On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, SBENEZRA wrote:
> >Michael Musmanno. In his youth he was involved in the Sacco and Vanzetti
> >case, but by the 1950s he was profoundly conservative, at least in a
> >cultural sense. His dissent in the Henry Miller case is undoubtedly the
> >most "foaming at the mouth" opinion in judicial history.
>
> Could someone send me the citation for this case? It looks like it
> would be interesting reading. Thanks.
According to the Oxford Dictionary of American Legal Quotations, the case
is Commonwealth v. Robin, 421 Pa. 70, 218 A.2d 546 (1966). If you lose
the cite and ever need to search for it on Lexis or Westlaw, just search
for the phrase "stagnant bilge of the slimiest mudscow."
Fred Shapiro
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