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Louis Dembitz Brandeis

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States · 1916

Louis Dembitz Brandeis , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Senate voted 47–22 on the nomination on Jun 1, 1916 (). Louis Dembitz Brandeis was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1916 to 1939. Brandeis was a leading figure in the antitrust movement at the turn of the 20th century, particularly in his resistance to the monopolization of the New England railroad.

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Positions

  • Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States1916-06-01–1939-02-13

Senate confirmation votes

  • An associate justice of the supreme court of the u
    64th Congress ·
    47–22 · Jun 1, 1916

Education

  • Harvard Law SchoolLL.B., 1877

Career

Private practice, St. Louis, Missouri, 1878-1879; Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1879-1916; Law clerk, Hon. Horace Gray, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1879-1880; Instructor, Harvard Law School, 1882-1883

Biography

Louis Dembitz Brandeis was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1916 to 1939. Brandeis was a leading figure in the antitrust movement at the turn of the 20th century, particularly in his resistance to the monopolization of the New England railroad.

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