{"product_id":"fumbled-call-david-e-sumner-9781476671413","title":"Fumbled Call: The Bear Bryant-Wally Butts Football Scandal That Split the Supreme Court and Changed American Libel Law","description":"\u003cp\u003e Atlanta insurance salesman George Burnett found himself at the center of a football scandal when he overheard a phone conversation between University of Georgia athletic director Wally Butts and University of Alabama football coach Paul \"Bear\" Bryant. Butts seemed to be giving Bryant play formations that would help Alabama defeat Georgia 35-0 in the 1962 season opener.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When the \u003ci\u003eSaturday Evening Post\u003c\/i\u003e published Burnett's story months later, Butts and Bryant successfully sued the magazine for libel. The case went to the Supreme Court where it was upheld in a landmark 5-4 decision that expanded the legal definition of \"public figures.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Referencing more than 3,000 pages of letters, depositions and trial transcripts, the author reveals new information about this scandal and its resulting trial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David E. Sumner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476671419\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476671413\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/14\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.70w x 0.70d","brand":"David E. Sumner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44077933330687,"sku":"9781476671413","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_503075f4-c7d1-4a30-bcaa-a96ef3615abe.jpg?v=1685472591","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fumbled-call-david-e-sumner-9781476671413","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}