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Contempt of court:

the turn-of-the-century lynching that launched 100 years of federalism
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Anchor Books, 2001 - History - 432 pages
In this profound and fascinating book, the authors revisit an overlooked Supreme Court decision that changed forever how justice is carried out in the United States.
In 1906, Ed Johnson was the innocnet black man found guilty of the brutal rape of Nevada Taylor, a white woman, and sentenced to die in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Two black lawyers, not even part of the original defense, appealed to the Supreme Court for a stay of execution, and the stay, incredibly, was granted. Frenzied with rage at the deision, locals responded by lynching Johnson, and what ensued was a breathtaking whirlwind of groundbreaking legal action whose import, Thurgood Marshall would claim, "has never been fully explained." Provocative, thorough, and gripping, Contempt of Court is a long-overdue look at events that clearly depict the peculiar and tenuous relationship between justice and the law.

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This is an incredible book about a little known case from Tennessee that the circumstances eventually led to a contempt trial before the United States Supreme Court. Being one hundred years ago, it is ... Read full review

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About the author (2001)

Mark Curriden is the legal affairs writer for "The Dallas Morning News". He lives in Dallas, Texas.

Leroy Phillips, Jr., is a prominent trial attorney. He lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee.