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1 online resource (413 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Boyhood on the range, 1919/1937 -- The Dalkon shield quagmire -- Young man in the cities, 1939/1948 -- Courtroom no. 1 -- Hotshot prosecutor, 1951/1952 -- Meeting the enemy -- Political wunderkind, 1954/1960 -- Lawyers objecting, witnesses stonewalling -- Persecutor of organized crime, 1961/1965 -- Judge lord goes to Richmond -- The people's judge, 1966 -- On the trail of secret documents -- Presidential politics, 1968 -- Sweeping corporate headquarters -- Election, 1968 -- The brink of settlement -- Bold on the bench, 1969/1972 -- The speech -- Judge Lord versus Reserve Mining, 1973/1974 -- A.H. Robins fires back -- Reserve Mining versus Judge Lord, 1974/1976 -- The judge stands accused -- Fire and brimstone, 1976/1981 -- Endgame. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Lord, Miles.
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Judges -- United States -- Biography.
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District courts -- United States -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
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Judges -- Minnesota -- Biography.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Walburn, Roberta. Miles Lord : the maverick judge who brought corporate America to justice. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2017] 9781517902315 |
| ISBN |
9781517902315 (hc : alk. paper) |
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9781517902322 (pb : alk. paper) |
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9781452955537 (e-book) |
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