Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, pictured relaxing after the Ames Competition, pronounced a unanimous decision in favor of the Marshall Law Club in the final argument last night in the Langdell Courtroom. He commended the four speakers and the fine briefs for their general excellence and acute analysis of the issues.

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The decision was reached solely on the presentation of the arguments of the winning and the losing clubs. Douglas declined to give an opinion on the merits of either side since it might prejudice him in a future decision if a similar, though non-hypothetical, case ever comes up in his court.

During the course of the trial, a movement to draft Douglas as the Democratic nominee for president started in Ohio. The Club is forming with the sole purpose of getting his name before the Democratic National Convention.