John Paul Frank

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John Paul Frank
Born(1917-11-10)November 10, 1917
University of Wisconsin School of Law (LLB)
Yale Law School
(SJD)
Occupation(s)Lawyer, author
Known forExpert on Constitutional law

John Paul Frank (November 10, 1917 – September 7, 2002) was an American lawyer and scholar involved in landmark civil rights, school desegregation, and criminal procedure cases before the

United States Supreme Court
.

Biography

Frank attended the

U.S. Attorney General. He studied at Yale Law School and obtained a S.J.D. in 1947. In 1946, he joined the faculty of the Indiana University, Bloomington School of Law.[3] He returned to Yale Law School to teach from 1949 to 1954, when he joined the law firm of Lewis & Roca in Phoenix, Arizona.[1]

Notable legal activity

Frank helped then-Chief Counsel for the

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954).[4] Frank argued the case of Miranda v. Arizona (1966), which required that police inform criminal suspects of their rights.[5][6] In Bates v. State Bar of Arizona
(1977), Frank unsuccessfully argued before the U.S. Supreme Court that state bar limits on attorney advertising were consistent with the right to free speech under the First Amendment.

Frank's papers are held at the Library of Congress.[7]

Personal life

In 1940, he married Lorraine Weiss (June 7, 1923 – December 22, 2005), a graduate of Vassar College, and they had five children.[5][8][9]

Selected publications

  • Frank, John P. (1995). Friedman, Leon; Israel, Fred L. (eds.). The Justices of the United States Supreme Court: Their Lives and Major Opinions. Chelsea House Publishers.
    ISBN 978-0-7910-1377-9
    .
  • Frank, John Paul (1964). Justice Daniel Dissenting: A Biography of Peter V. Daniel, 1784–1860 (E-dition ed.). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
    ISBN 9780674331945
    . Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  • Frank, John Paul (1961). Lincoln as a lawyer. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press.
    ISBN 0962529028
    .
  • Frank, John Paul (1958). Marble palace: the Supreme Court in American life. New York, NY: Knopf.
    ISBN 9780837162041
    .

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Sperry, Lisa (December 1999). "Pioneers in Law: John Frank's Mark of Excellence" (PDF). Arizona Attorney: 40–45. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  2. ^ "News of the School". Wisconsin Law Review. 1940: 601. 1940. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  3. ^ "Former Faculty: John Paul Frank". Former Faculty. University of Indiana Mauer School of Law. January 1917. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  4. ^ Jackson, Harold (September 12, 2002). "Obituary: John Frank". The Guardian. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  5. ^ a b Oliver, Myrna (September 12, 2002). "John P. Frank, 84; Attorney Won Key Decision in 1966 Miranda Case". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  6. ISBN 978-1578592364
    . Retrieved May 12, 2017. john paul frank attorney.
  7. ^ "Finding Aid: John Paul Frank Papers". Library of Congress. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  8. ^ "Obituary: Lorraine Weiss Frank". Arizona Republic. Legacy.com. December 29, 2005. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  9. ^ "Preliminary Inventory of the Lorraine Weiss Frank Papers 1960-2005". Arizona State University Library. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
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