Justice for Sale - Stein, Gary
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Martin T. Manton was a corrupt federal appeals court judge in New York who was convicted in 1939 and sent to prison. At the time, this was a hugely important story: Manton, a papal knight and friend of FDR, was considered the highest-ranking judge in the United States outside of the Supreme Court, and was nearly named to the high court himself. Yet his story has never been told in book-length form before, and never with the benefit of such exhaustive research. More than just a biography, Justice for Sale examines Manton's misconduct in the context of the culture of corruption and organized…mehr

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Martin T. Manton was a corrupt federal appeals court judge in New York who was convicted in 1939 and sent to prison. At the time, this was a hugely important story: Manton, a papal knight and friend of FDR, was considered the highest-ranking judge in the United States outside of the Supreme Court, and was nearly named to the high court himself. Yet his story has never been told in book-length form before, and never with the benefit of such exhaustive research. More than just a biography, Justice for Sale examines Manton's misconduct in the context of the culture of corruption and organized crime that permeated New York City during the Tammany Hall era. Scores of others-- leading corporate tycoons, Wall Street lawyers, bankers, accountants, and another federal judge, as well as a rogues' gallery of gangsters, fixers, bag men, and con men--participated in Manton's crimes. The book profiles these unscrupulous and often colorful characters as well, along with the enterprising anti-Tammany reporter and politically ambitious district attorney (future Governor Thomas E. Dewey) who brought Manton down. Justice for Sale culminates with the sensational federal prosecution and trial--held in the same courthouse where Manton once reigned--that gripped the nation and finally put this "merchant of justice" behind bars.
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Gary Stein has been a practicing lawyer in New York for 35 years since graduating from NYU School of Law. For nearly nine years, he was a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan and served as Chief of Appeals of that Office, appearing regularly before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals that Manton once headed. He is now a lawyer in private practice in New York City. Gary has published numerous articles and book reviews on law and legal history in, among other publications, the Washington Post, Just Security, Morning Consult, the Jewish Review of Books, Constitutional Commentary, the NYU Law Review, the NYU Journal of Legislation & Public Policy, the New York Law Journal, and the Business Crimes Bulletin. He has twice received the Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing.