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Battle of Fredericksburg. Battle of Chancellorsville ( WIA) Battle of the Wilderness. Battle of Fort Stevens. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (March 8, 1841 – March 6, 1935) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1902 to 1932.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, U.S. legal historian and philosopher who advocated judicial restraint. He stated the concept of “clear and present danger” as the only basis for limiting the right of freedom of speech. Holmes was the first.
Apr 2, 2014 · Civil War veteran Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. served as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice from 1902 to 1931. He was considered an expert on the common law. Updated: May 17, 2021. Photo:...
Nov 9, 2009 · Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. is among the most famous of the U.S. Supreme Court justices. Born to a prominent Boston family, Holmes was wounded at the Civil War battles of Ball’s Bluff,...
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes in 1931 in the Library at his Washington, D.C. home. For Holmes, the First Amendment provided the foundation for a democratic society. He was accordingly more likely to overturn state and federal convictions in this area than in the area of economic regulation.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., (born March 8, 1841, Boston, Mass.—died March 6, 1935, Washington, D.C.), U.S. jurist, legal historian, and philosopher. He was the son of Oliver Wendell Holmes and Amelia Lee Jackson, daughter of a Massachusetts supreme court justice.
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Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. joined the U.S. Supreme Court on December 8, 1902, replacing Justice Horace Gray. Holmes was born on March 8, 1841 in Boston, Massachusetts. His father was a famous doctor and writer who exposed Holmes to the brilliant minds in the Boston area at an early age.
