Willis Van Devanter

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American jurist Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States human judge lawyer

Willis Van Devanter was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1911 to 1937 and was known as a leading conservative voice on the Court during the early 20th century.

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Label	Occurrences
Willis Van Devanter canonical	19

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American jurist ⓘ Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ human ⓘ judge ⓘ lawyer ⓘ
appointedBy	Theodore Roosevelt ⓘ President William Howard Taft ⓘ surface form: William Howard Taft
barAdmission	Indiana ⓘ
burialPlace	Rock Creek Cemetery ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1859-04-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1941-02-08 ⓘ
educatedAt	Cincinnati Law School ⓘ DePauw University ⓘ
endTime	1890 ⓘ 1911-12-18 ⓘ 1937-06-02 ⓘ
familyName	Van Devanter ⓘ
fieldOfWork	constitutional law ⓘ federal jurisdiction ⓘ
givenName	Willis ⓘ
heritage	Dutch-American descent ⓘ
knownFor	conservative jurisprudence ⓘ
memberOf	Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republican Party (United States)
notableFor	opposition to court-packing plan of 1937 ⓘ
notableWork	decisions limiting New Deal legislation ⓘ
occupation	judge ⓘ law professor ⓘ lawyer ⓘ
partOf	Four Horsemen (Supreme Court) ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Marion, Indiana, 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 Wyoming Territorial Supreme Court ⓘ Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ⓘ
practicedLawIn	Wyoming Territory ⓘ
religion	Methodism ⓘ
replaced	Edward Douglass White ⓘ surface form: Edward Douglass White (as Associate Justice)
replacedBy	Hugo L. Black ⓘ surface form: Hugo Black
residence	Cheyenne ⓘ surface form: Cheyenne, Wyoming Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Delice Burhans ⓘ
startTime	1889 ⓘ 1903-02-18 ⓘ 1911-12-18 ⓘ
workLocation	Cheyenne ⓘ surface form: Cheyenne, Wyoming

Referenced by (19)

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NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. → dissentingJustice → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ

United States v. Butler → majorityJusticesJoining → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ

Palko v. Connecticut → dissentingJustice → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ

Hammer v. Dagenhart → joinedByInMajority → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ

Four Horsemen (Supreme Court) → member → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ

Adkins v. Children’s Hospital → majorityJustices → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ

United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. → majorityJusticesJoining → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ

Powell v. Alabama → dissentingJustices → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ

Near v. Minnesota → dissentBy → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ

Van Devanter → notableBearer → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ

Joseph Rucker Lamar → servedAlongside → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ

West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish → hasDissentingJustice → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ

Nebbia v. New York → dissentingJustices → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ

Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell → dissentingJustice → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ

William Howard Taft administration → appointed → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ

Cincinnati Law School → educated → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ

Cincinnati Law School → notableAlumnus → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ

Delice Burhans → spouse → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ

Frances B. Miner → spouse → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ