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John Paul Stevens (April 20, 1920 – July 16, 2019) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1975 to 2010. At the time of his retirement, he was the second-oldest justice in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court and the third- longest-serving justice.
Jul 16, 2019 · John Paul Stevens, whose 35 years on the United States Supreme Court transformed him, improbably, from a Republican antitrust lawyer into the outspoken leader of the court’s liberal wing,...
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Apr 16, 2024 · John Paul Stevens, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1975 to 2010. He was known as an independently minded justice who occupied a moderately liberal position on the court. Stevens previously served as a circuit judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Jul 17, 2019 · Retired Justice John Paul Stevens, whose Supreme Court opinions transformed many areas of American law during his 34 year tenure, died at the age of 99 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., of...
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Dec 19, 1975. Seat. 6. Reason for leaving. Retired. Preceded by. William O. Douglas. Succeeded by. Elena Kagan. Justice John Paul Stevens overcame family tragedy during the Great Depression and went on to become the third-longest serving justice in the history of the Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON (AP) — John Paul Stevens, the bow-tied, independent-thinking, Republican-nominated justice who unexpectedly emerged as the Supreme Court’s leading liberal, died Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after suffering a stroke Monday. He was 99.
Jul 17, 2019 · Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, the second longest-serving justice in the Court’s history, died July 16, at the age of 99. Stevens was 90-years-old when he stepped down from the Supreme Court in 2010.
