Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite
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Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite was the seventh Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from 1874 to 1888 and presiding over key Reconstruction-era and civil rights cases.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Morrison R. Waite | 13 |
| Morrison Waite | 4 |
| Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite canonical | 2 |
| Chief Justice Morrison Waite | 2 |
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Target entity: Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite Context triple: [Reynolds v. United States, opinionAuthor, Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite]
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John W. Marshall
John W. Marshall is an American lawyer and public official best known for serving as Virginia’s Secretary of Public Safety and as the son of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.
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Justice George Sutherland
Justice George Sutherland was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his conservative jurisprudence and influential role in the Court’s early 20th-century decisions limiting federal power.
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Salmon P. Chase
Salmon P. Chase was a 19th-century American politician and jurist who served as U.S. Treasury Secretary during the Civil War and later as Chief Justice of the United States.
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Justice James C. McReynolds
Justice James C. McReynolds was a conservative Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1914–1941), known for his opposition to New Deal legislation and his often abrasive, reactionary judicial and personal views.
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Justice Owen J. Roberts
Justice Owen J. Roberts was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1930–1945) known for his pivotal swing votes during the New Deal era.
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Target entity: Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite Target entity description: Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite was the seventh Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from 1874 to 1888 and presiding over key Reconstruction-era and civil rights cases.
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John W. Marshall
John W. Marshall is an American lawyer and public official best known for serving as Virginia’s Secretary of Public Safety and as the son of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.
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Justice George Sutherland
Justice George Sutherland was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his conservative jurisprudence and influential role in the Court’s early 20th-century decisions limiting federal power.
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Salmon P. Chase
Salmon P. Chase was a 19th-century American politician and jurist who served as U.S. Treasury Secretary during the Civil War and later as Chief Justice of the United States.
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Justice James C. McReynolds
Justice James C. McReynolds was a conservative Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1914–1941), known for his opposition to New Deal legislation and his often abrasive, reactionary judicial and personal views.
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Justice Owen J. Roberts
Justice Owen J. Roberts was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1930–1945) known for his pivotal swing votes during the New Deal era.
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Subject: Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite Description of subject: Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite was the seventh Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from 1874 to 1888 and presiding over key Reconstruction-era and civil rights cases.
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