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As history would have it, Mr. Fortas was later appointed to the Supreme Court as an Associate Justice. But as an attorney representing Mr. Gideon on the day of oral arguments in 1963, his job was to reason with the Court and help the justices come to a just conclusion. [Abe Fortas Goes to the Podium, Holding a Court Transcript and Says:]
Mar 18, 2013 · If there was any doubt about the court's objectives, it was likely erased when the justices appointed Abe Fortas, one of the most prominent lawyers in America, to represent Gideon. Fortas...
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Court in 1965, two years after the Gideon decision. On June 25, 1962, the Supreme Court appointed Abe Fortas to represent Clarence Gideon in the case then known as Gideon v Cochran.5 I was the attorney for the state of Florida in the case. Although Abe Fortas and I had corresponded after he was appointed to the Gideon case, I did not meet or see
The Supreme Court decided to hear his case & appointed Abe Fortas of the Washington law firm of Arnold, Fortas & Porter to represent Gideon. At Fortas' request, Gideon submitted a long account of...
Mar 18, 2013 · Gideon was represented before the Supreme Court by future justice Abe Fortas. Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Gideon v Wainwright in which the justices...
Fortas also represented Clarence Earl Gideon before the U.S. Supreme Court, in a landmark case involving the right to counsel. Nominated by Johnson to the Supreme Court in 1965, Fortas was confirmed by the Senate, and maintained a close working relationship with the president.
1962 to represent Gideon, Fortas summoned me to his office; he told me of his appointment, and he asked me to assist him in the research and the writing of the brief on Gideon’s behalf.30 I had been privileged to work with Fortas previously on many matters from the time I became an associate in the firm in 1953.
