“The public needs the equivalent of Chevrolets as well as Cadillacs.”

— Learned Hand

On the trends toward popular marketing of legal services, quoted in USA Today (2 February 1984).
Extra-judicial writings

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American legal scholar, Court of Appeals judge 1872–1961

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“The public needs the equivalent of Chevrolets as well as Cadillacs.”

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