Word: cucinotta
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...such newcomer was Salvatore Cucinotta, a Philadelphia lawyer who describes his specialty as "personal injury work-not basic rear-enders, but serious stuff, like burns and sexual assault cases." His ticket to Washington: U.S. vs. Morrison, in which Cucinotta urged the court to approve dismissal of drug charges against his client, Hazel Morrison, on the ground that federal narcotics agents had interfered with her right to counsel. Cucinotta argued the case in December, and it was decided last week. TIME Correspondent Evan Thomas followed the attorney's judicial odyssey to the end. His report...
...slow day in June, and Salvatore ("Sam") Cucinotta is sitting in his windowless office shuffling papers when the phone rings. The Supreme Court is calling. As he tells it now, "I jumped up and stood at attention." It is big news: the court has agreed to hear U.S. vs. Morrison...