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Byron Raymond " Whizzer " White (June 8, 1917 – April 15, 2002) was an American lawyer, jurist, and professional football player who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1962 until 1993. By his retirement, he was its only sitting Democrat and the last-living member of the progressive Warren Court .
Apr 15, 2024 · Byron R. White (born June 8, 1917, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.—died April 15, 2002, Denver) was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1962–93). Before taking up the study of law in 1940, White achieved a national reputation as a quarterback and halfback on the University of Colorado football team, earning the nickname ...
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Apr 15, 2002 · Byron Raymond White—a nondoctrinaire pragmatist—will be remembered primarily for his individualistic approach to law and secondarily for his early career as a professional athlete. Hailing from the small town of Fort Collins, Colorado, White was born on June 8, 1917 to Alpha Albert White and Maude Elizabeth Burger.
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Oct 16, 2021 · Justice Byron R. White served on the Supreme Court for 31 years, but now, more than a decade after his death, he remains something of an enigma. A blunt, often irascible man, he turned out to be considerably more conservative than expected when appointed by President John F. Kennedy and left a legacy that is in many ways more notable for his ...
Apr 15, 2002 · April 15, 2002 / 4:42 PM EDT / CBS. Byron White, a football hero and then a Supreme Court conservative justice who retired in 1993 after 31 years on the bench, died Monday from complications...
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Apr 16, 2002 · Byron R. White, the football legend who became one of the longest serving justices of the United States Supreme Court, died yesterday in Denver. He was 84, and the only living former Supreme...
Apr 15, 2002 · Byron R. White, the football legend who became one of the longest serving justices of the United States Supreme Court, died today in a Denver nursing home of complications of pneumonia. He...
