2009 Symposium On Neglected Supreme Court Justices

[Chris]

I found this on Glenn Reynolds blog.  For anyone that enjoys history (political or legal), it's a good source for interesting material. 

2009 SYMPOSIUM ON NEGLECTED SUPREME COURT JUSTICES

James W. Ely, Jr. & Mark E. Brandon, Introduction: The Rankings Game, 62 Vand. L. Rev. 311 (2009).

G. Edward White, Neglected Justices: Discounting for History, 62 Vand. L. Rev. 319 (2009).

Stephen B. Presser, Samuel Chase: In Defense of the Rule of Law and Against the Jeffersonians, 62 Vand. L. Rev. 349 (2009).

William R. Casto, There Were Great Men Before Agamemnon, 62 Vand. L. Rev. 371 (2009).

Mark R. Killenbeck, William Johnson, the Dog that Did Not Bark?, 62 Vand. L. Rev. 407 (2009).

Herbert A. Johnson, Bushrod Washington, 62 Vand. L. Rev. 447 (2009).

Austin Allen, Jacksonian Jurisprudence and the Obscurity of Justice John Catron, 62 Vand. L. Rev. 491 (2009).

Paul Finkelman, John McLean: Moderate Abolitionist and Supreme Court Politician, 62 Vand. L. Rev. 519 (2009).

J. Gordon Hylton, The Perils of Popularity: David Josiah Brewer and the Politics of Judicial Reputation, 62 Vand. L. Rev. 567 (2009).

James W. Ely, Jr., Rufus W. Peckham and Economic Liberty, 62 Vand. L. Rev. 591 (2009).

Samuel R. Olken, Justice Sutherland Reconsidered, 62 Vand. L. Rev. 639 (2009).

David R. Stras, Pierce Butler: A Supreme Technician, 62 Vand. L. Rev. 695 (2009).

Linda C. Gugin, Sherman Minton: Restraint Against a Tide of Activism, 62 Vand. L. Rev. 757 (2009).

http://law.vanderbilt.edu/publications/vanderbilt-law-review/archive/volume-62-number-2-march-2009/index.aspx

[Lord Undies]

Interesting.  My first thought was Robert Bork.

[NHSparky]

Interesting.  My first thought was Robert Bork.

I would have gone with Learned Hand myself.

[DumbAss Tanker]

I would have gone with Learned Hand myself.

He is not really neglected, his opinions still figured in the law school texts when I went through it.  Although having an odd name helps, both Learned Hand and Felix Frankfurter are practically irresistable from an author's point of view.