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Roberts, Owen J(osephus)
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| Judge, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He gained prominence when President Calvin Coolidge appointed him to prosecute in the Teapot Dome oil scandal (1924). President Herbert Hoover named him to the US Supreme Court (1930–45). On retiring from the court he became dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School (1948–51). |
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