Lewis F. Powell Jr.

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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States human

Lewis F. Powell Jr. was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1972–1987) known as a pivotal moderate whose swing votes shaped landmark decisions on issues such as abortion, affirmative action, and the death penalty.

Aliases (4)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States → human →
appointedBy	Richard Nixon →
awardReceived	Presidential Medal of Freedom →
barAdmission	Virginia State Bar →
birthName	Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. →
conflict	World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1907-09-19 →
dateOfDeath	1998-08-25 →
educatedAt	Harvard Law School → Washington and Lee University → Washington and Lee University School of Law →
endTime	1987-06-26 →
familyName	Powell →
givenName	Lewis →
honorificSuffix	Jr. →
ideology	judicial moderation →
knownFor	being a swing vote on the U.S. Supreme Court → influence on abortion rights jurisprudence → influence on affirmative action jurisprudence → influence on death penalty jurisprudence →
memberOf	American Bar Association → Democratic Party (United States) → Supreme Court of the United States →
militaryBranch	United States Army Air Forces →
militaryRank	Colonel →
notableWork	majority opinion in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke → opinion in Roe v. Wade (concurring in part) and related abortion jurisprudence → pivotal votes in death penalty cases including Gregg v. Georgia →
numberOfChildren	4 →
occupation	corporate attorney → judge → lawyer →
placeOfBirth	Suffolk, Virginia, United States →
placeOfDeath	Richmond, Virginia, United States →
politicalAlignment	moderate conservative →
positionHeld	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States → President of the American Bar Association →
precededBy	John Marshall Harlan II →
religion	Presbyterianism →
residence	Richmond, Virginia, United States →
signature	signature of Lewis F. Powell Jr. →
spouse	Josephine Pierce Rucker Powell →
startTime	1972-01-07 →
succeededBy	Anthony Kennedy →
workLocation	Washington, D.C., United States →

Referenced by (28)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Gregg v. Georgia → Regents of the University of California v. Bakke → San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez → Supreme Court of New Hampshire v. Piper ("Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.") →	majorityOpinionBy
Craig v. Boren → INS v. Chadha ("Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.") → Regents of the University of California v. Bakke →	concurrenceBy
Craig v. Boren → Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson → National League of Cities v. Usery →	joinedByInMajority
Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority ("Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.") → INS v. Chadha ("Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.") → South Dakota v. Dole →	joinedMajority
Milliken v. Bradley ("Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.") → Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan ("Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.") →	dissentingOpinionBy
Lewis F. Powell Jr. ("Lewis Franklin Powell Jr.") →	birthName
Wisconsin v. Yoder ("Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. (joined later jurisprudentially in related contexts)") →	concurringOpinionBy
Plyler v. Doe →	hasConcurrenceBy
Roe v. Wade →	hasConcurringJustice
ABA Medal →	hasRecipient
Furman v. Georgia →	justiceInDissent
Baldwin v. Fish and Game Commission of Montana →	majorityJustices
Doe v. Bolton →	majorityJusticesJoining
Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States Courthouse →	namedAfter
Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States Courthouse ("Lewis F. Powell Jr. as Supreme Court Justice") →	namedForRole
American Bar Association Medal →	notableRecipient
McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green ("Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.") →	opinionBy
Anthony M. Kennedy →	precededBy