Justice Tom Clark #86 (1899-1997)

Justice Tom Clark #86 (1899-1997), autographed a card and dated it December 31, 1963. The display includes photographs of Justice Clark. 1. Putting on his judicial robes. 2. Leaving on a flight with his wife, Mary on a Pan American Airways flight which had to have been before December 4, 1991, as that was the date Pan Am became defunct. (That means justice Clark autographed this card 28 years before that company went bust, four years before. He retired to avoid a conflict with his son Ramsey Clark who was being named Attorney General. (Ramsey held that job for a scant 3 years.)

Clark had no prior judicial experience and was the Courts first appointment from Texas.

It is notable he joined in the unanimous decision of Brown v Board of Education and wrote the majority decision in Mapp v Ohio, the touchstone of illegal searches and seizure.

BOARD NUMBER 17.

OFFERED FOR: $2350