Louis Lusky

Louis Lusky (c. 1913 – January 4, 2001) was an American legal scholar. Considered a pioneer in the field of civil rights law, he was Betts Professor of Law at Columbia Law School.

A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Lusky graduated from Louisville Male High School in 1931. He later attended Columbia Law School and graduated as the highest ranking member of the Class of 1937. Lusky began his legal career as a clerk for United States Supreme Court Justice Harlan Fiske Stone. During that time he helped draft the famous “Footnote 4” of "United States v. Carolene Products Co." (1938). [cite journal |last=Lusky |first=Louis |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1982 |month= |title=Footnote Redux: A "Carolene Products" Reminiscence |journal=Columbia Law Review |volume=82 |issue=6 |pages=1093–1109 |doi=10.2307/1122160 |url= |accessdate= |quote= ] The footnote asserts that the Supreme Court might adopt a higher level of judicial scrutiny in matters concerning noneconomic regulation, which has been applied in cases involving the protection of the integrity of the political process, particularly those involving religious, national, or racial minorities where prejudice might be operative.

During World War II Lusky served as an operations analyst for the Eighth Air Force in England and then returned to his hometown, where he was in private practice for 16 years before joining the Columbia Law School faculty in 1963.

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*cite journal |last=Greenberg |first=Jack |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2001 |month= |title=In memoriam: Louis Lusky |journal=Columbia Law Review |volume=101 |issue=5 |pages=977–981 |doi=10.2307/1123767 |url= |accessdate= |quote=
*cite journal |last=Rosenthal |first=Albert J. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2001 |month= |title=Louis Lusky—An Outstanding Scholar and a Dedicated Crusader for Justice |journal=Columbia Law Review |volume=101 |issue=5 |pages=986–989 |doi=10.2307/1123770 |url= |accessdate= |quote=