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The Genuine Trial between The Rt. Hon. Geo. Onslow, Esq; and The Rev. Mr. John Horne . . . Tried at Guildford . . . Before the Right Honourable Lord Mansfield for Printing two Libels against, and speaking Defamatory Words of, George Onslow [etc.]. ESTC N1863
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Printed for J. Williams . . . and J. Godwin, London, 1770].
Description:
Horne's first lawsuit, accused of libel by Onslow, an MP, tried before Blackstone, then Lord Mansfield [as here], and finally by the Court of Common Pleas, absolving Horne, reversing Mansfield, and increasing protections for freedom of speech
Condition:
Gray wraps, a bit marked and chipped, some light browning throughout, yet a good, easily legible copy; a rare work, five copies in ESTC, one imperfect
Book No.:
W-80523
Price:
$ 650.00
Category:
libel and slander, trials, Parliament
Author:
Douglas, William O
Title:
Autograph note signed on a Supreme Court notecard from Justice Douglas to former Justice Louis Brandeis thanking him for his help on issues in an enclosed slip opinion written by Justice Douglas in a case involving financial conflicts of interest
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Description:
The note confirming the friendship and mutual interests of Douglas and Brandeis, to continue after Douglas was appointed to the Supreme Court and reflecting their views as in Douglas's "Democracy and Finance" and Brandeis's "The Curse of Bigness"
Condition:
Original stiffish notecard, well preserved, entirely in the hand of Justice Douglas, the accompanying slip opinion with one vertical crease
Book No.:
W-80518
Price:
$ 1250.00
Category:
Supreme Court, Commercial Law

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