12 Facts About Philip Elman

Philip Elman was an American lawyer at the United States Department of Justice and former member of the Federal Trade Commission.

Philip Elman was born in Paterson, New Jersey, to Polish-Jewish immigrants who worked in the silk industry.

Philip Elman went on to Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review in 1938 and 1939.

Philip Elman took part in drafting briefs and arguments for a number of civil rights cases, including Shelley v Kraemer.

Philip Elman explained how the Solicitor General's brief used the phrase "with all deliberate speed":.

Philip Elman believed that otherwise the Supreme Court could not have decided the case unanimously and the American public would not have tolerated the decision.

Philip Elman's actions led to the FTC requiring warning labels on cigarette packs in the United States.

One of Philip Elman's assistants at the FTC was a young Richard Posner, who went on to become a professor at University of Chicago Law School and a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Philip Elman taught at Georgetown University Law Center from 1970 to 1976.

Philip Elman admitted in his oral history that he and Justice Frankfurter conferred privately about the intended remedy in the case, which technically constituted a breach of judicial ethics.

Philip Elman was publicly criticized for this in 1987 by Time and The New York Times.

Philip Elman defended both himself and Justice Frankfurter by stating that these discussions took place before the United States became a party to the case, and even then, the United States was not an adversary party but rather an amicus curiae.