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William Joseph Brennan Jr.

William Joseph Brennan Jr.

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States · 1956–1957

William Joseph Brennan Jr., Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Positions

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States1956-10-15–1990-07-20

Education

University of PennsylvaniaB.S., 1928
Harvard Law SchoolLL.B., 1931

Career

Private practice, Newark, New Jersey, 1931-1942, 1946-1949; U.S. Army colonel, 1942-1946; Judge, Superior Court of New Jersey, 1949-1952; Law Division, 1949-1951; Appellate Division, 1951-1952; Justice, Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1952-1956

Biography

William Joseph Brennan Jr. was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1956 to 1990. He was the eighth-longest serving justice in Supreme Court history, and was known for being a leader of the Court's liberal wing.

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