Beauharnais v. Illinois
Supreme Court decision
By: Felix Frankfurter, Hugo L. Black, William O. Douglas
Date: April 28, 1952
Source: Frankfurter, Felix, Hugo L. Black, and William O. Douglas. Beauharnais v. Illinois. 343 U.S. 250 (1952). Available online at http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case... ; website home page: http://www.findlaw.com (accessed February 28, 2003).
About the Authors: Felix Frankfurter (1882–1965) was a Harvard Law professor and advisor to President Franklin D.
Roosevelt (served 1933–1945). A longtime friend of justices Louis D. Brandeis and Oliver Wendell Holmes, he served on the Supreme Court 1939–1962 and was known for his vigorous defense of civil rights and his scholarly writings.
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