Illinois justice
Subtitle: the scandal of 1969 and the rise of John Paul Stevens
By: Kenneth A. Manaster ; with a foreword by Justice Stevens.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
Subjects: Stevens, John Paul, 1920-; Judicial corruption -- Illinois -- History -- 20th century.
Description: "Illinois political scandals reached new depths in the 1960s and '70s. In Illinois Justice, Ken Manaster takes us behind the scenes of one of the most spectacular. The so-called Scandal of 1969 not only spelled the end of an Illinois Supreme Court chief justice's aspirations to the U.S. Supreme Court, but also marked the beginning the lawyer John Paul Stevens's rise to the high court."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-302) and index.
Table of contents: title: A citizen's suspicions; title: Alarm bells in the newsrooms; title: Uproar in Springfield; title: A special commission; title: The case against Isaacs; title: Stevens and his team; title: Limiting the questions; title: The Chief Justice's stock; title: Starting the search; title: Building the answers; title: Blind alleys and roadblocks; title: The trial begins; title: Secrets in the bank; title: Challenging witnesses; title: A Justice's deals; title: The gift; title: Intermission and jail; title: After the landing; title: Alibis; title: Testing the stories; title: Summing up; title: Meeting the deadline; title: A sad affair; title: Loose ends; title: Legacies and echoes; title: Stevens to the bench; title: Integrity of the judgments.