Irvine v. California
Supreme Court decision
By: Robert H. Jackson, Thomas C. Clark, Hugo L. Black, William O. Douglas
Date: February 8, 1954
Source: Jackson, Robert H., Thomas C. Clark, Hugo L. Black, and William O. Douglas. Irvine v. California. 347 U.S. 128 (1954). Available online at http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?navby=case... ; website home page: http://www.findlaw.com/ (accessed March 4, 2003).
About the Authors: Robert H. Jackson (1892–1954) was the U.S. attorney general when President Franklin D. Roosevelt (served 1933–1945) appointed him to the Supreme Court in 1941. He took a leave from the Court in 1945 to serve as U.S. chief counsel at the Nuremberg war crimes trial. He was known for his strong defense of...
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