Felix Frankfurter

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Felix Frankfurter was an influential American jurist and Harvard Law professor who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1939 to 1962.

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instanceOf Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
human
jurist
law professor
advisorTo Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
appointedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt
awardReceived American Bar Association Medal
burialPlace Mount Auburn Cemetery
causeOfDeath stroke
countryOfBirth Austria-Hungary
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1882-11-15
dateOfDeath 1965-02-22
degree LL.B.
educatedAt City College of New York
Harvard Law School
employer Harvard Law School
Harvard University
endTime 1962-08-28
ethnicGroup Jewish
familyName Frankfurter
fieldOfWork administrative law
constitutional law
givenName Felix
memberOf American Civil Liberties Union
Supreme Court of the United States
nominatedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt
notableCase Baker v. Carr
Dennis v. United States
Minersville School District v. Gobitis
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
notableWork advocacy for judicial restraint
opinions emphasizing deference to legislative judgment
occupation judge
lawyer
university teacher
participatedIn founding of the American Civil Liberties Union
placeOfBirth Vienna
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C.
politicalAlignment progressive
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
religion Judaism
residence Cambridge, Massachusetts
Washington, D.C.
sexOrGender male
startTime 1939-01-30
workedAt U.S. Bureau of Insular Affairs
U.S. Department of War


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