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9 unusual facts about John Paul Stevens


1929 World Series

Attending Game 1 was 9-year-old John Paul Stevens, who would grow up to become a Supreme Court Justice.

Arlin M. Adams

Adams was one of two finalists; Ford ultimately wound up successfully nominating the other finalist, John Paul Stevens.

Baze v. Rees

John Paul Stevens wrote a concurrence in the judgement which attacked the thesis of the death penalty while Ruth Bader Ginsburg and David Souter dissented.

J.P. Stevens

John Paul Stevens (born 1920) American Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Jay Sekulow

His amicus briefs for Van Orden v. Perry and Wisconsin Right to Life v. FEC were cited by Justices John Paul Stevens and John Roberts respectively.

Leon A. Green

Three of Green's students received appointments to the United States Supreme Court: John Paul Stevens and Arthur Goldberg from Northwestern University, and Thomas Campbell Clark from the University of Texas.

Martin v. Ziherl

The U.S. Supreme Court in Lawrence had stated that it was adopting the reasoning of Justice John Paul Stevens in his dissent to Bowers v. Hardwick, which Lawrence overruled.

Morse v. Frederick

Justice John Paul Stevens, in a dissent joined by Justice Souter and Justice Ginsburg, argued that "the Court does serious violence to the First Amendment in upholding—indeed, lauding—a school's decision to punish Frederick for expressing a view with which it disagreed".

Wyeth v. Levine

Justice John Paul Stevens, writing on behalf of a 6-3 court, rejected both Wyeth's arguments.


Agostini v. Felton

The decision was generally divided along ideological lines, with Chief Justice Rehnquist and Justices Scalia, Thomas, and Kennedy joining the majority, and Justices Stevens, Breyer, Ginsburg, and Souter dissenting.

Brandeis Medal

Past recipients include U.S. Supreme Court justices Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Harry Blackmun, Sandra Day O’Connor, and John Paul Stevens; former U.S. attorney general Janet Reno; U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd; Kentucky Supreme Court Chief Justice John Palmore; civil rights lawyer Morris Dees; lawyer and professor Samuel Dash; and Howard Baker.

Christopher L. Eisgruber

Following his graduation from law school, Eisgruber served as law clerk to Judge Patrick Higginbotham of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and then Justice John Paul Stevens of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Cuomo v. Clearing House Association, L. L. C.

The case is notable for the justices composing the 5-4 majority, which included the liberal justices (John Paul Stevens, David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Stephen Breyer) along with the conservative Scalia, who authored the opinion.

David Jeremiah Barron

He served as a law clerk for Judge Stephen R. Reinhardt of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, from 1994 to 1995, and for Justice John Paul Stevens of the United States Supreme Court from 1995 to 1996.

Sidney Runyan Thomas

Senior White House officials listed Judge Thomas among approximately 10 individuals considered to replace retiring U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens.

South Texas Law Review

South Texas Law Review has published articles written by five Justices from the Supreme Court of the United States: Arthur Goldberg, William J. Brennan, Jr., William Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens, and Clarence Thomas.


see also

Elizabeth Mertz

She has a PhD in Anthropology from Duke University (where she studied with Virginia R. Domínguez and William O'Barr) and a JD from Northwestern University (where she was the John Paul Stevens scholar and a Wigmore Scholar).

John Paul Stevens High School

John Paul Stevens High School is one of 9 high schools in the Northside Independent School District located in San Antonio, Texas near SeaWorld San Antonio.