Judge Learned Hand

GPTKB entity

Statements (40)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_College
gptkb:Harvard_Law_School
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences_Fellow
gptkbp:birthDate 1872-01-27
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Albany,_New_York,_United_States
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Albany_Rural_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:Frances_Hand
gptkb:Mary_Deshon_Hand
gptkbp:deathDate 1961-08-18
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:New_York_City,_New_York,_United_States
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Billings_Learned_Hand
gptkbp:honor Harvard University honorary degree
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Judge Learned Hand
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Felix_Frankfurter
gptkb:Guido_Calabresi
gptkb:Richard_Posner
gptkb:Henry_Friendly
United States legal thought
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:law
free speech jurisprudence
influential judicial opinions
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableQuote The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right.
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Masses_Publishing_Co._v._Patten
gptkb:United_States_v._Carroll_Towing_Co.
Hand formula
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:judge
gptkb:lawyer
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Lydia_Learned
gptkb:Samuel_Hand
gptkbp:positionHeld Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
gptkbp:religion agnosticism
gptkbp:signature Learned Hand signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Frances_Amelia_Fincke
gptkbp:termEnd 1951
gptkbp:termStart 1909
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Antonin_Scalia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5