Melville W. Fuller

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Melville W. Fuller was the eighth Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from 1888 to 1910 and presiding over a conservative era marked by decisions limiting government regulation of the economy.

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Melville W. Fuller canonical 9
Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
human ⓘ
appointedBy Grover Cleveland ⓘ
buriedIn Graceland Cemetery ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1833-02-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1910-07-04 ⓘ
educatedAt Bowdoin College ⓘ
Harvard Law School ⓘ
endTime 1910-07-04 ⓘ
ethnicGroup White American ⓘ
familyName Fuller ⓘ
fieldOfWork constitutional law ⓘ
jurisprudence ⓘ
givenName Melville ⓘ
honorificPrefix The Honorable ⓘ
knownFor decisions limiting government regulation of the economy ⓘ
leading the Fuller Court ⓘ
presiding over a conservative era of the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ
legalSystem common law of the United States ⓘ
memberOf Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
middleName Weston ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableCase Plessy v. Ferguson ⓘ
Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. ⓘ
United States v. E. C. Knight Co. ⓘ
notableWork lead opinion in Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. ⓘ
participation in Plessy v. Ferguson decision ⓘ
numberOfChildren 9 ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
partOf Fuller Court ⓘ
placeOfBirth Augusta, Maine, United States ⓘ
linked to: Augusta, Maine
placeOfDeath Sorrento, Maine, United States ⓘ
politicalAlignment conservative jurisprudence ⓘ
positionHeld Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
member of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
practicedLawIn Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
precededBy Morrison Waite ⓘ
religion Episcopalianism ⓘ
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Harriet W. Terry ⓘ
startTime 1888-10-08 ⓘ
succeededBy Edward Douglass White ⓘ
workLocation Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
linked to: Washington, D.C.

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Lochner v. New York → joinedByInMajority → Melville W. Fuller ⓘ
Twining v. New Jersey → majorityJustices → Melville W. Fuller ⓘ
Fuller Court → namedAfter → Melville W. Fuller ⓘ
Fuller Court → chiefJustice → Melville W. Fuller ⓘ
Fuller Court → chairperson → Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller ⓘ
linked to: Melville W. Fuller