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The career of Mr. Justice Wiley Blount Rutledge on the Supreme Court of the United States came to an end on September 10, 1949. His passing signified the end of a man's work--and the end of an era. As Rutledge's last opinion became a part of American constitutional history, the Roosevelt Court disappeared and a new alignment of majority and minority was born. The influence of Rutledge in this important period of constitutional development will be difficult to measure until the broader outlines of contemporary social, political, economic, and legal trends are more firmly sketched in the future. A justice's total impact on the law is actually, as Attorney General McGrath stated in 1950, an "intangible heritage" which "constitutes his truly enduring monument" and is incapable of assessment.

Kentucky and Tennessee -- Wisconsin, Indiana, North Carolina, New Mexico -- Colorado -- St. Louis : high standards and a "big heart" -- St. Louis : a public liberal -- Legal philosophy -- Iowa City : innovation and influence -- Iowa City : support for minorities, legal aid, and court-packing -- Roosevelt's first court vacancies : Van Devanter, Sutherland, Cardozo -- The Brandeis vacancy -- Court of Appeals years : adjustment and impending World War -- Court of Appeals years : judicial approach and outside interests -- The Byrnes vacancy -- The new justice -- Denaturalized citizenship, West Coast curfew, and Japanese-American internment -- First Amendment freedoms -- Acrimony in the court -- The Selective Service, price control, and agency review -- War crimes and military commissions -- A new chief, Jackson's blast from Nuremberg, and the striking mine workers -- A more seasoned justice, sharp divides over criminal procedure -- State courts, the Bill of Rights, and access to federal courts -- The commerce clause and equal protection -- The Justice's world view -- Last term -- Last days : the man and the Justice remembered

Just how offensive are certain terms to present-day readers? Dr. Barnes, head of journalism graduate study and radio journalism at the State University of Iowa, and Dr. Lyness, formerly* head of Iowa's journalism research division, find the answers in this survey of reactions to wire coverage of a sensational trial.