John, you're overstating your role in this. You did not argue this case before the Supreme Court. You've never argued any case before the Supreme Court. You've simply filed an amicus brief, along with how many other lawyers?
And, weren't you representing the ACLU at the time?
Anyone who knows Emergency Relief in the Supreme Court knows that they are NEVER argued. They are ALWAYS decided on the papers.
If you had looked at the case, you would know there were NO amicus briefs in that case. There was the brief written by Don Gladden from Fort Worth and me, on behalf of Gene McCarthy, and an opposing brief by the Texas Attorney General on behalf of Governor Dolph Brisco.
And I was representing my client, Gene McCarthy.
As for whether it was “my” case, see the write-up of a year of litigation, in “The Bloodless Revolution of 1976,” in the American Bar Association Journal, July, 1977, at page 1108.
Your apology is accepted.
John / Billybob