Louis Wolfson
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Louis Elwood Wolfson was an American financier, a convicted felon, and one of the first modern corporate raiders, labeled by Time as such in a 1956 article. A self-made millionaire by 28, Wolfson is c
Wilson pictured by Bert Morgan at Hialeah Race Track, 1958
Abe Fortas
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Abraham Fortas was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1965 to 1969. Born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Fortas graduated
Louis Wolfson
…obstruction of justice, for which he served nine months in a federal prison. The conviction eventually led to a scandal involving Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas, who resigned in 1969 after returning a $20,000 retainer to a Wolfson foundation. In 1971, Wolfson was involved in a contentious legal battle with radio…
SCOTUS Justice Abe Fortas
One of Fortas's former residences (left) in Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
Fortas in 1939
Fortas with Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965