Anthony M. Kennedy

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Anthony M. Kennedy is a former Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his pivotal swing votes in landmark cases on issues such as same-sex marriage, abortion, and campaign finance.

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Anthony M. Kennedy canonical 121
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy 17
Anthony Kennedy 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
human
judge
lawyer
almaMaterDegree BA from Stanford University
LLB from Harvard Law School
appointedBy Ronald Reagan
appointedToNinthCircuitBy Gerald Ford
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1936-07-23
educatedAt Harvard Law School
London School of Economics
Stanford University
endTime 2018-07-31
endTimeNinthCircuit 1988-02-18
familyName Kennedy
fieldOfWork civil liberties
constitutional law
givenName Anthony
ideologicalRole swing vote on the Supreme Court
knownFor jurisprudence on abortion
jurisprudence on campaign finance
jurisprudence on same-sex marriage
pivotal swing vote on the U.S. Supreme Court
memberOf Supreme Court of the United States
middleName McLeod
name Anthony M. Kennedy self-link
nominatedFor Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
notableCaseOpinion Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
Lawrence v. Texas (in part)
surface form: Lawrence v. Texas

Obergefell v. Hodges
Planned Parenthood v. Casey
United States v. Windsor
numberOfChildren 3
occupation jurist
law professor
placeOfBirth Sacramento
surface form: Sacramento, California, United States
politicalAlignment Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
precededBy Lewis F. Powell Jr.
previousPosition Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
religion Roman Catholicism
retirementAnnounced 2018-06-27
spouse Mary Davis Kennedy
startTime 1988-02-18
startTimeNinthCircuit 1975-05-30
succeededBy Brett M. Kavanaugh
taughtAt McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific
workLocation Washington, D.C.

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Alabama v. Shelton hasDissentBy Anthony M. Kennedy
91-902 opinionAuthors Anthony M. Kennedy
October Term 2012 associateJustice Anthony M. Kennedy
Grutter v. Bollinger dissentBy Anthony M. Kennedy
Romer v. Evans majorityOpinionBy Anthony M. Kennedy
Romer v. Evans majorityJustices Anthony M. Kennedy
Gratz v. Bollinger joinedMajorityJustice Anthony M. Kennedy
Lawrence v. Texas (in part) majorityOpinionBy Anthony M. Kennedy
subject surface form: Lawrence v. Texas
Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018) majorityJoinedBy Anthony M. Kennedy
subject surface form: Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association
King v. Burwell majorityJustices Anthony M. Kennedy
Shaw v. Reno joinedByInMajority Anthony M. Kennedy
Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education dissentingOpinionBy Anthony M. Kennedy
this entity surface form: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
Alden v. Maine majorityOpinionBy Anthony M. Kennedy
this entity surface form: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
Rehnquist Court compositionIncludes Anthony M. Kennedy
McLeod fullName Anthony M. Kennedy
subject surface form: Anthony M. Kennedy
this entity surface form: Anthony McLeod Kennedy
United States v. Windsor majorityOpinionBy Anthony M. Kennedy
opinion in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld joinedBy Anthony M. Kennedy
this entity surface form: Justice Anthony Kennedy
Kelo v. City of New London hasMajorityJustices Anthony M. Kennedy
this entity surface form: Anthony Kennedy
opinion in Rasul v. Bush joinedBy Anthony M. Kennedy
opinion in Rasul v. Bush concurrenceBy Anthony M. Kennedy
Carpenter v. United States dissentingJustice Anthony M. Kennedy
United States v. Eichman majorityJustices Anthony M. Kennedy
EEOC v. Waffle House, Inc. majorityJustices Anthony M. Kennedy
this entity surface form: Anthony Kennedy
Faragher v. City of Boca Raton dissentBy Anthony M. Kennedy
Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth majorityOpinionBy Anthony M. Kennedy
this entity surface form: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
Alexander v. Sandoval joinedByInMajority Anthony M. Kennedy
St. Mary’s Honor Center v. Hicks joinedByInMajority Anthony M. Kennedy
this entity surface form: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
Stenberg v. Carhart dissentBy Anthony M. Kennedy
United States v. Booker dissentBy Anthony M. Kennedy
Glossip v. Gross majorityJoinedBy Anthony M. Kennedy
Fisher I majorityOpinionBy Anthony M. Kennedy
McCullen v. Coakley concurrenceBy Anthony M. Kennedy
this entity surface form: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
McCullen v. Coakley joinedMajority Anthony M. Kennedy
this entity surface form: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri majorityOpinionBy Anthony M. Kennedy
this entity surface form: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy