Robert H. Jackson

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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Nuremberg prosecutor United States Attorney General United States Solicitor General human jurist

Robert H. Jackson was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and as the chief U.S. prosecutor at the Nuremberg war crimes trials after World War II.

Aliases (2)

Justice Robert H. Jackson ×2
Robert Houghwout Jackson ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States → Nuremberg prosecutor → United States Attorney General → United States Solicitor General → human → jurist →
appointedBy	Franklin D. Roosevelt →
barAdmission	New York State Bar →
birthDate	1892-02-13 →
birthPlace	Spring Creek, Pennsylvania, United States →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
child	William Eldred Jackson →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	1954-10-09 →
deathPlace	Washington, D.C., United States →
education	Albany Law School (attended) → read law (admitted to bar without formal degree) →
endTime	1954-10-09 →
endTimeAsAttorneyGeneral	1941-08-25 →
endTimeAsSolicitorGeneral	1940-01-18 →
familyName	Jackson →
fieldOfWork	constitutional law → international criminal law → public international law →
fullName	Robert Houghwout Jackson →
givenName	Robert →
knownFor	chief U.S. prosecutor at the Nuremberg war crimes trials → influential judicial opinions on civil liberties → service as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOfCourt	Supreme Court of the United States →
notableWork	International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg opening statement → Korematsu v. United States (dissent) → West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette →
occupation	government official → judge → jurist → lawyer →
politicalParty	Democratic Party (United States) →
positionHeld	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States → Chief United States Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials → United States Attorney General → United States Solicitor General →
raisedIn	Frewsburg, New York, United States →
religion	Protestantism →
spouse	Irene Alice Gerhardt Jackson →
startTime	1941-07-11 →
startTimeAsAttorneyGeneral	1940-01-18 →
startTimeAsSolicitorGeneral	1938-03-04 →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Everson v. Board of Education ("Justice Robert H. Jackson") → Murdock v. Pennsylvania ("Justice Robert H. Jackson") →	dissentingOpinionBy
Betts v. Brady → Korematsu v. United States →	majorityJustices
Courtroom 600 →	associatedWithPerson
Korematsu v. United States (dissent) →	author
Wolf v. Colorado →	dissentBy
Robert H. Jackson ("Robert Houghwout Jackson") →	fullName
Nuremberg Trials →	hasChiefUSProsecutor
Spring Creek, Pennsylvania →	hasNotablePerson
Frewsburg, New York, United States →	hasNotableResident
ABA Medal →	hasRecipient
Shelley v. Kraemer →	joinedBy
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette →	justiceOnMajority
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette →	majorityOpinionBy
Nuremberg trials →	notableProsecutor