Letter from Felix Frankfurter to Robert Morss Lovett, October 13, 1927
Title (alt.):
Robert Morss Lovett Letters
Felix Frankfurter Letters
Description:
Felix Frankfurter was an Austrian-American lawyer, professor, and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was involved in the early years of The New Republic magazine after its founding by Herbert Croly. At the time of the Sacco-Vanzetti case, Frankfurter was a professor at Harvard University and considered the be the most prominent critic of the trial. Frankfurter was convinced that the Morelli gang had perpetrated the robbery and murders at the Slater and Morrill shoe factory. Along with his contemporaries (Lovett, Dewey, and others), he rallied public support for Sacco and Vanzetti, claiming justice had not been served. In this letter to Lovett, Frankfurter offers some suggestions in regard to the appeal. He suggested that two appeals be filed. One appeal would favor those on the right and the other for those on the left.
