Stone Court

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The Stone Court refers to the era of the United States Supreme Court (1941–1946) led by Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone, noted for its decisions on civil liberties, wartime powers, and economic regulation.

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Stone Court canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf era of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
judicial era ⓘ
appliesLaw United States Constitution ⓘ
federal statutes of the United States ⓘ
branchOfGovernment judicial branch of the United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
courtType Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
endDate 1946 ⓘ
focus civil liberties ⓘ
economic regulation ⓘ
wartime powers ⓘ
governmentBranchLevel federal ⓘ
hasAssociateJustice Felix Frankfurter ⓘ
Frank Murphy ⓘ
Harold H. Burton ⓘ
Hugo L. Black ⓘ
James F. Byrnes ⓘ
Robert H. Jackson ⓘ
Stanley F. Reed ⓘ
linked to: Stanley Reed

Wiley B. Rutledge ⓘ
William O. Douglas ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver lower federal courts ⓘ
state court decisions on federal questions ⓘ
hasChiefJustice Harlan F. Stone ⓘ
hasMember Felix Frankfurter ⓘ
Frank Murphy ⓘ
Harlan F. Stone ⓘ
Harold H. Burton ⓘ
Hugo L. Black ⓘ
Robert H. Jackson ⓘ
Wiley B. Rutledge ⓘ
William O. Douglas ⓘ
historicalContext World War II ⓘ
jurisdiction federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
namedAfter Harlan F. Stone ⓘ
notableFor continued acceptance of New Deal economic regulation ⓘ
decisions on wartime detention and military authority ⓘ
expansion of civil liberties jurisprudence ⓘ
partOf history of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
predecessor Hughes Court ⓘ
seat Supreme Court Building ⓘ
startDate 1941 ⓘ
successor Vinson Court ⓘ
timePeriod mid-20th century ⓘ

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