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Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. (September 19, 1907 – August 25, 1998) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1972 to 1987. Born in Suffolk, Virginia , he graduated from both the Washington and Lee University School of Law and Harvard Law School and served in the United ...
(1907–1998) (Update)From his appointment in 1971 until his resignation in 1987, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. was widely known as the "swing Justice" on a closely divided Supreme Court. As the term "swing Justice" implies, Powell's position on the Court was one of both loneliness and influence.
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POWELL, LEWIS F., JR. (1907–) Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr., has always eluded conventional portraiture. In broad brush, Powell appears the archetypal conservative: a successful corporate lawyer, a director of eleven major companies, a pillar of Richmond, Virginia's civic and social life. The roll call of legal honors—president of the American ...
Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr., was born on September 19, 1907, to Mary Gwathmey and Lewis F. Powell. The first of four children, Powell was a well-mannered, quiet boy who excelled at his studies. The Powells moved to a nice neighborhood in Richmond in 1908, though there were no schools nearby. Powell began his education with an elderly lady who ...
May 9, 2018 · Lewis F. Powell Jr. >Lewis F. Powell, Jr. (born 1907) was a corporate lawyer who became a U.S. >Supreme Court justice. He became the intellectual leader of the Court's >moderate center until his 1987 retirement.
Aug 26, 1998 · Fred Barbash. August 25, 1998 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. Retired Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr., a voice of moderation on the Supreme Court for much of the 1970s and 1980s and the...
Aug 25, 1998 · Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1972 to 1987.
