Melville W. Fuller

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Melville W. Fuller was the eighth Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from 1888 to 1910 and presiding over a conservative era marked by decisions limiting government regulation of the economy.

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Melville W. Fuller canonical 4

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instanceOf Chief Justice of the United States
human
appointedBy Grover Cleveland
buriedIn Graceland Cemetery
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1833-02-11
dateOfDeath 1910-07-04
educatedAt Bowdoin College
Harvard Law School
endTime 1910-07-04
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Fuller
fieldOfWork constitutional law
jurisprudence
givenName Melville
honorificPrefix The Honorable
knownFor decisions limiting government regulation of the economy
leading the Fuller Court
presiding over a conservative era of the U.S. Supreme Court
legalSystem common law of the United States
memberOf Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
middleName Weston
nativeLanguage English
notableCase Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
surface form: Plessy v. Ferguson

Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.
United States v. E. C. Knight Co.
notableWork lead opinion in Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.
participation in Plessy v. Ferguson decision
numberOfChildren 9
occupation judge
lawyer
partOf Fuller Court
placeOfBirth Augusta, Maine
surface form: Augusta, Maine, United States
placeOfDeath Sorrento, Maine, United States
politicalAlignment conservative jurisprudence
positionHeld Chief Justice of the United States
member of the Supreme Court of the United States
practicedLawIn Chicago, Illinois, United States
precededBy Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite
surface form: Morrison Waite
religion Episcopalianism
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States
sexOrGender male
spouse Harriet W. Terry NERFINISHED
startTime 1888-10-08
succeededBy Edward Douglass White
workLocation Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States

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