FICTIONAL ATTORNEYS
RAYMOND BURR PLAYED THIS MASTER CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY WHO WON JUST ABOUT EVERY CASE IN THIS TV SERIES FROM 1958-1966
WHO IS PERRY MASON?
A HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL CASE IN 1921 AGAINST THESE ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS WITH ANARCHIST BELIEFS IS OFTEN SEEN AS A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE
WHO ARE SACCO AND VANZETTI?
"A LAW REPUGNANT TO THE CONSTITUTION IS VOID."
WHAT IS MARBURY V. MADISON (1803)?
THIS AUTHOR’S BOOK "ONE L" RECOUNTS HIS FIRST YEAR AT HARVARD LAW SCHOOL
WHO IS SCOTT TURROW?
THE NAME OF THE AMERICAN INNS OF COURT MAGAZINE
WHAT IS THE BENCHER?
REESE WITHERSPOON PLAYED THIS HARVARD LAW STUDENT IN 2001'S LEGALLY BLONDE
WHO IS ELLE WOODS?
THIS TRIAL IN 1925 FEATURED FAMED LAWYERS CLARENCE DARROW AND WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN DEBATING THE TEACHING OF EVOLUTION IN SCHOOLS
WHAT IS THE SCOPES MONKEY TRIAL?
"THREE GENERATIONS OF IMBECILES ARE ENOUGH."
WHAT IS BUCK V. BELL (1927)?
THIS FIRST YEAR TORTS CASE INVOLVED AN EXAMINATION ON WHETHER LIABILITY FOR NEGLIGENCE SHOULD DEPEND ON WHETHER THE HARM WAS A FORESEEABLE RESULT OF THE DEFENDANT'S ACTIONS
WHAT IS PALSGRAF V. LONG ISLAND RAILROAD CO. (1928)?
THE FOUR ENGLISH INNS OF COURT
WHAT ARE LINCOLN’S INN, INNER TEMPLE, MIDDLE TEMPLE, GRAY’S INN?
IN JOHN GRISHAM'S "THE FIRM" THIS FICTIONAL LAWYER GOES TO WORK FOR THE FIRM BENDINI, LAMBERT, AND LOCKE
WHO IS MITCH MCDEERE?
THIS COUPLE, ACCUSED OF GIVING ATOMIC SECRETS TO THE SOVIET UNION, WAS PUT ON TRIAL IN 1951
WHO ARE JULIUS AND ETHEL ROSENBERG?
". . . I KNOW IT WHEN I SEE IT."
WHAT IS JACOBELLIS V. OHIO (1964)?
THIS FIRST YEAR CIVIL PROCEDURE CASE EXPLORED THE "MINIMUM CONTACTS" STANDARD FOR PERSONAL JURISDICTION
WHAT IS INTERNATIONAL SHOE CO. V. WASHINGTON (1945)?
THIS US SUPREME COURT JUSTICE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN FOUNDING THE AMERICAN INNS OF COURT
WHO IS CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN BURGER?
IN "TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD" ATTICUS FITCH IS REPRESENTING THIS DEFENDANT
WHO IS TOM ROBINSON?
THIS MEMBER OF O.J. SIMPSON’S LEGAL TEAM WAS BROUGHT IN FOR HIS EXPERTISE IN DNA EVIDENCE
WHO IS BARRY SCHNECK?
“I DISSENT, THEREFORE, FROM THIS LEGALIZATION OF RACISM. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN ANY FORM AND IN ANY DEGREE HAS NO JUSTIFIABLE PART WHATEVER IN OUR DEMOCRATIC WAY OF LIFE. . . . ALL RESIDENTS OF THIS NATION ARE KIN IN SOME WAY BY BLOOD OR CULTURE TO A FOREIGN LAND. YET THEY ARE PRIMARILY AND NECESSARILY A PART OF THE NEW AND DISTINCT CIVILIZATION OF THE UNITED STATES.”
WHAT IS KOREMATSU V. U.S. (1944) DISSENT?
THIS “FOX CASE” FROM PROPERTY CLASS FROM 1805 DEALT WITH OWNERSHIP OF A WILD ANIMAL WHEN IT IS PURSUED, BUT NOT YET CAUGHT
WHAT IS PIERSON V. POST, (N.Y. SUP. CT. 1805)?
THIS US SUPREME COURT JUSTICE WAS A MEMBER OF THE DOYLE INN OF COURT IN COLORADO.
WHO IS ASSOCIATE JUSTICE NEIL GORSUCH?
IN "MY COUSIN VINNY" WHAT IS THE ALIAS THAT VINNY GAMBINI GIVES THE JUDGE TO CONVINCE HIM THAT HE IS AN EXPERIENCED ATTORNEY
WHO IS JERRY CALHOUN?
THIS 1924 "THRILL-KILLING" TRIAL OF THESE TWO TEENAGERS WHO MURDERED A 14-YEAR-OLD BOY TO COMMIT THE "PERFECT CRIME" WAS DEFENDED BY CLARENCE DARROW
WHO ARE LEOPOLD AND LOEB?
"SPECIFIC GUARANTEES IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS HAVE PENUMBRAS, FORMED BY EMANATIONS FROM THOSE GUARANTEES THAT HELP GIVE THEM LIFE AND SUBSTANCE."
WHAT IS GRISWOLD V. CONNECTICUT (1965)?
KNOWN AS THE "HAIRY HAND" CASE; THIS CONTRACTS CASE DEALT WITH THE MEASURE OF DAMAGES IN BREACH OF CONTRACTS
WHAT IS HAWKINS V. MCGEE, 84 N.H. 114, 146 A. 641 (N.H. 1929)?
THESE TWO PAST MEMBERS OF THE JOHN MARSHALL INN OF COURT WERE AWARDED THE LEWIS F. POWELL, JR. AWARD FOR PROFESSIONALISM AND EXCELLENCE ONE OF THE AMERICAN INNS OF COURT’S HIGHEST HONORS
WHO ARE JUDGE ROBERT R. MERHIGE IN 1999 AND JUSTICE DONALD W. LEMONS, FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA, IN 2019?