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Potter Stewart (January 23, 1915 – December 7, 1985) was an American lawyer and judge who served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1958 to 1981. During his tenure, he made major contributions to criminal justice reform, civil rights, access to the courts, and Fourth Amendment jurisprudence.
Apr 10, 2024 · Potter Stewart (born Jan. 23, 1915, Jackson, Mich., U.S.—died Dec. 7, 1985, Hanover, N.H.) was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1958–81). Stewart was admitted to the bar in New York and Ohio in 1941 and after World War II settled in Cincinnati.
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. A centrist and pragmatic member of a fiercely divided Court, Justice Potter Stewart was an influential swing vote who helped to tip the scales on many important decisions over his 22 years on the bench.
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Historical profiles documenting the personal background, plus nomination and confirmation dates of previous associate justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Potter Stewart.
Aug 10, 2023 · Potter Stewart (1915–1985), associate justice of the Supreme Court from 1958 to 1981, is frequently remembered for his famous nondefinition of obscenity: “I know it when I see it.”
May 21, 2018 · Born in Michigan in 1915, Potter Stewart was later a resident and Republican political activist in Ohio. After graduating from Yale and Cambridge, Stewart became President Eisenhower's fourth appointee to the Supreme Court in October 1958.
Dec 8, 1985 · Potter Stewart, an Eisenhower Republican from Ohio who spent 23 years on the Supreme Court, died yesterday in a hospital in Hanover, N.H., where he had been admitted after suffering a stroke.
