Justice James C. McReynolds

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Justice James C. McReynolds was a conservative Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1914–1941), known for his opposition to New Deal legislation and his often abrasive, reactionary judicial and personal views.

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instanceOf Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
person ⓘ
appointedBy Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
appointedBy (as Attorney General) Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1862-02-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1946-08-24 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Virginia School of Law ⓘ
Vanderbilt University ⓘ
endTime 1941-02-01 ⓘ
endTime (as Attorney General) 1914 ⓘ
familyName McReynolds ⓘ
fieldOfWork administrative law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
heritage American of Scotch-Irish descent ⓘ
ideology judicial conservatism ⓘ
knownFor abrasive judicial temperament ⓘ
membership in the Four Horsemen bloc on the Supreme Court ⓘ
opposition to New Deal legislation ⓘ
reactionary personal views ⓘ
legalPhilosophy laissez-faire constitutionalism ⓘ
memberOf Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
middleName Clark ⓘ
nominatedBy Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
notableFor striking down several early New Deal measures ⓘ
notableWork majority and dissenting opinions in cases limiting federal economic regulation in the 1920s and 1930s ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
partyAffiliation Democratic Party ⓘ
placeOfBirth Elkton, Kentucky ⓘ
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C. ⓘ
politicalAlignment conservative ⓘ
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
United States Attorney General ⓘ
precededBy Horace Harmon Lurton ⓘ
religion Baptist ⓘ
residence Elkton, Kentucky ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
servedIn United States Department of Justice ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
startTime 1914-10-12 ⓘ
startTime (as Attorney General) 1913 ⓘ
succeededBy James F. Byrnes ⓘ
workLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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Steward Machine Co. v. Davis → dissentingJustice → Justice James C. McReynolds ⓘ
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. → dissentingJustice → James C. McReynolds ⓘ
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Palko v. Connecticut → majorityJustices → James C. McReynolds ⓘ
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Palko v. Connecticut → dissentingJustice → James C. McReynolds ⓘ
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Adkins v. Children’s Hospital → majorityJustices → James C. McReynolds ⓘ
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Powell v. Alabama → dissentingJustices → James C. McReynolds ⓘ
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Minersville School District v. Gobitis → hasJustice → James C. McReynolds ⓘ
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Hague v. CIO → dissentingOpinionBy → James C. McReynolds ⓘ
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Myers v. United States → dissentingOpinionBy → James C. McReynolds ⓘ
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West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish → hasDissentingJustice → James C. McReynolds ⓘ
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Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell → dissentingJustice → James C. McReynolds ⓘ
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Eisner v. Macomber → hasDissentBy → Justice James C. McReynolds ⓘ
Pierce v. Society of Sisters → majorityOpinionBy → James C. McReynolds ⓘ
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Olmstead v. United States → joinedByInMajority → James C. McReynolds ⓘ
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Hughes Court → member → James C. McReynolds ⓘ
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Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada → dissentingJustices → James C. McReynolds ⓘ
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United States v. Carolene Products Co. → dissentBy → James C. McReynolds ⓘ
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Morehead v. New York ex rel. Tipaldo → joinedByMajorityJustice → Justice James Clark McReynolds ⓘ
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Taft Court → member → James C. McReynolds ⓘ
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Coppage v. Kansas → hasMajorityJoiner → Justice James Clark McReynolds ⓘ
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