Owen Josephus Roberts

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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States human judge lawyer

Owen Josephus Roberts was an American lawyer and U.S. Supreme Court associate justice (1930–1945) known for his pivotal role in shifting the Court’s stance on New Deal legislation.

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Label	Occurrences
Owen J. Roberts	10
Owen Josephus Roberts canonical	1
Owen Roberts	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ human ⓘ judge ⓘ lawyer ⓘ
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts ⓘ Bachelor of Laws ⓘ
appointedBy	Herbert Hoover ⓘ
burialPlace	Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
chairpersonOf	Roberts Commission ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1875-05-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1955-05-17 ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Pennsylvania ⓘ University of Pennsylvania Law School ⓘ
employer	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ University of Pennsylvania Law School ⓘ
endTime	1945 ⓘ
familyName	Roberts ⓘ
fieldOfWork	constitutional law ⓘ corporate law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ
givenName	Owen ⓘ
knownFor	pivotal role in shifting the U.S. Supreme Court’s stance on New Deal legislation ⓘ “switch in time that saved nine” ⓘ
memberOf	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
middleName	Flavius Josephus ⓘ surface form: Josephus
nominatedBy	Herbert Hoover ⓘ
notableCase	NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. ⓘ Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States ⓘ United States v. Butler ⓘ West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish ⓘ
notableWork	Roberts Commission on the attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ surface form: Roberts Commission on the Attack on Pearl Harbor
occupation	judge ⓘ law professor ⓘ lawyer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath	West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Republican-leaning ⓘ
positionHeld	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School ⓘ
precededBy	Edward T. Sanford NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Presbyterian ⓘ surface form: Presbyterianism
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Elizabeth H. Smith Roberts ⓘ
startTime	1930 ⓘ
succeededBy	Harold H. Burton ⓘ surface form: Harold Hitz Burton
workLocation	Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Powell v. Alabama → majorityJustices → Owen Josephus Roberts ⓘ