John McKinley and the antebellum Supreme Court circuit riding in the old Southwest /
Steven P. Brown.
- Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, (c)2012.
- 1 online resource (xi, 313 pages) : illustrations, maps, plan, portraits.
"Appendix: Justice John McKinley's Supreme Court Opinions and Dissents."
Includes bibliographies and index.
The most prominent man in alabama : an introduction to Justice John Mckinley -- Logans, law, and political futility -- Alabama fever and Georgia faction -- The politics of political change -- Prelude to the court : Jacksonian devotion in Alabama and Washington -- The burdens of justice on the antebellum Supreme Court -- The Supreme Court and the original ninth circuit, 18371842 -- Circuit relief and declining health, 1843-1852 -- The legacies of Justice John Mckinley.