John Paul Stevens

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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States author human jurist lawyer

John Paul Stevens was a long-serving associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his independent, often liberal-leaning opinions and influential dissents.

Aliases (1)

Justice John Paul Stevens ×3

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States → author → human → jurist → lawyer →
appointedBy	Gerald Ford →
awardReceived	Presidential Medal of Freedom →
barAdmission	Illinois → Supreme Court of the United States →
causeOfDeath	stroke →
child	Elizabeth Stevens → John Joseph Stevens → Kathryn Stevens →
conflict	World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1920-04-20 →
dateOfDeath	2019-07-16 →
educatedAt	Northwestern University → Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law → University of Chicago → University of Chicago Laboratory Schools →
endTime	2010-06-29 →
familyName	Stevens →
fullName	John Paul Stevens →
givenName	John →
knownFor	independent judicial philosophy → influential dissenting opinions → liberal-leaning jurisprudence in later years →
memberOf	Supreme Court of the United States →
militaryBranch	United States Navy →
militaryRank	lieutenant junior grade →
notableWork	The Making of a Justice: Reflections on My First 94 Years → dissent in Bush v. Gore → opinion in Atkins v. Virginia → opinion in Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. → opinion in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld → opinion in Rasul v. Bush →
occupation	judge → lawyer → university teacher →
placeOfBirth	Chicago, Illinois, United States →
placeOfDeath	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States →
politicalAlignment	independent →
positionHeld	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States →
precededBy	William O. Douglas →
religion	Protestantism →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Elizabeth Jane Shereen → Maryan Mulholland Simon →
startTime	1975-12-19 →
succeededBy	Elena Kagan →
workLocation	Washington, D.C., United States →

Referenced by (36)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah → County of Allegheny v. ACLU → Craig v. Boren → Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins →	concurrenceBy
Cheney v. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia → Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 → Printz v. United States → Regents of the University of California v. Bakke →	dissentBy
Craig v. Boren → Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson → Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. → United States v. Comstock →	joinedByInMajority
Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan ("Justice John Paul Stevens") → National League of Cities v. Usery → United States v. Lopez →	dissentingOpinionBy
Clinton v. Jones → Gonzales v. Raich → Saenz v. Roe →	majorityOpinionBy
Baldwin v. Fish and Game Commission of Montana → opinion in Texas v. Johnson →	dissentingJustices
Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (2007) dissent → United States v. Virginia (1996) majority opinion →	joinedBy
Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority ("Justice John Paul Stevens") → INS v. Chadha ("Justice John Paul Stevens") →	joinedMajority
Planned Parenthood v. Casey →	concurringInPartBy
American Insurance Assn. v. Garamendi →	dissentingJoiner
Bush v. Gore →	dissentingJustice
John Paul Stevens →	fullName
Stevens →	hasNotableBearer
ABA Medal →	hasRecipient
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 →	joinedBreyerDissentBy
County of Allegheny v. ACLU →	joinedByInPart
Gerald Ford administration →	judicialAppointment
2009 U.S. presidential inauguration of Barack Obama →	justiceAdministeringOathToVicePresident
Clinton v. Jones →	justiceInMajority
William O. Douglas →	succeededBy