Byron White, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Byron White

Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, American football player

Date of Birth: 08-Jun-1917

Place of Birth: Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

Date of Death: 15-Apr-2002

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician, military officer, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Byron White

  • Byron Raymond "Whizzer" White (June 8, 1917 – April 15, 2002) was an American lawyer and professional football player who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1962 to 1993.
  • Born and raised in Colorado, he played college football, basketball, and baseball for the University of Colorado, finishing as the runner up for the Heisman Trophy in 1937.
  • He was selected in the first round of the 1938 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers and led the National Football League in rushing yards in his rookie season.
  • White was admitted to Yale Law School in 1939 and played for the Detroit Lions in the 1940 and 1941 seasons.
  • During World War II, he served as an intelligence officer with the United States Navy in the Pacific.
  • After the war, he graduated from Yale and clerked for Chief Justice Fred M.
  • Vinson. White entered private practice in Denver, Colorado, working primarily as a transactional attorney.
  • He served as the Colorado state chair of John F.
  • Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign and accepted appointment as the United States Deputy Attorney General in 1961.
  • In 1962, President Kennedy successfully nominated White to the Supreme Court, making White the first Supreme Court Justice from Colorado.
  • He retired in 1993 and was succeeded by Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
  • White is the twelfth longest-serving justice in Supreme Court history. White viewed his own court decisions as based on the facts of each case rather than as representative of a specific legal philosophy.
  • He wrote the majority opinion in cases including Coker v.
  • Georgia, Washington v.
  • Davis and Bowers v.
  • Hardwick.
  • He wrote dissenting opinions in notable cases such as Miranda v.
  • Arizona, Immigration and Naturalization Service v.
  • Chadha, NCAA v.
  • Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, and Roe v.
  • Wade.

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