Justice George Sutherland

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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States person

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.

Aliases (1)

George Sutherland ×50

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
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 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 (conservative bloc on the U.S. Supreme Court) →
placeOfBirth	Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England →
placeOfDeath	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	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (background/affiliation in youth) →
represented	Utah →
residence	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 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Steward Machine Co. v. Davis →	dissentingJustice
Carter v. Carter Coal Co. →	majorityOpinionBy
Helvering v. Gregory →	opinionBy