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Kenneth A. Manaster

Illinois Justice

The Scandal of 1969 and the Rise of John Paul Stevens

344 pages, 20 halftones  6 x 9  © 2001

Cloth $30.00

ISBN: 9780226502434   Published September 2001

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Foreword, by John Paul Stevens
Preface
Accusation: The First Half of June
1. A Citizen's Suspicions
2. Alarm Bells in the Newsrooms
3. Uproar in Springfield
4. A Special Commission
5. The Case Against Isaacs
Investigation: Mid-June to Mid-July
6. Stevens and His Team
7. Limiting the Questions
8. The Chief Justice's Stock
9. Starting the Search
10. Building the Answers
11. Blind Alleys and Roadblocks
Trial: The Second Half of July
12. The Trial Begins
13. Secrets in the Bank
14. Challenging Witnesses
15. A Justice's Deals
16. The Gift
17. Intermission and Jail
18. After the Landing
19. Alibis
20. Testing the Stories
21. Summing Up
22. Meeting the Deadline
Impact: August and Beyond
23. A Sad Affair
24. Loose Ends
25. Legacies and Echoes
26. Stevens to the Bench
27. Integrity of the Judgments
Notes
Sources
Acknowledgments
Index
Awards
  • Illinois State Historical Society Award
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