Chief Justice Melville Fuller

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Properties (39)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legal case
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Phi_Beta_Kappa
gptkb:The_Metropolitan_Club
gptkb:American_Bar_Association
gptkb:The_Century_Association
gptkb:Union_League_Club_of_Chicago
gptkbp:awardedBy President_Grover_Cleveland
gptkbp:born February 11, 1833
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:George_Fuller
gptkb:Edward_Fuller
gptkb:William_Fuller
Melville_Fuller_Jr.
gptkbp:court gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:died July 4, 1910
gptkbp:education gptkb:Harvard_Law_School
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Chief Justice Melville Fuller
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:William_Howard_Taft
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Roger_B._Taney
gptkbp:judges Constitutional interpretation
Judicial restraint
gptkbp:legacy Influenced_the_development_of_American_law.
Presided_over_significant_cases_during_the_Progressive_Era.
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Plessy_v._Ferguson
gptkb:United_States_v._E.C._Knight_Co.
gptkb:Northern_Securities_Co._v._United_States
In re Debs
gptkbp:notableQuote The law is not a mere matter of rules and regulations.
Justice_is_the_constant_and_perpetual_will_to_render_to_everyone_his_due.
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Fuller,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Morrison_Waite
gptkbp:profession Lawyer
gptkbp:servingTemperature 1888
1910
22 years
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_E._Fuller
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Edward_Douglass_White