Justice Wiley B. Rutledge

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Justice Wiley B. Rutledge was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1943–1949) known for his strong civil liberties jurisprudence and influential dissents, particularly on issues of religious freedom and due process.

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Wiley B. Rutledge 9
Justice Wiley B. Rutledge canonical 6

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instanceOf Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
person ⓘ
appointedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
birthName Wiley Blount Rutledge Jr. ⓘ
burialPlace Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath cerebral hemorrhage ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1894-07-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1949-09-10 ⓘ
educatedAt Indiana University Bloomington ⓘ
linked to: Indiana University

University of Colorado Law School ⓘ
University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ
endTime 1949-09-10 ⓘ
familyName Rutledge ⓘ
fieldOfWork civil liberties ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
givenName Wiley ⓘ
ideology judicial liberalism ⓘ
knownFor influential dissents on due process ⓘ
influential dissents on religious freedom ⓘ
strong civil liberties jurisprudence ⓘ
legalPhilosophy broad view of religious liberty under the First Amendment ⓘ
expansive interpretation of the Bill of Rights ⓘ
strong protection of procedural due process ⓘ
memberOf Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party

Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
nominatedTo Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
notableWork dissent in In re Yamashita (1946) ⓘ
opinion in Everson v. Board of Education (1947) (dissent) ⓘ
opinion in Thomas v. Collins (1945) (concurrence) ⓘ
numberOfChildren 3 ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
law professor ⓘ
university administrator ⓘ
partOf Roosevelt Court ⓘ
placeOfBirth Cloverport, Kentucky, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath York, Maine, United States ⓘ
linked to: York, Maine
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
Dean of the University of Iowa College of Law ⓘ
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ
Professor at Washington University School of Law ⓘ
precededBy James F. Byrnes ⓘ
religion Baptist ⓘ
spouse Annabel Person Rutledge ⓘ
startTime 1943-02-15 ⓘ
succeededBy Sherman Minton ⓘ
workedAt University of Colorado ⓘ
University of Iowa College of Law ⓘ
Washington University in St. Louis ⓘ

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Everson v. Board of Education → dissentingOpinionBy → Justice Wiley B. Rutledge ⓘ
Yamashita v. Styer → dissentingJustice → Justice Wiley B. Rutledge ⓘ
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette → justiceOnMajority → Wiley B. Rutledge ⓘ
linked to: Justice Wiley B. Rutledge
Murdock v. Pennsylvania → joinedByInMajority → Justice Wiley B. Rutledge ⓘ
Yakus v. United States → hasDissentingJustice → Wiley B. Rutledge ⓘ
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Stone Court → hasAssociateJustice → Wiley B. Rutledge ⓘ
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Stone Court → hasMember → Wiley B. Rutledge ⓘ
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Prince v. Massachusetts → majorityOpinionBy → Justice Wiley B. Rutledge ⓘ
Prince v. Massachusetts → joinedByMajority → Justice Wiley B. Rutledge ⓘ
Railway Express Agency v. New York → dissentBy → Wiley B. Rutledge ⓘ
linked to: Justice Wiley B. Rutledge
Adamson v. California → dissentBy → Justice Wiley B. Rutledge ⓘ
United States v. Schine Chain Theatres, Inc. → dissentBy → Wiley B. Rutledge ⓘ
linked to: Justice Wiley B. Rutledge
Annabel Person Rutledge → spouse → Wiley B. Rutledge ⓘ
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Annabel Person Rutledge → partnerInPersonalLifeOf → Wiley B. Rutledge ⓘ
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Annabel Person Rutledge → partnerInProfessionalLifeOf → Wiley B. Rutledge ⓘ
linked to: Justice Wiley B. Rutledge