Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was a long-serving U.S. Supreme Court Justice and influential legal thinker known for his contributions to American common law and free speech jurisprudence.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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human → jurist → legal scholar → veteran → |
| appointedBy | Theodore Roosevelt → |
| burialPlace | Arlington National Cemetery → |
| conflict | American Civil War → |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America → |
| dateOfBirth | 1841-03-08 → |
| dateOfDeath | 1935-03-06 → |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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surface form: "Harvard College"
Harvard Law School → |
| endTime | 1932-01-12 → |
| familyName | Holmes → |
| father | Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. → |
| fieldOfWork |
American common law
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constitutional law → freedom of speech jurisprudence → |
| fullName | Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. → |
| givenName | Oliver → |
| honorificSuffix | Jr. → |
| influenced |
legal realism
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surface form: "American legal realism"
First Amendment jurisprudence → |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English → |
| memberOf |
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
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Supreme Court of the United States → |
| militaryBranch | Union Army → |
| mother | Amelia Lee Jackson → |
| movement | legal realism → |
| notableIdea |
"marketplace of ideas" metaphor in free speech
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clear and present danger test → |
| notableWork |
Schenck v. United States
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surface form: ""Clear and present danger" doctrine"
Abrams v. United States →
surface form: "Abrams v. United States dissent"
Buck v. Bell opinion → Lochner v. New York →
surface form: "Lochner v. New York dissent"
Schenck v. United States →
surface form: "Schenck v. United States opinion"
The Common Law → |
| occupation |
judge
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lawyer → legal scholar → |
| placeOfBirth |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form: "Boston, Massachusetts, United States"
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| placeOfDeath |
Washington, D.C.
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surface form: "Washington, D.C., United States"
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| positionHeld |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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Chief Justice →
surface form: "Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court"
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| residence |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form: "Boston, Massachusetts, United States"
Washington, D.C. →
surface form: "Washington, D.C., United States"
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| spouse | Fanny Bowditch Dixwell → |
| startTime | 1902-12-04 → |
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this entity surface form: "Portrait of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr."
this entity surface form: "Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. in The Magnificent Yankee"
subject surface form: "Benjamin N. Cardozo"