longest US Supreme Court opinion

[Paul Finkelman]

This is what I thought.  Thanks Matt

Paul Finkelman
President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law
     and Public Policy
Albany Law School
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>>> "Franck, Matthew J" <mfranck at radford.edu> 09/10/06 5:22 PM >>>
I too thank Howard for this historical tidbit.  But if "longest opinion"
is what we're after, the one in The Telephone Cases doesn't come close.
The case does indeed take up (nearly) a whole volume of the
Reports-volume 126 as Howard noted.  But I got curious, so here's the
breakdown Paul wanted to know about:

 

Statement of the case, pages 1-149 (who wrote these "statements" in
those days?)

Arguments of counsel, pages 149-531

Waite's opinion for the Court, pages 531-73

Bradley's dissent, joined by Field and Harlan, pages 573-77

Petition for rehearing (denied), pages 577-84

            -and most poignantly given Howard's tale below-

"In memoriam" appendix on the death of C.J. Waite, pages 585-612

 

Matt

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