Finerty, John Frederick, 1885-1967
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BIOGHIST REQUIRED The Robert Marshall Civil Liberties Trust was founded in 1943 for the purposes of preserving and safeguarding the cause of civil liberties.
John Finerty (1885-1967) was born in Chicago and educated at Northwestern University. He was an attorney for railroad companies in the Midwest, and assistant general counsel and special counsel for the U. S. Railroad Administration. After 1927, and beginning with the Sacco-Vanzetti case, he was involved in many civil liberties cases. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the American Civil Liberties Union and of the Workers Defense League.
The Robert Marshall Civil Liberties Trust was founded in 1943 for the purposes of preserving and safeguarding the cause of civil liberties.
American attorney specializing in railroad law; defender of unpopular causes including Sacco and Vanzetti in 1927 and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in 1953.
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