Abe Fortas
| Abe Fortas | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Title: | Former Justice |
| Position: | Seat #3 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Lyndon Johnson |
| Active: | 8/11/1965 - 5/14/1969 |
| Preceded by: | Arthur Goldberg |
| Succeeded by: | Harry Blackmun |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | June 19, 1910 |
| Home State: | Memphis, TN |
| Deceased: | April 5, 1982 |
| Bachelors: | Southwestern College, A.B., 1930 |
| Law School: | Yale Law, LL.B., 1933 |
Contents |
Early life and education
- Southwestern College, Memphis, TN, A.B., 1930
- Yale Law School, LL.B., 1933 [1]
Professional career
- Assistant chief, Legal Division, Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 1933-1934
- Assistant professor of law, Yale Law School, 1934-1939
- Assistant director, Corporate Reorganization Study, Securities and Exchange Commission, 1935-1937
- Assistant director, Public Utilities Division, Securities and Exchange Commission, 1937-1939
- General counsel, Public Works Administration, Bituminous Coal Division, 1939-1941
- Director, Division of Power, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1941-1942
- U.S. Undersecretary of the Interior, 1942-1946
- Private practice, Washington, DC, 1946-1965
- Private practice, Washington, DC, 1969-1982 [1]
Judicial career
Supreme Court of the United States
Fortas was nominated to the Supreme Court by Lyndon B. Johnson on July 28, 1965, to a seat vacated by Arthur Goldberg. He was confirmed by the Senate on August 11, 1965 and received his commission on August 11, 1965. He resigned on May 14, 1969. [1] He was succeeded to this post by Harry Blackmun.
See also
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Fortas Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Arthur Goldberg |
Supreme Court 1965–1969 Seat #3 |
Succeeded by: Harry Blackmun |
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| 1964 |
Anderson • Bratton • Christie • Collins • Cowen • Davis • Ely • Freedman • Gordon • Higginbotham • McNichols • Muecke • Nichols • Port • Rabinovitz • Robinson • Simons • Suttle • Weber • Whelan • Zampano | ||
| 1965 |
Bryant • Celebrezze • Coffin • Coleman • Collinson • Corcoran • Doyle • Eubanks • Fortas • Frankel • Gasch • Gibson • Gordon • Harris • Hemphill • Hill • Hunter • Landis • Langley • Leventhal • Maxwell • McEntee • Mehrtens • Nichol • Reynolds • Russell • Smith • Tamm • Thornberry • Young | ||
| 1966 |
Ainsworth • Atkins • Boyle • Cabot • Cassibry • Copple • Craven • Cummings • Dyer • Fairchild • Feinberg • Ferguson • Fullam • Garrity • Godbold • Goldberg • Goodwin • Gray • Guinn • Harvey • Hauk • Heaney • Heebe • Hickey • Hogan • Kaufman • Kinneary • Krentzman • Lay • Leddy • Lord • Lynch • MacKenzie • Mansfield • McCree • McRae • Mitchell • Motley • Napoli • Nichols • Noland • Peck II • Peckham • Pettine • Pittman • Porter • Real • Roberts • Robinson • Robinson • Rubin • Russell • Scott • Seals • Seitz • Simpson • Singleton • Skelton • Smith • Smith • Taylor • Thomas • von der Heydt • Watson • Winter • Wise | ||
| 1967 |
Arnow • Beckworth • Belloni • Butzner • Cancio • Carter • Clayton • Combs • Comiskey • Curtin • Eaton • Edenfield • Fernandez-Badillo • Gesell • Gordon • Jones • Keith • Kellam • Lambros • Maletz • Marshall • Masterson • Merhige • Morgan • Murray • Neville • Pollack • Pregerson • Theis • Troutman • Van Dusen • Waddy • Weiner • Weinstein • Whipple • Williams | ||
| 1968 |
Aldisert • Baldwin • Bownes • Bright • Green • Gubow • Henderson • Holloway • Hufstedler • Judd • Justice • Keady • Kerner, Jr. • Lasker • Latchum • Lawrence • McMillan • Morgan • Newman • Nixon • Pratt • Re • Rosenstein • Schwartz • Smith • Stahl • Travia • Woodward | ||
