The Biglaw Firm That Argued In Defense Of Segregation

The partner reportedly refused payment for the legal work.

New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital file no. cph 3c27042)

The name partner of what Biglaw firm argued in front of the Supreme Court in defense of racial segregation representing South Carolina in Briggs v. Elliott, a companion case to Brown v. Board of Education?

Hint: A former Solicitor General, he made 138 other, less notorious arguments in front of the Supreme Court.

See the answer on the next page.

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