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Lewis Franklin Powell Jr.

Lewis Franklin Powell Jr.

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States · 1971–1972

Lewis Franklin Powell Jr., Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. American jurist (1907–1998); US Supreme Court justice from 1972 to 1987

Positions

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States1972-01-07–1987-06-26

Education

Washington and Lee UniversityB.S., 1929
Washington and Lee University School of LawLL.B., 1931
Harvard Law SchoolLL.M., 1932

Career

Private practice, Richmond, Virginia, 1932-1971; U.S. Army, Air Corps, 1942-1946; Chairman, Richmond [Virginia] Public School Board, 1952-1961

Biography

American jurist (1907–1998); US Supreme Court justice from 1972 to 1987

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