Hugo L. Black

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United States Supreme Court justice human lawyer politician

Hugo L. Black was a long-serving U.S. Supreme Court justice known for his strong advocacy of civil liberties and broad interpretation of the Constitution, particularly the First Amendment.

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Label	Occurrences
Hugo L. Black canonical	56
Hugo Black	13
Justice Hugo L. Black	5
Justice Hugo Black	4
Hugo Lafayette Black	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court justice ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ
appointedBy	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
barAdmittedTo	Alabama State Bar ⓘ
branchOfService	United States Medical Department (Army) ⓘ surface form: Medical Corps of the United States Army
conflictParticipatedIn	World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1886-02-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1971-09-25 ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Alabama ⓘ University of Alabama School of Law ⓘ
endTime	1971-09-17 ⓘ
endTimeAsSenatorFromAlabama	1937-08-19 ⓘ
familyName	Black ⓘ
givenName	Hugo ⓘ
ideology	New Deal liberal ⓘ civil libertarian ⓘ
knownFor	broad interpretation of the First Amendment ⓘ doctrine of incorporation of the Bill of Rights against the states ⓘ strong advocacy of civil liberties ⓘ textualist approach to the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
militaryService	United States Army ⓘ
notableFor	absolutist view of the First Amendment’s free speech clause ⓘ support for separation of church and state ⓘ
notableWork	Betts v. Brady ⓘ surface form: opinion in Betts v. Brady (dissent) opinion in Engel v. Vitale (concurrence) ⓘ opinion in Everson v. Board of Education ⓘ opinion in Gideon v. Wainwright ⓘ opinion in Korematsu v. United States (majority) ⓘ
numberOfChildren	3 ⓘ
occupation	attorney ⓘ judge ⓘ politician ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Harlan, Clay County, Alabama, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Bethesda, Maryland ⓘ surface form: Bethesda, Maryland, United States
positionHeld	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ United States Senator ⓘ surface form: United States Senator from Alabama
practicedLawIn	Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ
religion	Baptist ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Elizabeth Seay DeMeritte Black ⓘ Josephine Foster Black ⓘ
startTime	1937-08-19 ⓘ
startTimeAsSenatorFromAlabama	1927-03-04 ⓘ
stateRepresentedInSenate	Alabama ⓘ
workLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C., United States

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Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States → justiceInMajority → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Black → hasNotableBearer → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

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Gideon v. Wainwright → majorityOpinionBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Zschernig v. Miller → concurrenceBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice Hugo L. Black

Mapp v. Ohio → joinedByInMajority → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Mapp v. Ohio → concurrenceBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Shelley v. Kraemer → joinedBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Cooper v. Aaron → justiceJoiningOpinion → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

New York Times Co. v. United States → justiceInMajority → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

New York Times Co. v. United States → concurringOpinionBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District → dissentBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

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Engel v. Vitale → majorityOpinionBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Engel v. Vitale → majorityJustices → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Lemon v. Kurtzman → joinedByInMajority → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Lemon v. Kurtzman → concurrenceBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Everson v. Board of Education → majorityOpinionBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

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Justice Willis Van Devanter → succeededInSupremeCourtSeatBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

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South Carolina v. Katzenbach → hasDissentingJustice → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

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Palko v. Connecticut → majorityJustices → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Betts v. Brady → dissentingJustices → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Betts v. Brady → dissentingOpinionBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette → justiceOnMajority → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Willis Van Devanter → replacedBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

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Murdock v. Pennsylvania → joinedByInMajority → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

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Boynton v. Virginia → majorityOpinionBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

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Katzenbach v. Morgan → joinedByInMajority → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

United Public Workers v. Mitchell → dissentingJustice → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Wolf v. Colorado → concurrenceBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections → hasDissentingOpinionBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Korematsu v. United States → majorityOpinionBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

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Korematsu v. United States → majorityJustices → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

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United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association → majorityOpinionBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Shapiro v. Thompson → dissentingJustices → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

United States v. Guest → joinedByInMajority → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

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Dennis v. United States → dissentBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Baker v. Carr → majorityJustices → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Katz v. United States → dissentBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

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Roth v. United States → joinedByInMajority → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Roth v. United States → dissentBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Malloy v. Hogan → majorityJustices → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v. Volpe → hasConcurrenceAuthor → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

New York Times Co. v. Sullivan → joinedByInMajority → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

New York Times Co. v. Sullivan → concurrenceBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Minersville School District v. Gobitis → hasJustice → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Cox v. Louisiana → concurringOpinionBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Cox v. Louisiana → joinedByInMajority → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Hague v. CIO → concurringOpinionBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

393 U.S. 503 → dissentingOpinionBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

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Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham → joinedByInMajority → Hugo L. Black ⓘ

Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham → dissentBy → Hugo L. Black ⓘ