Potter Stewart
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Potter Stewart was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, known for his influential opinions on civil liberties, criminal justice, and obscenity law during the mid-20th century.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Justice Potter Stewart | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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human ⓘ |
| almaMater |
Yale Law School
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Yale University ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ |
| barAdmission | Ohio ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1915-01-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1985-12-07 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Yale Law School
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Yale University ⓘ |
| endTime | 1981-07-03 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Stewart ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civil liberties
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constitutional law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ obscenity law ⓘ |
| givenName | Potter ⓘ |
| knownFor | "I know it when I see it" description of hard-core pornography ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Phi Beta Kappa Society
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Skull and Bones ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
United States Navy Reserve
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surface form:
United States Naval Reserve
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| nominatedBy | Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ |
| notableWork |
concurring opinion in Jacobellis v. Ohio
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opinion in Ginzburg v. United States ⓘ opinion in Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. ⓘ opinion in Katz v. United States ⓘ opinion in Sierra Club v. Morton ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
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jurist ⓘ lawyer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Jackson, Michigan
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surface form:
Jackson, Michigan, United States
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| placeOfDeath | Hanover, New Hampshire, United States ⓘ |
| politicalParty |
Republican Party
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Republican Party (United States)
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| positionHeld |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Harold H. Burton
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surface form:
Harold Hitz Burton
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| religion | Presbyterianism ⓘ |
| residence | Cincinnati, Ohio, United States ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary Ann Bertles ⓘ |
| startTime | 1958-10-14 ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
Sandra Day O’Connor
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surface form:
Sandra Day O'Connor
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| workLocation |
Washington, D.C.
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surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
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Justice Potter Stewart
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Justice Potter Stewart