George Sutherland

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George Sutherland was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and a leading conservative jurist of the early 20th century, known for his strong defense of limited government and property rights.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
human
appointedBy Warren G. Harding
burialPlace Mount Olivet Cemetery
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1862-03-25
dateOfDeath 1942-07-18
educatedAt Brigham Young University
surface form: Brigham Young Academy

University of Michigan Law School
endTime 1938-01-17
familyName Sutherland
fieldOfWork constitutional law
jurisprudence
givenName George
ideology classical liberalism
conservatism
knownFor defense of limited government
defense of property rights
opposition to New Deal legislation
memberOf Lochner v. New York
surface form: Lochner era Supreme Court
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party
nativeLanguage English
nominatedBy Warren G. Harding
notableWork Adkins v. Children’s Hospital
Powell v. Alabama
United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp.
occupation judge
lawyer
politician
partOf Four Horsemen (Supreme Court)
placeOfBirth Buckinghamshire
England
Stony Stratford
placeOfDeath Massachusetts
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
surface form: Stockbridge

United States of America
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. Representative
surface form: United States Representative

United States Senator
religion Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
represented Utah
representedIn United States Senate
residence Provo, Utah
Washington, D.C.
sexOrGender male
spouse Rosamond Lee
startTime 1922-10-02
workLocation Utah

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Palko v. Connecticut dissentingJustice George Sutherland
Palko v. Connecticut majorityJustices George Sutherland
Stanley Forman Reed replaced George Sutherland