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The Vinson Court refers to the Supreme Court of the United States from 1946 to 1953, when Fred M. Vinson served as Chief Justice of the United States.Vinson succeeded Harlan F. Stone as Chief Justice after the latter's death, and Vinson served as Chief Justice until his death, at which point Earl Warren was nominated and confirmed to succeed Vinson.
In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Vinson to be a judge on the D.C. Circuit. Vinson resigned from the appellate court in 1943, when he became the Director of the Office of Economic Stabilization. After Truman acceded to the presidency following Roosevelt's death in 1945, Truman appointed Vinson to the position of Secretary of ...
This is a partial chronological list of cases decided by the United States Supreme Court during the Vinson Court, the tenure of Chief Justice Frederick Moore Vinson from June 24, 1946 through September 8, 1953.
Kotch v. Board of River Port Pilot Commissioners, 330 U.S. 552 (1947), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a preference for nepotism is an acceptable rational basis for a state policy. [1] Kotch was a foundational case for the development of rational basis review. [2]
The Warren Court began on October 5, 1953, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Earl Warren, the incumbent governor of California, to replace Fred Vinson as Chief Justice of the United States.
Harold Hitz Burton resigned from the Court due to ill health on October 13, 1958. Five days later, on October 18, 1958, Eisenhower used a recess appointment to seat Potter Stewart on the Court. [3] Eisenhower had previously appointed Stewart to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in 1954. Stewart was formally nominated on ...
Angerbauer was arrested on a felony warrant for alleged failure appear in court for a charge of possession of a controlled substance, according to KSLA. Jail or Agency: Bowie Corrections Center and Bi State Jail; State: Texas; Date arrested or booked: 6/28/2016; Date of death: 7/1/2016; Age at death: 20; Sources: www.ksla.com
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1888–1893 John Laurance: Judge Advocate General, 1777–1782: Representative, New York, 1789–1793 Senator, New York, 1796–1800: U.S. District Court, U.S. District Court for the District of New York, 1794–1796 Oscar Raymond Luhring