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Abe Fortas
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States · 1965
Abe Fortas , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Abraham Fortas was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1965 to 1969. Born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Fortas graduated from Rhodes College and Yale Law School. He later became a law professor at Yale and then an advisor for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Positions
- Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States1965-10-04–1969-05-14
Education
- Southwestern College (now Rhodes College)A.B., 1930
- Yale Law SchoolLL.B., 1933
Career
Assistant chief, Legal Division, Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 1933-1934; Assistant professor of law, Yale Law School, 1934-1939; Assistant director, Corporate Reorganization Study, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1935-1937; Assistant director, Public Utilities Division, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1937-1939; General counsel, Bituminous Coal Division, Public Works Administration, 1939-1941; Director, Division of Power, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1941-1942; Undersecretary of the interior, 1942-1946; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1946-1965, 1969-1982
Biography
Abraham Fortas was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1965 to 1969. Born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Fortas graduated from Rhodes College and Yale Law School. He later became a law professor at Yale and then an advisor for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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