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.

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Justice Potter Stewart 2

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instanceOf Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
human
almaMater Yale Law School
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
Yale University
endTime 1981-07-03
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Stewart
fieldOfWork civil liberties
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
Skull and Bones
militaryBranch United States Navy Reserve
surface form: United States Naval Reserve
nominatedBy Dwight D. Eisenhower
notableWork concurring opinion in Jacobellis v. Ohio
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
jurist
lawyer
placeOfBirth Jackson, Michigan
surface form: Jackson, Michigan, United States
placeOfDeath Hanover, New Hampshire, United States
politicalParty Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
precededBy Harold H. Burton
surface form: Harold Hitz Burton
religion Presbyterianism
residence Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
sexOrGender male
spouse Mary Ann Bertles
startTime 1958-10-14
succeededBy Sandra Day O’Connor
surface form: Sandra Day O'Connor
workLocation Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States

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