cover image The Antagonists: Hugo Black, Felix Franfuter and Civil Liberties in Modern America

The Antagonists: Hugo Black, Felix Franfuter and Civil Liberties in Modern America

James F. Simon. Touchstone Books, $10.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-671-72503-7

Supreme Court justices Black and Frankfurter subscribed to opposing political beliefs that first caused judicial animosity between them but led to mutual respect and, finally, friendship. Simon analyzes their backgrounds and important court cases in a work that PW termed ``scholarly . . . yet accessible to lay readers.'' Photos. (Oct.)