William J. Brennan Jr.

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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States human

William J. Brennan Jr. was a long-serving associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his influential liberal opinions expanding civil rights and civil liberties.

Aliases (3)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States → human →
appointedBy	Dwight D. Eisenhower →
awardReceived	Presidential Medal of Freedom →
burialPlace	Arlington National Cemetery →
conflict	World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1906-04-25 →
dateOfDeath	1997-07-24 →
educatedAt	Harvard Law School → University of Pennsylvania →
employer	Supreme Court of the United States →
endTime	1990-07-20 →
familyName	Brennan →
fieldOfWork	civil liberties law → civil rights law → constitutional law →
givenName	William →
heritage	Irish American →
honorificSuffix	Jr. →
ideology	judicial liberalism →
knownFor	advocacy of the "living Constitution" approach → expanding civil rights and civil liberties through Supreme Court opinions →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	Democratic Party (United States) →
militaryBranch	United States Army →
notableIdea	broad interpretation of the Bill of Rights → heightened protection for freedom of speech and press → one person, one vote principle →
notableWork	Baker v. Carr → Eisenstadt v. Baird → New York Times Co. v. Sullivan → Roth v. United States →
numberOfChildren	3 →
occupation	judge → lawyer →
placeOfBirth	Newark, New Jersey, United States →
placeOfDeath	Arlington, Virginia, United States →
positionHeld	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey → Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States →
previousWorkplace	Supreme Court of New Jersey →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Marjorie Leonard Brennan → Mary Fowler Brennan →
startTime	1956-10-15 →
workLocation	Washington, D.C., United States →

Referenced by (38)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
County of Allegheny v. ACLU → Regents of the University of California v. Bakke → South Dakota v. Dole → Zschernig v. Miller ("Justice William J. Brennan Jr.") →	concurrenceBy
Mapp v. Ohio → Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson → Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan ("Justice William J. Brennan Jr.") → Saenz v. Roe →	joinedByInMajority
Milliken v. Bradley ("Justice William J. Brennan Jr.") → National League of Cities v. Usery → San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez →	dissentingOpinionBy
Furman v. Georgia → Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States → New York Times Co. v. United States →	justiceInMajority
Craig v. Boren → Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins → Sherbert v. Verner →	majorityOpinionBy
William J. Brennan Jr. ("William Joseph Brennan Jr.") → William J. Brennan Jr. ("William Joseph Brennan Jr.") →	fullName
Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority ("Justice William J. Brennan Jr.") → INS v. Chadha ("Justice William J. Brennan Jr.") →	joinedMajority
De Canas v. Bica →	authorOfMajorityOpinion
Roe v. Wade →	hasConcurringJustice
Employment Division v. Smith →	hasDissentBy
Lynch v. Donnelly ("Justice William J. Brennan Jr. (in part and dissent in part)") →	hasJoinedMajority
University of Pennsylvania Law School →	hasNotableAlumni
Brennan →	hasNotableBearer
ABA Medal →	hasRecipient
Gideon v. Wainwright →	joinedBy
County of Allegheny v. ACLU →	joinedByInPart
Cooper v. Aaron →	justiceJoiningOpinion
opinion in Texas v. Johnson →	majorityAuthor
Baldwin v. Fish and Game Commission of Montana →	majorityJustices
Doe v. Bolton →	majorityJusticesJoining
American Bar Association Medal →	notableRecipient
De Canas v. Bica →	opinionBy
Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins →	pluralityOpinionBy
David H. Souter →	replaced