William S. Andrews
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William S. Andrews was an American judge best known for his influential dissent in the landmark tort law case Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co., which helped shape modern concepts of proximate cause.
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| William S. Andrews canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American judge
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human ⓘ judge ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1858-05-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1936-01-17 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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surface form:
Harvard College
Harvard Law School ⓘ |
| employer | State of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
jurisprudence
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tort law ⓘ |
| genre | judicial opinions ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
American tort law
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doctrine of proximate cause ⓘ legal scholars of tort law ⓘ |
| knownFor | dissenting opinion in Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co. ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalPhilosophy | emphasis on practical justice over rigid foreseeability tests ⓘ |
| memberOf | New York Court of Appeals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableIdea | broad conception of proximate cause in tort law ⓘ |
| notableWork | dissent in Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
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lawyer ⓘ |
| partOf | American legal history ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Syracuse, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Syracuse, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Judge of the New York Court of Appeals ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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