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.

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Label	Occurrences
John Paul Stevens canonical	132
Justice John Paul Stevens	26
John Paul Stevens (in part)	1
Justice John Paul Stevens (in part by some concurrences and dissents on specific issues)	1

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 ⓘ Pritzker School of Law ⓘ surface form: Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law University of Chicago ⓘ University of Chicago Laboratory Schools ⓘ
endTime	2010-06-29 ⓘ
familyName	Stevens ⓘ
fullName	John Paul Stevens self-link ⓘ
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 ⓘ Bush v. Gore ⓘ surface form: 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. ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C., United States

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Bush v. Gore → dissentingJustice → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

United States v. Virginia (1996) majority opinion → joinedBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (2007) dissent → joinedBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Gerald Ford administration → judicialAppointment → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah → concurrenceBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Gonzales v. Raich → majorityOpinionBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

United States v. Comstock → joinedByInMajority → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

United States v. Lopez → dissentingOpinionBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Craig v. Boren → joinedByInMajority → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Craig v. Boren → concurrenceBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan → dissentingOpinionBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice John Paul Stevens

Cheney v. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia → dissentBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

ABA Medal → hasRecipient → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

American Insurance Assn. v. Garamendi → dissentingJoiner → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority → joinedMajority → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice John Paul Stevens

Printz v. United States → dissentBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Planned Parenthood v. Casey → concurringInPartBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Baldwin v. Fish and Game Commission of Montana → dissentingJustices → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

National League of Cities v. Usery → dissentingOpinionBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke → dissentBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Saenz v. Roe → majorityOpinionBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

John Paul Stevens → fullName → John Paul Stevens self-link ⓘ

Stevens → hasNotableBearer → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Clinton v. Jones → majorityOpinionBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Clinton v. Jones → justiceInMajority → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

2009 U.S. presidential inauguration of Barack Obama → justiceAdministeringOathToVicePresident → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

opinion in Texas v. Johnson → dissentingJustices → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson → joinedByInMajority → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins → concurrenceBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. → joinedByInMajority → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

INS v. Chadha → joinedMajority → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice John Paul Stevens

Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 → dissentBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 → joinedBreyerDissentBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

County of Allegheny v. ACLU → joinedByInPart → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

County of Allegheny v. ACLU → concurrenceBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Justice William O. Douglas (in part and dissenting in part) → succeededBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

subject surface form: William O. Douglas

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission → dissentingOpinionBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Lynch v. Donnelly → hasDissentBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice John Paul Stevens

Lee v. Weisman → joinedMajority → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Lee v. Weisman → concurrenceBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Zelman v. Simmons-Harris → dissentingJustices → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

City of Boerne v. Flores → joinedMajority → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

City of Boerne v. Flores → concurrenceBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Van Orden v. Perry → dissentingOpinionBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Cutter v. Wilkinson → hasJusticeOnCourt → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe → majorityOpinionBy → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe → majorityJustices → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

Dickerson v. United States → joinedByInMajority → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

University of Chicago Law School → hasNotableAlumnus → John Paul Stevens ⓘ

United States v. Morrison → joinedDissent → John Paul Stevens ⓘ