PHILADELPHIA LAWYER

by George Wharton Popper ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 8, 1944

An autobiography of a civilized and great lawyer, delightful reading and a breezy style that moves quietly and steadily, seldom letting the attention of the reader flag. It never reaches great heights of depths of penetrating philosophy nor does it stir one's soul, but it records a full, happy and abundant life of an exceedingly busy professional man, who yet found time for the University of Pennsylvania, of which he was a graduate, of its law school, of his church, and great public service. The text is interspersed with , wit and humor, and occasional glimpses of what makes the wheels of politics go round. We get glimpses of Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Toddy Roosevelt and F.D.R. He argued many great cases, the N.R.A. (Blue Eagle Case); the Constitutionality of the A.A.A.; the famous Bollinger-Pinchot investigation, in which he was associated with Brandeis as counsel for Pinchot. He took a lead in discussion of the League of Nations issue; he was ""friend of the Court"" in Mayors vs. U.S. He turned down an offer to sit on the Supreme Court of the U.S. He was retained by the major leagues (baseball) when accused of monopoly, and defended the Duponts in a great tax case. And he was founder of the American Law Institute. But this was not all of his life. His interest in his church, in education, in civic life in Philadelphia contributed to a rounded happy life. Here was a learned man who kept the common touch.

Pub Date: Nov. 8, 1944

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Lippincott

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov. 1, 1944

Categories: NONFICTION