Shortly before noon one day last week, Justice Robert H. Jackson made his final purchase in a Washington department store, got into his car and headed for the Supreme Court Building. On the way he suffered a heart attack. He drove to the nearby home of his secretary and, within minutes, Robert Houghwout Jackson was dead. In his 62 years he rose to eminence among lawyers, served with ability as U.S. Solicitor General and Attorney General, as Supreme Court Justice and as U.S. prosecutor at Nürnberg. When Jackson was named Attorney General, New Dealing Columnist Marquis Childs wrote:...
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