Facts about the Supreme Court of the United States

Devoted to the organization, function, and history of the US Supreme Court, this reference places each Court, together with its justices and individual cases, in historic context, from 1790 to the present. Each chapter presents as background the important events that occurred during the Court's tenure, then provides biographies of the Chief Justice and each of the associate justices, and analyzes the details of the important cases decided by that Court. c. Book News Inc.