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.

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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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 Justice Harold H. Burton ⓘ
surface form: Harold Hitz Burton (on the U.S. Supreme Court)
residence Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
startTime 1930 (as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States) ⓘ
workLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States

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Steward Machine Co. v. Davis → joinedByInMajority → Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. → majorityJoinedBy → Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
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Cantwell v. Connecticut → majorityOpinionBy → Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
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Smith v. Allwright → dissentBy → Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
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United States v. Butler → majorityOpinionBy → Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
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ABA Medal → hasRecipient → Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
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Palko v. Connecticut → majorityJustices → Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
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Betts v. Brady → majorityOpinionBy → Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
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Betts v. Brady → majorityJustices → Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
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West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette → dissentingJustice → Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
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Murdock v. Pennsylvania → joinedByInMajority → Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
Korematsu v. United States → majorityJustices → Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
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Korematsu v. United States → dissentingJustices → Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
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United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. → majorityJusticesJoining → Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
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Minersville School District v. Gobitis → hasJustice → Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
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Hague v. CIO → pluralityOpinionBy → Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
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Roberts Commission on the attack on Pearl Harbor → chairperson → Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
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Roberts Commission on the attack on Pearl Harbor → hasMember → Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
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Roberts Commission → namedAfter → Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
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New Deal constitutional crisis → hasKeyFigure → Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish → hasJusticeInMajority → Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
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Nebbia v. New York → majorityOpinionBy → Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
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Nebbia v. New York → majorityJustices → Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
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Prince v. Massachusetts → dissentingOpinionBy → Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
United States v. Classic → joinedByInMajority → Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
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