Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo
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Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo was a highly influential Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his progressive jurisprudence and landmark opinions shaping constitutional and common law in the early 20th century.
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| instanceOf |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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judge → lawyer → legal scholar → person → |
| almaMater |
Columbia College
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Columbia Law School → |
| appointedBy |
Herbert Hoover
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| birthDate |
1870-05-24
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| birthPlace |
New York
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New York City → United States → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
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| deathDate |
1938-07-09
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| deathPlace |
Port Chester, New York
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| endTime |
1938-07-09
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| ethnicGroup |
Sephardic Jews
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| familyName |
Cardozo
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| fieldOfWork |
constitutional law
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contract law → jurisprudence → tort law → |
| fullName |
Benjamin Nathan Cardozo
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| givenName |
Benjamin
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| honor |
namesake of Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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| ideology |
legal progressivism
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legal realism → |
| influenced |
American common law
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U.S. constitutional interpretation → |
| knownFor |
influential common law opinions
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landmark constitutional law opinions → landmark contract law decisions → landmark tort law decisions → progressive jurisprudence → |
| language |
English
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| memberOfCourt |
New York Court of Appeals
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Supreme Court of the United States → |
| nominatedBy |
Herbert Hoover
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| notableWork |
MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co.
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Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co. → The Growth of the Law → The Nature of the Judicial Process → The Paradoxes of Legal Science → |
| occupation |
judge
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jurist → lawyer → |
| positionHeld |
Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States → Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals → |
| precededBy |
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
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| religion |
Judaism
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| startTime |
1932-03-14
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| succeededBy |
Felix Frankfurter
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Referenced by (7)
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Helvering v. Davis
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Palko v. Connecticut ("Benjamin N. Cardozo") → Steward Machine Co. v. Davis → |
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United States v. Butler
("Benjamin N. Cardozo")
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Benjamin N. Cardozo
("Benjamin Nathan Cardozo")
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ABA Medal
("Benjamin N. Cardozo")
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NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
("Benjamin N. Cardozo")
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