[Signed Fair Copy Typescript of the Supreme Court Ruling:] MORGAN V. VIRGINIA ... [caption title]
by Reed, Stanley [1884-1980]
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[Np], [nd].. 5 leaves. Quarto. Clean typescript on onion-skin paper. Folded for mailing, paperclip rust at top margins of first and last leaves, very good. An undated (but late) fair copy (or "collector's") typescript of the 1946 landmark ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court (7-1) that Virginia's state law enforcing segregation on interstate buses was unconstitutional. Reed served first as Solicitor General of the US, then after appointment by Roosevelt, served for 19 years as Associate Supreme Court Justice. Reed delivered the opinion of the Court for the case. The case was argued by William H. Hastie, the former governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands and later a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Thurgood Marshall of the NAACP was co-counsel.
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- Title
- [Signed Fair Copy Typescript of the Supreme Court Ruling:] MORGAN V. VIRGINIA ... [caption title]
- Author
- Reed, Stanley [1884-1980]
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- Used
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- 1
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- Date Published
- [nd].
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Fair
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