Prologue

"A person best left unremembered" : a blot on the federal judiciary

"New ways of making money" : becoming a lawyer

"Preying Manton" : a young lawyer's rapid rise

"Source of pride" : the nation's youngest federal judge

"Within an ace" : to the second circuit, and almost beyond

"Material things" : Manton's roaring twenties

"Surprising to the point of shock" : the subway fare case

"Venal and corrupt" : the American Tobacco Litigation

"Judicial shenanigans" : milking bankruptcies for patronage and profit

"Inequitable conduct" : the cigarette lighter case

"Judge Manton has requested that we prepare a draft opinion" : the car parts cases

"Judge Thomas wants $10,000" : the perversion of criminal justice

"We realized there was something wrong with the guy" : Manton and the mob

"He is an old friend" : Manton, FDR, and another shot at the Supreme Court

"The judge needs the money" : the chicken egg incubator case

"I got the man who can reach judge Manton" : the electric razor case

"Ugly rumors" : a legal community looks the other way

"All that is evil in government" : the press and the da on Manton's tail

"You should take that to your grave" : Manton under federal investigation

"A very substantial safe, we did have" : Manton on trial

Epilogue.