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- catalog abstract ""Illinois political scandals reached new depths in the 1960s and '70s. In Illinois Justice, Ken Manaster takes us behind the scenes of one of the most spectacular. The so-called Scandal of 1969 not only spelled the end of an Illinois Supreme Court chief justice's aspirations to the U.S. Supreme Court, but also marked the beginning the lawyer John Paul Stevens's rise to the high court."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12253067.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""Illinois political scandals reached new depths in the 1960s and '70s. In Illinois Justice, Ken Manaster takes us behind the scenes of one of the most spectacular. The so-called Scandal of 1969 not only spelled the end of an Illinois Supreme Court chief justice's aspirations to the U.S. Supreme Court, but also marked the beginning the lawyer John Paul Stevens's rise to the high court."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "A citizen's suspicions -- Alarm bells in the newsrooms -- Uproar in Springfield -- A special commission -- The case against Isaacs -- Stevens and his team -- Limiting the questions -- The Chief Justice's stock -- Starting the search -- Building the answers -- Blind alleys and roadblocks -- The trial begins -- Secrets in the bank -- Challenging witnesses -- A Justice's deals -- The gift -- Intermission and jail -- After the landing -- Alibis -- Testing the stories -- Summing up -- Meeting the deadline -- A sad affair -- Loose ends -- Legacies and echoes -- Stevens to the bench -- Integrity of the judgments.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-302) and index.".
- catalog extent "xv, 317 p., [8] p. of plates ;".
- catalog identifier "0226502430 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago : University of Chicago Press,".
- catalog spatial "Illinois".
- catalog subject "345.773/0234 21".
- catalog subject "Judicial corruption Illinois History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "KFI1725.5.D5 M36 2001".
- catalog subject "Stevens, John Paul, 1920-".
- catalog tableOfContents "A citizen's suspicions -- Alarm bells in the newsrooms -- Uproar in Springfield -- A special commission -- The case against Isaacs -- Stevens and his team -- Limiting the questions -- The Chief Justice's stock -- Starting the search -- Building the answers -- Blind alleys and roadblocks -- The trial begins -- Secrets in the bank -- Challenging witnesses -- A Justice's deals -- The gift -- Intermission and jail -- After the landing -- Alibis -- Testing the stories -- Summing up -- Meeting the deadline -- A sad affair -- Loose ends -- Legacies and echoes -- Stevens to the bench -- Integrity of the judgments.".
- catalog title "Illinois justice : the scandal of 1969 and the rise of John Paul Stevens / Kenneth A. Manaster ; with a foreword by Justice Stevens.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".