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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Melville W. Fuller canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Melville W. Fuller Context triple: [Lochner v. New York, joinedByInMajority, Melville W. Fuller]
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Justice George Sutherland
Justice George Sutherland was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his conservative jurisprudence and influential role in the Court’s early 20th-century decisions limiting federal power.
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Oliver Wendell Douglas
Oliver Wendell Douglas is the city-slicker lawyer-turned-farmer protagonist of the classic American sitcom "Green Acres."
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Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite
Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite was the seventh Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from 1874 to 1888 and presiding over key Reconstruction-era and civil rights cases.
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John W. Marshall
John W. Marshall is an American lawyer and public official best known for serving as Virginia’s Secretary of Public Safety and as the son of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.
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E.
Justice Harlan F. Stone
Justice Harlan F. Stone was an Associate Justice and later Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, known for his support of New Deal legislation and his influential opinions on constitutional law and civil liberties.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Melville W. Fuller Target entity description: 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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A.
Justice George Sutherland
Justice George Sutherland was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his conservative jurisprudence and influential role in the Court’s early 20th-century decisions limiting federal power.
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B.
Oliver Wendell Douglas
Oliver Wendell Douglas is the city-slicker lawyer-turned-farmer protagonist of the classic American sitcom "Green Acres."
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C.
Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite
Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite was the seventh Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from 1874 to 1888 and presiding over key Reconstruction-era and civil rights cases.
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D.
John W. Marshall
John W. Marshall is an American lawyer and public official best known for serving as Virginia’s Secretary of Public Safety and as the son of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.
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Justice Harlan F. Stone
Justice Harlan F. Stone was an Associate Justice and later Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, known for his support of New Deal legislation and his influential opinions on constitutional law and civil liberties.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chief Justice of the United States
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human ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Grover Cleveland ⓘ |
| buriedIn | Graceland Cemetery ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1833-02-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1910-07-04 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Bowdoin College
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Harvard Law School ⓘ |
| endTime | 1910-07-04 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Fuller ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
constitutional law
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jurisprudence ⓘ |
| givenName | Melville ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | The Honorable ⓘ |
| knownFor |
decisions limiting government regulation of the economy
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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
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surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
|
| middleName | Weston ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableCase |
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
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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.
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participation in Plessy v. Ferguson decision ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 9 ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
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lawyer ⓘ |
| partOf | Fuller Court ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Augusta, Maine
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surface form:
Augusta, Maine, United States
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| placeOfDeath | Sorrento, Maine, United States ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | conservative jurisprudence ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief Justice of the United States
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member of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| practicedLawIn | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite
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surface form:
Morrison Waite
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| 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.
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surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
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Subject: Melville W. Fuller Description of subject: 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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