Justice Samuel Nelson

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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States human

Justice Samuel Nelson was a 19th-century Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his moderate judicial philosophy and influential opinions on federal jurisdiction and maritime law.

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Justice Samuel Nelson canonical	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ human ⓘ
appointedBy	John Tyler ⓘ
appointedToBody	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
areaOfLaw	admiralty law ⓘ commercial law ⓘ federal jurisdiction ⓘ maritime law ⓘ
burialPlace	Lakewood Cemetery, Cooperstown, New York, United States ⓘ surface form: Lakewood Cemetery, Cooperstown, New York
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1792-11-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1873-12-13 ⓘ
educatedAt	Middlebury College ⓘ Williams College ⓘ surface form: Williams College (attended briefly)
endTime	1872 (service on the U.S. Supreme Court) ⓘ
familyName	Nelson ⓘ
fatherInLaw	John Russell (New York politician) ⓘ
givenName	Samuel ⓘ
knownFor	moderate judicial philosophy ⓘ opinions on federal jurisdiction ⓘ opinions on maritime law ⓘ role in Prize Cases jurisprudence context ⓘ service during the American Civil War era on the Supreme Court ⓘ
memberOf	New York Supreme Court ⓘ Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
nominatedBy	John Tyler ⓘ
notableCase	Cooley v. Board of Wardens ⓘ Murray v. The Charming Betsy (applied as precedent, not author) ⓘ Dissent in the Prize Cases (1863) ⓘ surface form: The Prize Cases (dissented)
occupation	judge ⓘ lawyer ⓘ
partOf	Chase Court ⓘ Taney Court ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Hebron, New York ⓘ surface form: Hebron, New York, United States
placeOfDeath	Cooperstown, New York ⓘ surface form: Cooperstown, New York, United States
politicalAlignment	Democratic Party-leaning jurist (historical characterization) ⓘ
positionHeld	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court ⓘ Justice of the New York Supreme Court ⓘ
practicedIn	Cortland, New York ⓘ
precededBy	Smith Thompson (as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court) ⓘ surface form: Smith Thompson (on the U.S. Supreme Court)
religion	Presbyterianism (commonly attributed) ⓘ
residence	Cooperstown, New York ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Catharine Ann Russell ⓘ
startTime	1845 (service on the U.S. Supreme Court) ⓘ
studied	law ⓘ
succeededBy	Ward Hunt (as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court) ⓘ surface form: Ward Hunt (on the U.S. Supreme Court)
workLocation	New York (as state judge and lawyer) ⓘ Washington, D.C. (as Supreme Court Justice) ⓘ

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Samuel Nelson → alternateName → Justice Samuel Nelson ⓘ

Dissent in the Prize Cases (1863) → authoredBy → Justice Samuel Nelson ⓘ