Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was a long-serving U.S. Supreme Court Justice and influential legal thinker known for his contributions to American common law and free speech jurisprudence.

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instanceOf Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
human
jurist
legal scholar
veteran
appointedBy Theodore Roosevelt
burialPlace Arlington National Cemetery
conflict American Civil War
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1841-03-08
dateOfDeath 1935-03-06
educatedAt Harvard College
linked to: Harvard University

Harvard Law School
endTime 1932-01-12
familyName Holmes
father Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
fieldOfWork American common law
constitutional law
freedom of speech jurisprudence
fullName Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
givenName Oliver
honorificSuffix Jr.
influenced American legal realism
linked to: legal realism

First Amendment jurisprudence
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Supreme Court of the United States
militaryBranch Union Army
mother Amelia Lee Jackson
movement legal realism
notableIdea "marketplace of ideas" metaphor in free speech
clear and present danger test
notableWork "Clear and present danger" doctrine
Abrams v. United States dissent
Buck v. Bell opinion
Lochner v. New York dissent
linked to: Lochner v. New York

Schenck v. United States opinion
The Common Law
occupation judge
lawyer
legal scholar
placeOfBirth Boston, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C., United States
linked to: Washington, D.C.
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
linked to: Chief Justice
residence Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Washington, D.C., United States
linked to: Washington, D.C.
spouse Fanny Bowditch Dixwell
startTime 1902-12-04

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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. child Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. child Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
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Hollis Hall hasNotableResident Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Phillips Academy Andover hasNotableAlumni Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Gitlow v. New York hasDissentBy Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Benjamin N. Cardozo precededBy Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
subject linked to: Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. fullName Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Louis Calhern portrayed Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. in The Magnificent Yankee
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Schenck v. United States majorityOpinionBy Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Amelia Lee Jackson child Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Amelia Lee Jackson notableRelative Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Frohwerk v. United States opinionBy Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Frohwerk v. United States authorOfMajorityOpinion Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Abrams v. United States dissentingOpinionBy Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Lochner v. New York dissentBy Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Debs v. United States opinionBy Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Hammer v. Dagenhart dissentingOpinionBy Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Roscoe Pound influencedBy Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
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The Common Law author Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Buck v. Bell opinion hasAuthor Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
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Fanny Bowditch Dixwell spouse Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
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The Magnificent Yankee basedOn Mr. Justice Holmes (biography)
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Adkins v. Children’s Hospital dissentingJustices Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Powell v. Alabama majorityJustices Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Whitney v. California concurrenceBy Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Myers v. United States dissentingOpinionBy Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Joseph Rucker Lamar servedAlongside Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Eisner v. Macomber hasDissentBy Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
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Lucas v. Earl majorityOpinionBy Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Nixon v. Herndon majorityOpinionBy Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
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Horace Gray succeededInOfficeBy Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.