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Erwin Nathaniel Griswold (/ ˈ ɡ r ɪ z w ɔː l d,-w əl d /; July 14, 1904 – November 19, 1994) was an American appellate attorney and legal scholar who argued many cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. Griswold served as Solicitor General of the United States (1967–1973) under Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon.
Nov 21, 1994 · Griswold was a prominent figure in American law, serving as dean of Harvard Law School, U.S. Solicitor General, and champion of civil rights. He shaped the Law School's curriculum, faculty, and international programs, and argued more cases before the Supreme Court than any other man.
Nov 21, 1994 · Erwin N. Griswold, the United States Solicitor General under two Presidents, and for more than 20 years dean of the Harvard Law School, died on Saturday at Massachusetts General Hospital in...
Jan 1, 2009 · Erwin Griswold was the solicitor general who argued against the publication of the Pentagon Papers by the New York Times and the Washington Post in 1971. He later admitted that the documents did not pose a threat to national security and criticized government secrecy.
( b. 14 July 1904 in East Cleveland, Ohio; d. 19 November 1994 in Boston, Massachusetts), lawyer, government official, and law school dean who argued the case of the Pentagon Papers in the U.S. Supreme Court, published the first legal casebook on federal taxation, and served as dean of Harvard Law School for twenty-one years.
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As solicitor general of the United States, Erwin Nathaniel Griswold (1904–1994) argued unsuccessfully, in New York Times Co. v. United States (1971), that the publication of the Pentagon Papers threatened the security of the United States and that security concerns outweighed the First Amendment rights of a free press.
Nov 20, 1994 · Erwin N. Griswold, 90, who as U.S. solicitor general, dean of the Harvard Law School and a champion of constitutional rights was one of the foremost figures in American law in this century,...
