The scroll, issued by President Grover Cleveland in 1887, appointed Justice Thomas M. Cooley — the school’s namesake — to the recently established Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC ...

Thomas Cooley served on the ICC from 1887 to 1891 following his stint on the state Supreme Court, which lasted from 1864 to 1885. Cleveland served as president from 1885 to 1889 and again from ...

ENDNOTES: 3. Thomas Cooley, General Principles Of Constitutional Law 281–82 (2d Ed. 1891) 4.

Thomas M. Cooley Law School and New York Law School were named in separate but nearly identical complaints filed on behalf of students and graduates demanding tuition refunds and other remedies.