Author: Lee Card
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806168013
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Between 1956 and 1967, justice was for sale in Oklahoma’s highest court and Supreme Court decisions went to the highest bidder. One lawyer, O. A. Cargill, grew rich peddling influence with the justices; a shady company, Selected Investments, protected its illegal practices with bribes; and Supreme Court justice N. S. Corn, one of two justices who would ultimately serve time in prison, cheated his partners in crime and stashed vast amounts of ill-gotten cash in a locker at his golf course. Author Lee Card, himself a former judge, describes a system infected with favoritism and partisanship in which party loyalty trumped fairness and a shaky payment structure built on commissions invited exploitation. From petty corruption at the lowest level of the trial bench to large-scale bribery among Supreme Court justices, Card follows the developing scandal, introducing the bit players and worst offenders, the federal prosecutors who exposed the scheme, and the politicians who persuaded skeptical Oklahoma voters to adopt constitutional reforms. On one level,The Best Courts Money Could Buy is a compelling story of true crime and punishment set in the capitol of an agricultural, oil-producing, conservative state. But on a deeper level, the book is a cautionary tale of political corruption—and the politics of restoring integrity, accountability, and honor to a broken system.
The Best Courts Money Could Buy
Author: Lee Card
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806168013
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Between 1956 and 1967, justice was for sale in Oklahoma’s highest court and Supreme Court decisions went to the highest bidder. One lawyer, O. A. Cargill, grew rich peddling influence with the justices; a shady company, Selected Investments, protected its illegal practices with bribes; and Supreme Court justice N. S. Corn, one of two justices who would ultimately serve time in prison, cheated his partners in crime and stashed vast amounts of ill-gotten cash in a locker at his golf course. Author Lee Card, himself a former judge, describes a system infected with favoritism and partisanship in which party loyalty trumped fairness and a shaky payment structure built on commissions invited exploitation. From petty corruption at the lowest level of the trial bench to large-scale bribery among Supreme Court justices, Card follows the developing scandal, introducing the bit players and worst offenders, the federal prosecutors who exposed the scheme, and the politicians who persuaded skeptical Oklahoma voters to adopt constitutional reforms. On one level,The Best Courts Money Could Buy is a compelling story of true crime and punishment set in the capitol of an agricultural, oil-producing, conservative state. But on a deeper level, the book is a cautionary tale of political corruption—and the politics of restoring integrity, accountability, and honor to a broken system.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806168013
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Between 1956 and 1967, justice was for sale in Oklahoma’s highest court and Supreme Court decisions went to the highest bidder. One lawyer, O. A. Cargill, grew rich peddling influence with the justices; a shady company, Selected Investments, protected its illegal practices with bribes; and Supreme Court justice N. S. Corn, one of two justices who would ultimately serve time in prison, cheated his partners in crime and stashed vast amounts of ill-gotten cash in a locker at his golf course. Author Lee Card, himself a former judge, describes a system infected with favoritism and partisanship in which party loyalty trumped fairness and a shaky payment structure built on commissions invited exploitation. From petty corruption at the lowest level of the trial bench to large-scale bribery among Supreme Court justices, Card follows the developing scandal, introducing the bit players and worst offenders, the federal prosecutors who exposed the scheme, and the politicians who persuaded skeptical Oklahoma voters to adopt constitutional reforms. On one level,The Best Courts Money Could Buy is a compelling story of true crime and punishment set in the capitol of an agricultural, oil-producing, conservative state. But on a deeper level, the book is a cautionary tale of political corruption—and the politics of restoring integrity, accountability, and honor to a broken system.
Supreme Court Appellate Division
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Languages : en
Pages : 1064
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Pages : 1064
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Reports of Cases Determined in the Courts of Appeal of the State of California
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 948
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 948
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Money and Justice
Author: Lois G. Forer
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393303131
Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Documents the inequities introduced into the legal system because of the heavy expenses of lengthy trials and appeals and examines the dual structure of the legal profession that underlies this situation
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393303131
Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Documents the inequities introduced into the legal system because of the heavy expenses of lengthy trials and appeals and examines the dual structure of the legal profession that underlies this situation
New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division-Second Department
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Languages : en
Pages : 1042
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Pages : 1042
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The American Ruling Cases as Determined by the Courts, Including the Fundamental Cases of England and Canada, Also All Reviewing and Illustrating Cases of Material Value from the Latest Official Reports, Completely Annotated
Author: Basil Jones
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1510
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1510
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Supreme Court Appellate Second Department
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Pages : 1144
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Pages : 1144
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Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of Washington
Author: Washington (State). Supreme Court
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 818
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Languages : en
Pages : 818
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Appellate Division of the Supreme Court
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Pages : 896
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Pages : 896
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The Medical Critic and Guide
Author: William Josephus Robinson
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 490
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 490
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