Walburn, Roberta.

Miles Lord : The Maverick Judge Who Brought Corporate America to Justice. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (413 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1. Boyhood on the Range, 1919-­1937 -- 2. The Dalkon Shield Quagmire -- 3. Young Man in the Cities, 1939-­1948 -- 4. Courtroom No. 1 -- 5. Hotshot Prosecutor, 1951-­1952 -- 6. Meeting the Enemy -- 7. Political Wunderkind, 1954-1960 -- 8. Lawyers Objecting, Witnesses Stonewalling -- 9. Persecutor of Organized Crime, 1961-1965 -- 10. Judge Lord Goes to Richmond -- 11. The People's Judge, 1966 -- 12. On the Trail of Secret Documents -- 13. Presidential Politics, 1968 -- 14. Sweeping Corporate Headquarters -- 15. Election, 1968 -- 16. The Brink of Settlement -- 17. Bold on the Bench, 1969-­1972 -- 18. The Speech -- 19. Judge Lord versus Reserve Mining, 1973-1974 -- 20. A. H. Robins Fires Back -- 21. Reserve Mining versus Judge Lord, 1974-1976 -- 22. The Judge Stands Accused -- 23. Fire and Brimstone, 1976-­1981 -- 24. Endgame -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Notes and Sources -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

9781452955537


Judges--United States--Biography.


Electronic books.

KF373.L56.W35 2017

347.73/2234 B