American Decades
Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Company
Supreme Court decision
By: William Howard Taft
Date: May 15, 1922
Source: Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Company 259 U.S. 20 (1922). Cornell University Law School's Legal Information Institute. Available online at http://www2.law.cornell.edu/cgibin/foliocgi.exe/historic/qu... ; website home page: http://www.law.cornell.edu/ (accessed February 7, 2003).
About the Author: William Howard Taft (1857–1930) was a federal appellate judge, a governor of the Philippines, and secretary of war under President Theodore Roosevelt before winning the presidential election himself in 1908. He deeply loved judging and aspired to be chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. He achieved this...
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1920's Law and Justice Primary Sources
- Gitlow v. New York
- The Black Sox Scandal
- Eugene Debs' Release
- Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Company
- "Criminal Justice in Cleveland"
- Two Perspectives on the Scopes Trial
- Downfall of "Grand Dragon" David C. Stephenson
- Corrigan v. Buckley
- Nixon v. Herndon
- Buck v. Bell
- Whitney v. California
- Olmstead v. U.S
- "7 Chicago Gangsters Slain By Firing Squad of Rivals, Some in Police Uniforms"
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
