George Carroll, a smalltime Michigan bootlegger, and Roy Olmstead, a big time
Seattle bootlegger, both had their operations described in litigation that made
it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.  Their cases produced important Fourth
Amendment rulings, the first on warrantless automobile searches, the second on
telephone wiretaps.  These would both be excellent cases to look at to show how
bootlegging came to affect the lives of Americans well beyond those engaged in
bootlegging.  More information on these cases can be found in Kenneth M.
Murchison, Federal Criminal Law Doctrines: The Forgotten Influence of National
Prohibition (Durham N.C.: Duke University Press, 1994) and my Repealing National
Prohibition, 2nd ed. (Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2000).

David Kyvig

David Fahey wrote:

> Email received by Scott Haine, forwarded to the list at his request.
>
> >Rumrunners, Moonshiners, Bootleggers, and the Illegal Liquor Trade
> >Date:   3/26/2001 12:51:24 PM Pacific Standard Time
> >From:   [log in to unmask] (David Padrusch)
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >
> >Scott,
> >
> >It was a pleasure speaking with you this afternoon.
> >
> >I am producing a two hour documentary for the History Channel on Rumrunning
> >and the Illegal Liquor Trade.  This is not just a "Prohibition" show, but a
> >look at illegal liquor through the ages.  We'll talk about the first
> >distillation practices, how the Moors introduced it to Europe, how it made
> >its way to the United States, through the Temperance movements, Prohibition,
> >and all the way to modern Moonshining.
> >
> >I'm looking for stories from any of these time periods, especially first
> >hand accounts from the 1920's.
> >
> >Any help you give me would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >David
> >
> >David W. Padrusch
> >
> >Senior Producer, Pinball Productions
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