A Decisive Decade by McKersie Robert B.;Ralph James R. Jr.;

Author:McKersie, Robert B.;Ralph, James R., Jr.; [McKersie, Robert B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press

Returning to the Bridgeport saga, on August 3 (the day after the near riot) the marchers were arraigned before two magistrates, and Gregory and four others who had served as leaders were fined $200, with the remaining 35 fined $25 each. Several public interest law firms, as well as the ACLU, immediately swung into action and initiated legal action to have the convictions set aside.

Marshall Patner served as lead counsel for the marchers. Marshall and I had developed a close relationship in many areas of professional interest. Since we lived on the same block in Hyde Park and our children played together, we saw each other frequently and enjoyed many early Sunday morning outings to the Maxwell Street flea market.

Marshall graduated from the University of Chicago Law School after completing his undergraduate education at the University of Wisconsin. Early in his career, he had worked as general counsel for the Illinois division of the ACLU. Throughout his career, he took cases in behalf of those who might be described as the under-privileged in society. He possessed incredible energy and many talents, a roaring appetite for anything edible, and a penchant for initiating exciting projects. He successfully pushed through an ordinance to make it possible for restaurants to open outdoor cafes (Marshall had brought to Chicago the idea of this pleasurable arrangement from his travels abroad). I also remember a campaign he spearheaded to protect Lake Michigan from a proposed third airport, using the memorable phrase “Don't do it in the lake.”

Soon after Marshall and I became acquainted, he introduced me to Gordon Sherman, who had established a public-interest firm with which Marshall was associated, Businessmen in the Public Interest. My first brush with corporate infighting occurred when I agreed to be slated as a director in a proxy fight to gain control of Midas Muffler. Gordon's father, who had founded the company, led the opposition and of course we lost.

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