biography
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Rutledge, Wiley Blount, Jr
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| male
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| lived:
| (1894–1949)
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| biography:
| Judge, born in Cloverport, Kentucky, USA. He was a law professor when President Franklin D Roosevelt named him to the US Court of Appeals (1939–43), and then to the US Supreme Court (1943–9), where he was known for his defence of civil liberties. |
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