John Marshall Harlan

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John Marshall Harlan was a U.S. Supreme Court justice best known for his powerful lone dissents in civil rights cases, particularly his opposition to racial segregation in Plessy v. Ferguson.

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instanceOf Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
person ⓘ
appointedBy Rutherford B. Hayes ⓘ
barAdmission Kentucky bar ⓘ
birthDate 1833-06-01 ⓘ
birthPlace Boyle County, Kentucky ⓘ
near Danville, Kentucky ⓘ
child James S. Harlan ⓘ
John Maynard Harlan ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1911-10-14 ⓘ
deathPlace Washington, D.C. ⓘ
education Centre College ⓘ
Transylvania University ⓘ
read law for bar admission ⓘ
endTime as U.S. Supreme Court justice 1911 ⓘ
familyName Harlan ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
ideology judicial nationalism ⓘ
support for incorporation of the Bill of Rights ⓘ
knownFor defense of broad federal power to protect civil rights ⓘ
opposition to racial segregation ⓘ
powerful lone dissents on civil rights ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Know Nothing movement ⓘ
Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party

Whig Party ⓘ
militaryBranch Union Army ⓘ
militaryRank colonel ⓘ
namedAfter John Marshall ⓘ
notableWork dissenting opinion in Berea College v. Kentucky ⓘ
dissenting opinion in Lochner v. New York ⓘ
dissenting opinion in Plessy v. Ferguson ⓘ
dissenting opinion in the Civil Rights Cases (1883) ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
officeContested Governor of Kentucky ⓘ
placeOfBurial Rock Creek Cemetery ⓘ
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
relative John Marshall Harlan II ⓘ
linked to: John M. Harlan II
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
residence Frankfort, Kentucky ⓘ
Louisville, Kentucky ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
spouse Malvina Shanklin Harlan ⓘ
startTime as U.S. Supreme Court justice 1877 ⓘ
viewOnRace advocated a color-blind Constitution in Plessy v. Ferguson dissent ⓘ

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Plessy v. Ferguson → dissentingOpinionBy → John Marshall Harlan ⓘ
subject linked to: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
John M. Harlan II → relative → John Marshall Harlan ⓘ
Lochner v. New York → joinedByInMajority → John Marshall Harlan (not in majority; remove) ⓘ
linked to: John Marshall Harlan
Lochner v. New York → dissentBy → John Marshall Harlan ⓘ
The Civil Rights Cases → dissentingOpinionBy → John Marshall Harlan ⓘ
subject linked to: The Civil Rights Cases (1883)
Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States → dissentingJustice → John Marshall Harlan ⓘ
dissenting opinion in Lochner v. New York → authoredBy → Justice John Marshall Harlan ⓘ
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James S. Harlan → father → John Marshall Harlan ⓘ
James S. Harlan → relative → John Marshall Harlan ⓘ
United States v. Kagama → hasJustice → John Marshall Harlan ⓘ
John Maynard Harlan → parent → John Marshall Harlan ⓘ
John Maynard Harlan → relative → John Marshall Harlan ⓘ
Malvina Shanklin Harlan → spouse → John Marshall Harlan ⓘ
Malvina Shanklin Harlan → spouse → John Marshall Harlan I ⓘ
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Downes v. Bidwell → dissentBy → John Marshall Harlan ⓘ
Ethel Andrews Harlan → familyConnection → John Marshall Harlan I ⓘ
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Ethel Andrews Harlan → relativeByMarriage → John Marshall Harlan I ⓘ
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Harlan family → hasNotableMember → John Marshall Harlan ⓘ
Noah Haynes Swayne → succeededInOfficeBy → John Marshall Harlan ⓘ
The Great Dissenter → refersTo → John Marshall Harlan ⓘ
The Great Dissenter → appliedTo → John Marshall Harlan ⓘ
Adair v. United States → majorityOpinionBy → John Marshall Harlan ⓘ