Occupation: Judge Birth: February 6, 1923 Death: January 29, 2000
The traditional practice is that the justices don't ask the attorney general any questions, so as not to embarrass him. But Bobby Kennedy had let the….
The real difference between the United States and other nations lies not in the words of the preamble to the Constitution, but in the fact that the s….
The Sherman Act is similar in the economics sphere to the Bill of Rights in the personal sphere..
People are intimidated in court, and I try to make them more comfortable..
I don't want to be influenced by outside opinion..
With competition everyone has to try harder..
The attorney general would call at 5 o'clock in the evening and say: 'Tomorrow morning we are going to try to integrate the University of Mississippi….
The impression I have of Justice Warren is that he was looking for the just result in a case regardless of fixed dogma or principles and I like to th….
I'm a great believer in the competitive system, and think that competition will bring us greater innovation and put American industry in information ….
I enjoyed the administrative work because it involved working with Congress, city council, and the mayor. I had never been a politician so it was fun….
I took the position from day one that it was the right decree, that the modifications I made to the decree were proper, that the correct outcome had ….
If members of the security apparatus could, with impunity, keep from those elected by the people that which they're entitled to know - or worse, feed….
Defendants are being evaluated based on numerical grid without any aggravating circumstances being considered. The effect has been to transfer the di….
I could see flames from the windows of my chambers. For the next three or four days we had major rioting here in Washington and I stayed at the court….
The testimony and the documentary evidence produced by the Government demonstrate that the Bell System had violated the antitrust laws in a number of….
I liked discussion and debate and thought that these skills fit well with law. I also had an interest in justice - and later learned that sometimes l….
I think it does work. The fact that the law is there and injustices can be rectified, I think has a lot to do with the fact that the people in this c….
Once I was standing in line to buy a telephone and Senator Wirth was in line with me. The next day the New York Times reported that we'd both purchas….
Frequently you have a clash between the more sterile letter of the law and the justice that underlies it, and I think one of the things I've been try….
The enforcement of the law cannot depend on the justice of a cause or one man's conscience..
Competition is good and has served us well..