Justice Willis Van Devanter

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Justice Willis Van Devanter was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, appointed by President William Howard Taft, known for his conservative jurisprudence and frequent opposition to New Deal legislation.

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Generate an image of Justice Willis Van Devanter (Justice Willis Van Devanter was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, appointed by President William Howard Taft, known for his conservative jurisprudence and frequent opposition to New Deal legislation.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
human ⓘ
appointedBy William Howard Taft ⓘ
appointedToEighthCircuitBy Theodore Roosevelt ⓘ
barAdmission Indiana bar ⓘ
Wyoming bar ⓘ
burialPlace Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1859-04-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1941-02-08 ⓘ
educatedAt DePauw University ⓘ
University of Cincinnati College of Law ⓘ
endTimeOfEighthCircuitJudgeship 1911 ⓘ
endTimeOfPosition 1937-06-02 ⓘ
familyName Van Devanter ⓘ
givenName Willis ⓘ
heritage Dutch-American descent ⓘ
ideology judicial conservatism ⓘ
knownFor conservative jurisprudence ⓘ
opposition to New Deal legislation ⓘ
legalSpecialty federal constitutional law ⓘ
memberOf Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
conservative bloc of the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ
nominatedToSupremeCourtBy William Howard Taft ⓘ
notableFor participation in striking down early New Deal measures ⓘ
notableWork opinions limiting scope of federal regulatory power ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
partOf Four Horsemen (U.S. Supreme Court) ⓘ
placeOfBirth Marion, Indiana, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
linked to: Washington, D.C.
politicalAlignment conservative ⓘ
positionHeld Assistant Attorney General for the Department of the Interior ⓘ
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
Chief Justice of the Wyoming Territorial Supreme Court ⓘ
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ⓘ
precededInSupremeCourtSeatBy Edward Douglass White ⓘ
religion Methodism ⓘ
residence Cheyenne, Wyoming ⓘ
linked to: Cheyenne

Washington, D.C. ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Frances B. Miner ⓘ
startTimeOfEighthCircuitJudgeship 1903 ⓘ
startTimeOfPosition 1911-12-18 ⓘ
succeededInSupremeCourtSeatBy Hugo Black ⓘ
linked to: Hugo L. Black
workedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
Wyoming Territory ⓘ
linked to: Wyoming

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Steward Machine Co. v. Davis → dissentingJustice → Justice Willis Van Devanter ⓘ
Coppage v. Kansas → hasMajorityJoiner → Justice Willis Van Devanter ⓘ
Frank v. Mangum → dissentingOpinionBy → Justice Willis Van Devanter ⓘ