Posted by Eugene Volokh:
Where Are They Now?
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_05_29-2005_06_04.shtml#1117647628
What ever happened to Cohen of Cohen v. California? Or O'Brien of
United States v. O'Brien? I'd like to know about them, and about
figures in other constitutional law cases, especially First Amendment
cases. (They would make for good notes in the Teacher's Manual for my
second edition.) If you have any information, please post it -- with
URLs or cites, if you'd be so good -- in the comments. A few that I'm
contributing myself:
1. Biographies of the Tinkers and Christopher Eckhardt, of Tinker v.
Des Moines Indep. School District, the leading student speech
case, are [1]here.
2. Joe Roth, one of the kids whose parents successfully sued to
strike down school prayer, in the Engel v. Vitale case, ended up
being becoming chairman of Twentieth-Century Fox in 1989,
eventually ran Disney Motion Pictures for six years, and in 2001
started a new studio, Revolution Studios. He also directed
America�s Sweethearts (2001) and Revenge of the Nerds II (1987).
3. Matt Fraser, of Bethel School District v. Fraser, went on to run
the [2]debate program at Stanford.
4. Harry Connick, of Connick v. Myers, retired as D.A. in 2003, after
a 30-year stint. He had been known as the "Singing D.A." during
his tenure, and [3]has done some professional singing since then.
His son, Harry Connick, Jr., is a noted musician.
5. The last of the Zacchini family (see Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard
Broadcasting Co.) to do a human cannonball act was Edmondo
Zacchini -- apparently Hugo's nephew -- who [4]flew his last
flight in 1991. In 1991, the Zacchini family was inducted into
[5]Barnum Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey's Circus Ring of
Fame in Sarasota, Fla.. Hugo Zacchini was in his mid-70s when he
performed the act that formed the basis of the Supreme Court case;
and by the time the Supreme Court case was decided, he was dead
(not a barrier to a lawsuit for damages, which would be taken over
by his estate, but oddly enough the court opinions don't even
mention this).
So, more, more, please! The comments are ready for you to post.
References
1. http://www.abanet.org/publiced/lawday/tinker/bio.html
2. http://www.stanford.edu/group/debate/hstournieinvite.htm
3. http://www.bestofneworleans.com/dispatch/2003-07-08/news_scut.html
4. http://www.goodbyemag.com/jan99/zacchini.html
5. http://www.jsonline.com/onwisconsin/arts/oct03/179396.asp
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