Tom C. Clark

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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States United States Attorney General human jurist lawyer

Tom C. Clark was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1949 to 1967 and previously as U.S. Attorney General under President Harry S. Truman.

Aliases (1)

Justice Tom C. Clark ×3

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States → United States Attorney General → human → jurist → lawyer →
appointedBy	Harry S. Truman →
birthName	Thomas Campbell Clark →
buriedAt	Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery, Dallas, Texas →
causeOfResignation	avoid conflict of interest with son Ramsey Clark as Attorney General →
child	Ramsey Clark →
conflict	World War I →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1899-09-23 →
dateOfDeath	1977-06-13 →
educatedAt	University of Texas School of Law → University of Texas at Austin →
endTime	1967-06-12 →
endTime (as Attorney General)	1949-07-26 →
familyName	Clark →
givenName	Tom →
heldPosition	Assistant Attorney General of the United States →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party →
militaryService	United States Army →
nominatedBy	Harry S. Truman →
notableCase	Abington School District v. Schempp → Mapp v. Ohio →
notableWork	majority opinion in Mapp v. Ohio → opinions in civil rights and criminal procedure cases →
occupation	judge → lawyer → politician →
placeOfBirth	Dallas, Texas, United States →
placeOfDeath	New York City, New York, United States →
positionHeld	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States → Attorney General of the United States →
precededBy (as Attorney General)	Francis Biddle →
precededBy (on Supreme Court)	Frank Murphy →
reasonForEndOfTerm	resignation →
religion	Baptist →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Mary Ramsey Clark →
startTime	1949-08-24 →
startTime (as Attorney General)	1945-06-30 →
succeededBy (as Attorney General)	J. Howard McGrath NERFINISHED →
succeededBy (on Supreme Court)	Thurgood Marshall →
workedAs	private practice lawyer in Dallas →
workedFor	United States Department of Justice → United States Supreme Court → United States government →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States → Katzenbach v. McClung ("Justice Tom C. Clark") → Mapp v. Ohio →	majorityOpinionBy
Gideon v. Wainwright → Shelley v. Kraemer →	joinedBy
Katzenbach v. Morgan → Wolf v. Colorado →	joinedByInMajority
Escobedo v. Illinois →	dissentBy
ABA Medal →	hasRecipient
Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States →	justiceInMajority
Cooper v. Aaron →	justiceJoiningOpinion
Engel v. Vitale →	majorityJustices
Ollie’s Barbecue case ("Justice Tom C. Clark") →	opinionBy
Thurgood Marshall →	precededBy
Ollie’s Barbecue purchased a substantial portion of its food from out-of-state suppliers ("Justice Tom C. Clark") →	wasUsedInOpinionBy