Willis Van Devanter

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Willis Van Devanter was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1911 to 1937 and was known as a leading conservative voice on the Court during the early 20th century.

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Generate an image of Willis Van Devanter (Willis Van Devanter was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1911 to 1937 and was known as a leading conservative voice on the Court during the early 20th century.)

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Willis Van Devanter canonical 24

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American jurist ⓘ
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
human ⓘ
judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
appointedBy Theodore Roosevelt ⓘ
William Howard Taft ⓘ
barAdmission Indiana ⓘ
burialPlace Rock Creek Cemetery ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1859-04-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1941-02-08 ⓘ
educatedAt Cincinnati Law School ⓘ
DePauw University ⓘ
endTime 1890 ⓘ
1911-12-18 ⓘ
1937-06-02 ⓘ
familyName Van Devanter ⓘ
fieldOfWork constitutional law ⓘ
federal jurisdiction ⓘ
givenName Willis ⓘ
heritage Dutch-American descent ⓘ
knownFor conservative jurisprudence ⓘ
memberOf Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
notableFor opposition to court-packing plan of 1937 ⓘ
notableWork decisions limiting New Deal legislation ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
law professor ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
partOf Four Horsemen (Supreme Court) ⓘ
placeOfBirth Marion, Indiana, United States ⓘ
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 Wyoming Territorial Supreme Court ⓘ
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ⓘ
practicedLawIn Wyoming Territory ⓘ
religion Methodism ⓘ
replaced Edward Douglass White (as Associate Justice) ⓘ
replacedBy Hugo Black ⓘ
linked to: Hugo L. Black
residence Cheyenne, Wyoming ⓘ
linked to: Cheyenne

Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
linked to: Washington, D.C.
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Delice Burhans ⓘ
startTime 1889 ⓘ
1903-02-18 ⓘ
1911-12-18 ⓘ
workLocation Cheyenne, Wyoming ⓘ
linked to: Cheyenne

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Palko v. Connecticut → dissentingJustice → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ
Hammer v. Dagenhart → joinedByInMajority → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ
Four Horsemen (Supreme Court) → member → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ
Powell v. Alabama → dissentingJustices → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ
Near v. Minnesota → dissentBy → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ
Van Devanter → notableBearer → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ
Joseph Rucker Lamar → servedAlongside → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ
Nebbia v. New York → dissentingJustices → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ
William Howard Taft administration → appointed → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ
Cincinnati Law School → educated → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ
Cincinnati Law School → notableAlumnus → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ
Delice Burhans → spouse → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ
Frances B. Miner → spouse → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ
Olmstead v. United States → joinedByInMajority → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ
Hughes Court → member → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ
Taft Court → member → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ
Frank v. Mangum → involvedPerson → Willis Van Devanter ⓘ