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The White Court ABC-CLIO SUPREME COURT HANDBOOKS The Burger Court,Tinsley E. Yarbrough The Fuller Court,James W. Ely, Jr. The Hughes Court,Michael E. Parrish The Stone Court,Peter G. Renstrom The Taft Court,Peter G. Renstrom The Taney Court,Timothy S. Huebner The Waite Court,Donald Grier Stephenson, Jr. The Warren Court,Melvin I. Urofsky The White Court,Rebecca S. Shoemaker Forthcoming: The Chase Court,Jonathan Lurie The Jay/Ellsworth Court,Matthew P. Harrington The Marshall Court,Robert L. Clinton The Rehnquist Court,Thomas R. Hensley The Vinson Court,Michal R. Belknap Peter G. Renstrom, Series Editor ABC-CLIO SUPREME COURT HANDBOOKS The White Court Justices, Rulings, and Legacy Rebecca S. Shoemaker ABC-CLIO Santa Barbara, California • Denver, Colorado • Oxford, England Copyright © 2004 by Rebecca S.Shoemaker All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechani- cal, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, except for the inclusion of brief quota- tions in a review, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN1-57607-973-2 (hardcover) ISBN 1-57607-974-0 (e-book) 08 07 06 05 04 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book is also available on the World Wide Web as an e-book. Visit abc-clio.com for details. ABC-CLIO, Inc. 130 Cremona Drive, P.O. Box 1911 Santa Barbara, California 93116-1911 This book is printed on acid-free paper ∞. Manufactured in the United States of America To all my loving family, especially Roy and Adam Contents Series Foreword, xi Preface, xiii PART ONE Justices, Rulings, and Legacy, 1 1 The White Court and the Period, 3 Regulation of Business, 4 Regulation of Railroads, 6 Labor Law, 8 Progressive Social Reform, 10 Civil Rights Issues, 12 Government Reform during the Progressive Era, 13 Assembling the White Court, 15 Aggregate Profile, 29 Comparing the Fuller and White Courts, 32 References and Further Reading, 33 2 The Justices, 35 John Marshall Harlan (1833–1911), 35 Edward Douglass White (1845–1921), 41 Joseph McKenna (1843–1926), 46 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841–1935), 51 William Rufus Day (1849–1923), 56 Charles Evans Hughes (1862–1948), 60 Horace Harmon Lurton (1844–1914), 67 Joseph Rucker Lamar (1857–1916), 72 vii viii Contents Willis Van Devanter (1859–1941), 76 Mahlon Pitney (1858–1924), 81 James Clark McReynolds (1862–1946), 86 Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1856–1941), 91 John Hessin Clarke (1857–1945), 97 References and Further Reading, 101 3 Major Decisions, 107 The Antitrust Laws, 109 The Relationship between Patents and Monopoly, 117 The Interstate Commerce Act, 121 Progressive Reform Legislation, 126 Labor Legislation, 130 Racial Discrimination, 139 War and the Constitution, 146 Civil Liberties, 154 Questions of Federal Power, 159 State Powers, 165 References and Further Reading, 166 4 Legacy and Impact, 167 Regulation of Trusts: Development of the Rule of Reason, 169 The Interstate Commerce Commission and the Regulation of Railroads, 173 Organized Labor, 175 State and Federal Police Power, 177 Civil Rights, 184 War Powers, 187 Civil Liberties, 190 Growth of Federal Power, 194 Comparison to the Taft Court, 197 References and Further Reading, 198 PART TWO Reference Materials, 201 Key People, Laws, and Events, 203 Appendix: Documents, 247 Contents ix Chronology, 259 Table of Cases, 267 Glossary, 275 Annotated Bibliography, 289 Index, 301 About the Author, 311

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The White Court: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy examines the workings and legacies of the Supreme Court during the tenure of Chief Justice Edward Douglass White. Through detailed discussions of landmark cases, this reference work explores the role the Court played in steering the country through an e
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