Texas first filed their suit against White, Chiles, and the other defendants in February 1867 - almost two years after Lincoln was murdered. Was he psychic?
...never got HIS official, scholarly, detailed and dispositive biography written?
John Niven has documented Chief Justice Chase's life in a detailed, scholarly, and dare I say it, dispositive manner. His "Salmon P. Chase: A Biography" was published in 2002 and he has edited several volumes of his personal papers. There have been other biographies of the man published as well.
One almost wishes there had been a biography written of his opposite number, the confederate chief justice, Chief Justice...oh, wait a minute. Scratch that.
I think that one went over their heads...