Vanderbilt University Law School

Conference Schedule

Friday, April 4

Early Supreme Court -  9:00-10:15 a.m.

• Samuel Chase - Stephen B. Presser - Northwest University School of Law - "Samuel Chase: In Defense of the Rule of Law and Against the Jeffersonians"
• James Iredell - William R. Casto - Texas Tech University School of Law - "There Were Great Men before Agamemnon"
• Commentator:  Mark Brandon - Vanderbilt University Law School

Marshall Court 10:30-11:45 a.m.

• William Johnson -  Mark R. Killenbeck - University of Arkansas Law Center - "William Johnson, The Dog That Did Not Bark?"
• Bushrod Washington - Herbert A. Johnson - University of South Carolina School of Law, Emeritus - "Justice Bushrod Washington: Maybe John Marshall’s Twin. . . But Not Identical"
• Commentator: Daniel J. Sharfstein - Vanderbilt University Law School

Civil War Era - 1:15-2:30 p.m.

• John Catron - Austin L. Allen - University of Houston - Downtown - "Jacksonian Jurisprudence and the Obscurity of Justice John Catron"
• John McLean - Paul Finkelman - Albany Law School - "John McLean: Moderate Abolitionist and Supreme Court Politician"
• Commentator: Alfred L. Brophy - University of Alabama School of Law

The Gilded Age 2:45-4:00 p.m.

• David J. Brewer - J. Gordon Hylton - Marquette University Law School - "Why David Josiah Brewer Is a Neglected Justice"
• Rufus W. Peckham - James W. Ely, Jr. - Vanderbilt University Law School - "Rufus W. Peckham and Economic Liberty"
• Commentator: Linda Przybyszewski - University of Notre Dame

Saturday, April 5

Early Twentieth Century - 9:00-10:45 a.m.

• George Sutherland - Samuel R. Olken - John Marshall Law School - "Justice Sutherland Reconsidered" / Bulter memo addressing cases related to Public Utilities Regulation, Taxation and Patent Infringement
• Pierce Butler - David R. Stras - University of Minnesota Law School - "Pierce Butler: A Supreme Technician" /
• Sherman Minton - Linda C. Gugin - Indiana University Southeast - "Sherman Minton: Restraint Against a Tide of Activism"
• Commentator: Lisa Bressman - Vanderbilt University Law School

Roundtable: Suzanna Sherry - Vanderbilt University Law School - 11:15-11:45 a.m.

For more information, please contact James Ely: james.ely@vanderbilt.edu.