His father, also a lawyer, was forced to resign because of his Tammany Hall connections.
His father, also a lawyer, was forced to resign because of his Tammany Hall connections. On the New York Court of Appeals his decision in Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co. helped to redefine the concept of negligence in American tort law while in MacPherson v. Buick Motor Company he contended that an "implied warranty of safety" exists between a manufacturer and a private purchaser. Shortly after entering the Supreme Court in 1932, he joined Justices Brandeis and Stone as a minority fighting to preserve the early programs of the New Deal. For 10 points, name this jurist who succeeded Oliver Wendell Holmes and became the second Jewish justice.
His father, also a lawyer, was forced to resign because of his Tammany Hall connections.
Benjamin Nathan {Cardozo}