Landis
Americannoun
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Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, the authors write, tried to ensure that only “honest but unfortunate” debtors benefited from bankruptcy’s by directing “professional bankrupts . . . to restitution or jail.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
After the success of “The Kentucky Fried Movie,” Landis was tapped to make his 1978 hit “Animal House” a year later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2024
John Landis knew exactly what he was doing in casting John Amos opposite James Earl Jones in 1988’s “Coming to America.”
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2024
White Sox owner Charles Comiskey immediately suspended the eight players, including “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, and they were banned permanently a year later by newly appointed baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
The first Major League commissioner, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, would be elected in January 1921.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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