Warren E. Burger
Search results
William Joseph Brennan Jr. (April 25, 1906 – July 24, 1997) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1956 to 1990. He was the seventh-longest serving justice in Supreme Court history , and was known for being a leader of the Court's liberal wing.
- 1942–1945
Jul 24, 1997 · Succeeded by. David H. Souter. The second of eight children born to Irish immigrants, William J. Brennan Jr. went on to become one of the longest-serving and most influential justices in the history of the Court. Brennan was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1906. He attended Barringer High School, where he excelled in his studies and was admitted ...
Schempp. (Show more) William Brennan (born April 25, 1906, Newark, N.J., U.S.—died July 24, 1997, Arlington, Va.) was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1956–90). Brennan was the son of William Joseph Brennan, an Irish immigrant who was a brewery worker and union organizer, and Agnes McDermott Brennan.
Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr. The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law was founded in 1995 by former law clerks to Justice William J. Brennan Jr. (1906–97) as a living memorial to his ideals: a commitment to a fair and inclusive democracy, support for the disadvantaged, and respect for individual rights and liberties.
William J. Brennan, Jr., 1956-1990. WILLIAM J. BRENNAN, JR., was born on April 25, 1906, in Newark, New Jersey. He was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1928 and received a law degree from Harvard University in 1931. After admission to the bar in 1932, Brennan joined a law firm and practiced until he began his military service in ...
People also ask
Who was William Joseph Brennan?
When did John Brennan become a Supreme Court judge?
Who is Justice Brennan?
When did John Brennan retire from the Supreme Court?
Washington Post Staff Writer. Friday, July 25, 1997; Page A01. Former Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr., the progressive voice of the modern court and a justice unequaled for his ...
Nov 26, 2010 · The legacy of U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr., shown on April 20, 1972, is spelled out in more than 1,300 legal opinions. While the U.S. Supreme Court today is dominated by ...
