▁Supreme ▁Court . ▁ ▁While ▁at ▁De P au w , ▁Lil ient hal ▁met ▁his ▁future ▁wife , ▁Helen ▁Marian ▁Lamb ▁( 1 8 9 6 – 1 9 9 9 ), ▁a ▁fellow ▁student . ▁Born ▁in ▁Oklahoma , ▁she ▁had ▁moved ▁with ▁her ▁family ▁to ▁C raw ford sv ille , ▁Indiana , ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 3 . ▁They ▁were ▁married ▁in ▁C raw ford sv ille ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 3 , ▁after ▁Helen ▁had ▁completed ▁her ▁M . A . ▁at ▁Rad cl iffe ▁while ▁David ▁was ▁a ▁law ▁student ▁at ▁Harvard . ▁ ▁Law ▁practice ▁and ▁public ▁appointment ▁ ▁With ▁a ▁strong ▁recommendation ▁from ▁Frank fur ter , ▁Lil ient hal ▁entered ▁the ▁practice ▁of ▁law ▁in ▁Chicago ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 3 ▁with ▁Donald ▁Rich berg . ▁Prom inent ▁in ▁labor ▁law , ▁Rich berg ▁gave ▁Lil ient hal ▁a ▁major ▁role ▁in ▁writing ▁his ▁firm ' s ▁brief ▁for ▁the ▁app ell ants ▁in ▁Michael son ▁v . ▁United ▁States , ▁ 2 6 6 ▁U . S . ▁ 4 2 ▁( 1 9 2 4 ), ▁a ▁land mark ▁case ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁u ph eld ▁the ▁right ▁of ▁striking ▁rail road ▁workers ▁to ▁j ury ▁tri als ▁in ▁cases ▁in ▁which ▁they ▁were ▁charged ▁with ▁criminal ▁cont empt . ▁ ▁Rich berg ▁also ▁assigned ▁Lil ient hal ▁to ▁write ▁major ▁parts ▁of ▁what ▁became ▁the ▁Railway ▁Labor ▁Act ▁of ▁ 1 9 2 6 . ▁In