Stephen J. Field

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Stephen J. Field was a 19th-century Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his strong defense of economic liberties and influential role in shaping substantive due process jurisprudence.

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Stephen J. Field canonical 12
Justice Stephen J. Field 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
appointedBy Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
burialPlace Rock Creek Cemetery ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1816-11-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1899-04-09 ⓘ
educatedAt Williams College ⓘ
endTime 1897-12-01 ⓘ
familyName Field ⓘ
givenName Stephen ⓘ
knownFor defense of economic liberties ⓘ
development of substantive due process jurisprudence ⓘ
long tenure on the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ
legalPhilosophy laissez-faire constitutionalism ⓘ
substantive due process ⓘ
memberOf Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
middleName Johnson ⓘ
notableFor advocacy of corporate rights under the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
influence on Gilded Age constitutional law ⓘ
notableWork opinion in Munn v. Illinois (dissent) ⓘ
opinion in Pennoyer v. Neff ⓘ
opinion in Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Co. ⓘ
opinion in The Slaughter-House Cases (dissent) ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
partOf Fuller Court ⓘ
Waite Court ⓘ
placeOfBirth Haddam, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
linked to: Haddam, Connecticut
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
linked to: Washington, D.C.
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California ⓘ
Justice of the Supreme Court of California ⓘ
practicedLawIn California, United States ⓘ
precededBy Stephen Johnson Field seat created by Congress (tenth seat) ⓘ
relative David Dudley Field I ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Cyrus West Field ⓘ
David Dudley Field II ⓘ
Henry Martyn Field ⓘ
spouse Sue Virginia Swearingen ⓘ
startTime 1863-05-20 ⓘ
succeededBy Joseph McKenna ⓘ
workLocation California, United States ⓘ
Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
linked to: Washington, D.C.

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The Civil Rights Cases → joinedByInMajority → Stephen J. Field ⓘ
subject linked to: The Civil Rights Cases (1883)
Slaughter-House Cases → dissentingOpinionBy → Stephen J. Field ⓘ
Chase Court → member → Stephen J. Field ⓘ
Texas v. White → hasDissentBy → Stephen J. Field ⓘ
Joseph McKenna → precededInOfficeBy → Stephen J. Field ⓘ
David J. Brewer → relative → Stephen J. Field ⓘ
Munn v. Illinois → dissentingOpinionBy → Stephen J. Field ⓘ
Knox v. Lee → joinedByMajorityJustice → Stephen J. Field ⓘ
Ex parte Milligan → concurringOpinionBy → Stephen J. Field ⓘ
Cummings v. Missouri → majorityOpinionBy → Justice Stephen J. Field ⓘ
linked to: Stephen J. Field
Ex parte Garland → majorityOpinionBy → Justice Stephen J. Field ⓘ
linked to: Stephen J. Field