Byron R. White

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Byron R. White was a U.S. Supreme Court Justice known for his generally moderate-to-conservative jurisprudence and influential opinions across criminal procedure, civil rights, and federalism.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American football player
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
United States Deputy Attorney General
human
lawyer
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Laws
appointedBy John F. Kennedy
conflict World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1917-06-08
dateOfDeath 2002-04-15
educatedAt University of Colorado Boulder
University of Oxford NERFINISHED
Yale Law School
employer United States Department of Justice
endTime 1962-03
1993-06-28
familyName White
fieldOfWork civil rights law
constitutional law
criminal procedure
federalism in the United States
givenName Byron
ideology moderate conservatism
memberOf Supreme Court of the United States
militaryBranch United States Navy
nickname Whizzer
notableWork dissenting opinion in Miranda v. Arizona
dissenting opinion in Roe v. Wade
majority opinion in Bowers v. Hardwick
majority opinion in Colorado v. Connelly
occupation attorney
jurist
professional American football player
placeOfBirth Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
placeOfDeath Denver, Colorado, United States
playedFor Detroit Lions
Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL)
politicalParty Democratic Party
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
United States Deputy Attorney General
positionPlayed halfback
religion Methodism
sexOrGender male
sport American football
startTime 1961-01
1962-04-16


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