Justice George Sutherland

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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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instanceOf Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
person
appointedBy Warren G. Harding
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1862-03-25
dateOfDeath 1942-07-18
educatedAt Brigham Young University
surface form: Brigham Young Academy

University of Michigan Law School
endTime 1938-01-17
familyName Sutherland
fieldOfWork constitutional law
federalism
separation of powers
givenName George
ideology conservatism
judicial conservatism
immigratedTo United States of America
knownFor conservative jurisprudence
decisions limiting federal regulatory power
strong view of presidential power in foreign affairs
support for substantive due process
memberOf Supreme Court of the United States
Utah State Bar
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party
nominatedBy Warren G. Harding
notableWork majority opinion in Adkins v. Children’s Hospital (1923)
majority opinion in United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. (1936)
opinion in Powell v. Alabama (1932)
occupation judge
lawyer
politician
partOf Four Horsemen (Supreme Court)
surface form: Four Horsemen (conservative bloc on the U.S. Supreme Court)
placeOfBirth Stony Stratford
surface form: Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England
placeOfDeath Stockbridge, Massachusetts
surface form: Stockbridge, Massachusetts, United States
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Member of the United States House of Representatives from Utah
United States Senator from Utah
precededBy John Hessin Clarke (as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States)
religion Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
surface form: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (background/affiliation in youth)
represented Utah
residence Utah
surface form: Utah, United States
sexOrGender male
spouse Rosamond Lee
startTime 1922-10-02
succeededBy Stanley Forman Reed (as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States)
termEndAsRepresentative 1903-03-03
termEndAsSenator 1917-03-03
termStartAsRepresentative 1901-03-04
termStartAsSenator 1905-03-04
workedAs private practice attorney in Utah

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Steward Machine Co. v. Davis dissentingJustice Justice George Sutherland
Carter v. Carter Coal Co. majorityOpinionBy Justice George Sutherland
Helvering v. Gregory opinionBy Justice George Sutherland