Wiley Blount Rutledge

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Wiley Blount Rutledge

Wiley Blount Rutledge, Jr. (born July 20, 1894 in Cloverport , Breckinridge County , Kentucky , †  September 10, 1949 in York , Maine ) was an American lawyer and judge at the Supreme Court of the United States .

biography

After graduating from Maryville College Prep , he began in 1910 to study at Maryville College , which he continued in 1913 at the University of Tennessee and in 1914 graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Madison . He then worked as a teacher at a high school worked before he was a postgraduate studies of law at the Law School of Indiana University began. After completing this degree at the Law School at the University of Colorado , he was appointed Professor of Law there.

In 1930 he was first Dean of the Law School of Washington University in St. Louis and was then between 1935 and 1939 Dean of the Law School of the University of Iowa . After that, his appointment was made for judges at the Federal Court of Appeal ( US Court of Appeals ) for the District of Columbia .

On February 15, 1943, Rutledge was appointed by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt to succeed James F. Byrnes as Associate Justice at the United States Supreme Court . His appointment was the eighth and also the last appointment during Roosevelt's twelve-year presidency. One of his clerks was John Paul Stevens , who was also an associate judge on the Supreme Court between 1975 and 2010 . After suffering a stroke , Rutledge, known for his liberal positions , fell into a coma on September 2, 1949 and died eight days later. His successor as Associate Justice was Sherman Minton .

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SURNAME Rutledge, Wiley Blount
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rutledge, Wiley Blount junior (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American judge
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Cloverport , Kentucky, Kentucky
DATE OF DEATH September 10, 1949
Place of death York , Maine