Stephen J. Field

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Stephen J. Field was a 19th-century Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his strong defense of economic liberties and influential role in shaping substantive due process jurisprudence.

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Stephen J. Field canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
human
lawyer
politician
appointedBy Abraham Lincoln
burialPlace Rock Creek Cemetery
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1816-11-04
dateOfDeath 1899-04-09
educatedAt Williams College
endTime 1897-12-01
familyName Field
givenName Stephen
knownFor defense of economic liberties
development of substantive due process jurisprudence
long tenure on the U.S. Supreme Court
legalPhilosophy laissez-faire constitutionalism
substantive due process
memberOf Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
middleName Johnson
notableFor advocacy of corporate rights under the Fourteenth Amendment
influence on Gilded Age constitutional law
notableWork opinion in Munn v. Illinois (dissent)
opinion in Pennoyer v. Neff
opinion in Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Co.
Slaughter-House Cases
surface form: opinion in The Slaughter-House Cases (dissent)
occupation judge
lawyer
politician
partOf Fuller Court
Waite Court
placeOfBirth Haddam, Connecticut
surface form: Haddam, Connecticut, United States
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California
Justice of the Supreme Court of California
practicedLawIn California, United States
precededBy Stephen Johnson Field seat created by Congress (tenth seat)
relative David Dudley Field I
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
sexOrGender male
sibling Cyrus West Field
David Dudley Field II
Henry Martyn Field
spouse Sue Virginia Swearingen
startTime 1863-05-20
succeededBy Joseph McKenna
workLocation California, United States
Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States

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The Civil Rights Cases (1883) joinedByInMajority Stephen J. Field
subject surface form: The Civil Rights Cases
Slaughter-House Cases dissentingOpinionBy Stephen J. Field
Chase Court member Stephen J. Field
Texas v. White hasDissentBy Stephen J. Field
Joseph McKenna precededInOfficeBy Stephen J. Field
David J. Brewer relative Stephen J. Field
Munn v. Illinois dissentingOpinionBy Stephen J. Field