Justice Owen J. Roberts

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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States human

Justice Owen J. Roberts was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1930–1945) known for his pivotal swing votes during the New Deal era.

Aliases (1)

Owen J. Roberts ×52

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States → human →
academicDegree	LL.B. →
appointedBy	Herbert Hoover →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1875-05-02 →
dateOfDeath	1955-05-17 →
educatedAt	University of Pennsylvania → University of Pennsylvania Law School →
employer	University of Pennsylvania Law School →
endTime	1945 (as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States) →
familyName	Roberts →
fieldOfWork	constitutional law →
fullName	Owen Josephus Roberts →
givenName	Owen →
honorificPrefix	Justice →
knownFor	independent voting record on the Supreme Court → role in the so-called "switch in time that saved nine" →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	Roberts Commission → Supreme Court of the United States →
namedAfter	Josephus (middle name origin) →
notableFor	pivotal swing votes during the New Deal era → shift from striking down to upholding New Deal legislation →
notableWork	Roberts Commission on the attack on Pearl Harbor → swing vote in New Deal–era Supreme Court decisions → vote in NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. (1937) → vote in West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish (1937) →
occupation	judge → law professor → lawyer →
participatedIn	New Deal constitutional crisis →
placeOfBirth	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States →
placeOfDeath	West Vincent Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States →
politicalAlignment	Republican-leaning →
positionHeld	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States →
religion	Presbyterianism →
replaced	Edward T. Sanford (on the U.S. Supreme Court) →
replacedBy	Harold Hitz Burton (on the U.S. Supreme Court) →
residence	Pennsylvania, United States →
sexOrGender	male →
startTime	1930 (as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States) →
workLocation	Washington, D.C., United States →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Betts v. Brady ("Owen J. Roberts") → Cantwell v. Connecticut ("Owen J. Roberts") → United States v. Butler ("Owen J. Roberts") →	majorityOpinionBy
Murdock v. Pennsylvania → Steward Machine Co. v. Davis →	joinedByInMajority
Betts v. Brady ("Owen J. Roberts") → Palko v. Connecticut ("Owen J. Roberts") →	majorityJustices
Smith v. Allwright ("Owen J. Roberts") →	dissentBy
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette ("Owen J. Roberts") →	dissentingJustice
ABA Medal ("Owen J. Roberts") →	hasRecipient
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. ("Owen J. Roberts") →	majorityJoinedBy