson nominated Associate Justice Abe Fortas to the position of Chief Justice, but the nomination was filibustered in the Senate. After 17 years on the Supreme Court, Burger retired in 1986 and was succeeded by William Rehnquist. He died in 1995.
Publication Date: 1985
Seller: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB, Clark, NJ, U.S.A.
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Slip Opinion. Signed by John Paul Stevens (illustrator). Slip Opinion. Signed by John Paul Stevens. United States Supreme Court Slip Opinion of a Notable Case Concerning Prayer in Public Schools Signed by Justice Stevens Supreme Court, United States. [Stevens, John Paul]. Wallace, Governor of Alabama, Et al. v. Jaffree, Et al. [Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1985]. ii, 23, [1], 6, 19, [1], 7, [1], 2, 24 pp. Octavo. Stapled wrappers. Signature of Justice Stevens on cover page. Light finger smudges to a few leaves, otherwise fine. $400. * In this notable case the Supreme Court ruled that an Alabama statute authorizing a one-minute period of silence in all public schools "for meditation or voluntary prayer" violated the First Amendment's establishment clause. Stevens wrote the majority opinion, which was joined by Justices Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun and Powell. A U.S. Supreme Court opinion is disseminated through a four-step process. The first is a bench opinion, which is issued on the day the Court announces a decision. A slip opinion, which often incorporates revisions, is issued a few days afterwards. With the addition of an index and other features, such as a table, an opinion is issued later as a softcover Preliminary Print designated as a Part. Over time, it is joined with other parts to make up a preliminary softcover United States Reports volume. A few years later, the opinion, after a final round of editing and indexing, is printed in its final, official, form in the hardcover United States Reports.
Publication Date: 1984
Seller: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB, Clark, NJ, U.S.A.
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Slip Opinion Signed by Byron White (illustrator). Slip Opinion Signed by Byron White. Slip Opinion of a Notable United States Supreme Court Case Concerning Evidence and Search Warrants Signed by Justice White Supreme Court of the United States. [White, Byron (1917-2002)]. (Slip Opinion) New York v. Leon et Al. Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. [Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1984]. iii, [i], 27, [1], 2, 32, 21 pp. Octavo. Stapled wrappers. Signed by Justice White on cover page. Fine. $400. * This decision determined that evidence obtained by police with search warrant that is later found deficient may nevertheless be used in a criminal trial. Justice White wrote the opinion of the Court, which was joined by Chief Justice Burger and Justices Blackmun, Powell, Rehnquist and O'Connor. A U.S. Supreme Court opinion is disseminated through a four-step process. The first is a bench opinion, which is issued on the day the Court announces a decision. A slip opinion, which often incorporates revisions, is issued a few days afterwards. With the addition of an index and other features, such as a table, an opinion is issued later as a softcover Preliminary Print designated as a Part. Over time, it is joined with other parts to make up a preliminary softcover United States Reports volume. A few years later, the opinion, after a final round of editing and indexing, is printed in its final, official, form in the hardcover United States Reports.
Publication Date: 1986
Seller: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB, Clark, NJ, U.S.A.
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Slip Opinion Signed by Byron White (illustrator). Slip Opinion Signed by Byron White. Slip Opinion of the United States Supreme Court of a Notable Supreme Court Privacy Case Signed by Justice White Supreme Court of the United States. [White, Byron (1917-2002)]. New York v. Class. Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals of New York. [Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1986]. ii, 13, [1], 3, [1], 10, 2 pp. Octavo. Stapled wrappers. Signature of Justice White to head on cover page. Fine. $400. * This decision determined that police officers are allowed to search an automobile. Holding there is no reasonable expectation of privacy in an automobile, it reversed a conviction by the New York State Court of Appeals. Justice O'Connor wrote the opinion of the Court; Justice White filed a dissent, which was joined by Justice Stevens. A U.S. Supreme Court opinion is disseminated through a four-step process. The first is a bench opinion, which is issued on the day the Court announces a decision. A slip opinion, which often incorporates revisions, is issued a few days afterwards. With the addition of an index and other features, such as a table, an opinion is issued later as a softcover Preliminary Print designated as a Part. Over time, it is joined with other parts to make up a preliminary softcover United States Reports volume. A few years later, the opinion, after a final round of editing and indexing, is printed in its final, official, form in the hardcover United States Reports.
Publication Date: 1989
Seller: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB, Clark, NJ, U.S.A.
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Slip Opinion Signed by Anthony Kennedy (illustrator). Slip Opinion Signed by Anthony Kennedy. Slip Opinion of the United States Supreme Court of a Notable Supreme Court Racial Discrimination Case Signed by Justice Kennedy Supreme Court of the United States. [Kennedy, Anthony]. Patterson v. McLean Credit Union, Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. [Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1989]. iv, 21, [1], 31, [1], 4 pp. Octavo. Stapled wrappers. Signature of Justice Kennedy on cover page. Fine. $400. * This decision concerned a case of racial discrimination at a Virginia credit union, after she lost a promotion to a less-qualified white colleague and was later fired. The case was affirmed in part and reversed in part; this was the first in a series of events that led to the Civil Rights Act of 1991. Justice Kennedy wrote the opinion of the Court. A U.S. Supreme Court opinion is disseminated through a four-step process. The first is a bench opinion, which is issued on the day the Court announces a decision. A slip opinion, which often incorporates revisions, is issued a few days afterwards. With the addition of an index and other features, such as a table, an opinion is issued later as a softcover Preliminary Print designated as a Part. Over time, it is joined with other parts to make up a preliminary softcover United States Reports volume. A few years later, the opinion, after a final round of editing and indexing, is printed in its final, official, form in the hardcover United States Reports.
Published by [Supreme Court of the United States], [Washington, D.C.], 1987
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
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Framed. Condition: Near fine. From the retirement announcement of Justice Lewis F. Powell on June 26, 1987, a letter and photograph inscribed to Toni House, the chief spokeswoman of the Supreme Court. (illustrator). TLS / Signed Photograph. Both pieces individually framed in gold, black matte backing. Framed TLS measures 21" x 12". Framed photograph measures 12" x 14". Both photographs feature the recipient in the background. The inscription reads: "For my friend Toni House / She had been - and is - an exceptionally able Public Information Office for the Court. Lewis F. Powell, Jr. 1987." The letter, on Supreme Court Stationery, thanks Ms. House for her help during his resignation announcement. The retirement of Justice Powell cleared the way for the nomination of a conservative justice by the Reagan Administration. They began by nominating Robert Bork, whose nomination was denied by the Senate. Powell was eventually replaced by Judge Anthony Kennedy. The chief spokeswoman of the Supreme Court, Toni House (1943-1998), was a leading advocate for women's rights in Washington D.C. Prior to joining the Supreme Court, she advocated for the inclusion of women in traditionally all-male events in Washington D.C, such as the Gridiron Dinner. In 1982, Chief Justice Warren E. Burger announced that House would become the public information officer of the court, where she was "the Court's public voice, although not, as she often stressed, its interpreter." She would serve in this position for 16 years, before an untimely death due to lung cancer in 1998.
Published by United States Supreme Court, 1985
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Signed by the author of this decision, Associate Justice William J. Brennan, at top of page 1 in blue ink. 24+[8] pages (the 8 pages at rear represent dissents in whole or in part). A fine copy. This important decision (later overturned in Agostini v. Felton) pertained to public funding for religious schools.