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.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American jurist → Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States → human → judge → lawyer →
appointedBy	Theodore Roosevelt → 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 (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., 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 (as Associate Justice) →
replacedBy	Hugo Black →
residence	Cheyenne, Wyoming → Washington, D.C., United States →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Delice Burhans →
startTime	1889 → 1903-02-18 → 1911-12-18 →
workLocation	Cheyenne, Wyoming →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. → Palko v. Connecticut →	dissentingJustice
Hammer v. Dagenhart →	joinedByInMajority
United States v. Butler →	majorityJusticesJoining