Justice Blackmun

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_Law_School
gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:appointedBy gptkb:Richard_Nixon
gptkbp:appointedToEighthCircuitBy gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom_(posthumously)
gptkbp:birthDate 1908-11-12
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Nashville,_Illinois,_United_States
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:Martha_Blackmun
gptkb:Nancy_Blackmun
gptkb:Sally_Blackmun
gptkbp:deathDate 1999-03-04
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Arlington,_Virginia,_United_States
gptkbp:formerPosition Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Harry_Andrew_Blackmun
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Justice Blackmun
gptkbp:judge gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:lawClerkedFor gptkb:John_B._Sanborn_Jr.
gptkbp:notableFor evolving from a conservative to a more liberal justice
authoring the majority opinion in Roe v. Wade
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:Callins_v._Collins
gptkb:Roe_v._Wade
gptkb:DeShaney_v._Winnebago_County
gptkb:Planned_Parenthood_v._Casey
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Roe_v._Wade
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:judge
gptkb:lawyer
gptkbp:positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Abe_Fortas
gptkbp:priorPositionEnd 1970
gptkbp:priorPositionStart 1959
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Methodist
gptkbp:signature Harry Blackmun signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Dorothy_Clark_Blackmun
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Stephen_Breyer
gptkbp:termEnd 1994-08-03
gptkbp:termStart 1970-06-09
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Califano_v._Goldfarb
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5