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Patrick Brennan

Patrick M. Brennan (born 1953), Republican politician in the Vermont House of Representatives


Bernard Derriman

It also featured the new character to the series, Bouncy the Dog, voiced by Johnny Brennan of the Jerky Boys fame.

Bernard Segal

In 1981, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review devoted a unique issue to Segal, with tributes from Supreme Court Justices William J. Brennan, Jr. and Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Judges Arlin M. Adams and Louis H. Pollak and other legal luminaries.

Burnham v. Superior Court of California

Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. wrote an opinion also joined by three other Justices.

David H. Hoffman

In January 2009, Governor Pat Quinn appointed Hoffman to the 15-member Illinois Reform Commission, chaired by former U.S. Assistant Attorney Patrick M. Collins, which was charged with recommending anti-corruption and ethics reforms in the wake of former Governor Rod Blagojevich’s arrest.

Dwight D. Eisenhower Supreme Court candidates

During his two terms in office, President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed five members of the Supreme Court of the United States: Chief Justice Earl Warren, and Associate Justices John Marshall Harlan, William Brennan, Charles Evans Whittaker, and Potter Stewart.

Emily Deschanel

In 2005, Emily Deschanel was chosen for the role of Dr. Temperance Brennan on Fox's Bones, a series based on the fictional novels of real-life forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs.

Eyewitness identification

Although it has been observed, by the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., in his dissent to Watkins v. Sowders, that witness testimony is evidence that "juries seem most receptive to, and not inclined to discredit".

First National Bank of Omaha

Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. wrote that the 1863 law permitted a national bank to charge interest at the rate allowed by the regulations of the state in which the lending institution is located.

George Bosl

George Bosl (born 1948) is an American cancer researcher, holder of the Patrick M. Byrne Chair in Clinical Oncology at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, and is a Professor of Medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical College.

Ideological leanings of U.S. Supreme Court justices

President Dwight Eisenhower appointed Earl Warren to be Chief Justice in 1953, and both graphs indicate that the Court then turned in a more liberal direction as Warren grew substantially more liberal and especially when he was joined by strong liberal justices William Brennan, Arthur Goldberg, Abe Fortas, and Thurgood Marshall (though Justices Black and Felix Frankfurter became more conservative over time).

J. J. Brennan

In a senior inter-county career that lasted from 1905 until 1914 he won four All-Ireland titles and four Leinster titles.

John J. Byrne

Byrne's son Patrick M. Byrne bought a 60% interest in the Internet retailer D2: Discounts Direct, changing its name to Overstock.com.

Joseph Brennan

Joseph E. Brennan (born 1934), U.S. politician, former Governor of Maine

Justice Brennan

William J. Brennan, Jr., former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Thomas E. Brennan, former Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court and founder of the Thomas M. Cooley Law School

Lincoln Catafalque

The catafalque has also been used six times in the Supreme Court Building, for the lying in state of former Chief Justice Earl Warren on July 11–12, 1974; former Justice Thurgood Marshall, January 27, 1993; former Chief Justice Warren Earl Burger, June 28, 1995; former Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., July 28, 1997; Justice Harry A. Blackmun, March 8, 1999, and Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist on September 6–7, 2005.

MANual Enterprises v. Day

Justice William Brennan, joined by Chief Justice Earl Warren and Justice William O. Douglas, concurred but would have decided the case on much narrower technical rather than First Amendment grounds.

Merrick B. Garland

Considered a judicial moderate, Garland told senators during his U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in 1995 that the U.S. Supreme Court justice for whom he had the greatest admiration was Chief Justice John Marshall, and that he had personal affection for the justice for whom he clerked, Justice William Brennan.

Michael Brennan

Michael F. Brennan, Mayor of Portland and former United States Democratic Party State Senator in Maine

Patrick Hughes

Patrick M. Hughes (born 1942), director of the Defense Intelligence Agency

Patrick M. Martin

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress.

Patrick M. McCarthy

Captain McCarthy gave testimony at the trial of Omar Khadr, where he stated “Mr. Khadr was always very respectful...He had a pleasant demeanor. He was friendly.” Captain McCarthy went on to state “Fifteen-year-olds, in my opinion, should not be held to the same level of accountability as adults”, arguing that Omar Khadr has the potential to be rehabilitated.

Patrick M. Stillman

Stillman is married to the former Lori L. von Minden of Allen, Nebraska.

Patrick M. Walsh

He chaired the Department of Leadership, Ethics and Law at the U.S. Naval Academy, served as the Executive Assistant to the Chief of Naval Personnel, and reported to the Joint Staff for his first flag assignment as the Deputy Director for Strategy and Policy, (J-5).

Peter Brennan

Peter J. Brennan (1918–1996), United States Secretary of Labor under Presidents Nixon and Ford

Random checkpoint

Further, Justice Brennan in his dissenting opinion argued that the police had failed to show that the checkpoint seizures were a necessary tool and worth the intrusion on individual privacy.

Robert Brennan

Robert J. Brennan (born 1962), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church

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.

Stephen J. Friedman

After law school, he served as a law clerk to Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. of the United States Supreme Court.

Texas v. Johnson

Justice William Brennan wrote for a five-justice majority in holding that the defendant Gregory Lee Johnson's act of flag burning was protected speech under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

The Early Deaths of Lubeck, Brennan, Harp, and Carr

"The Early Deaths of Lubeck, Brennan, Harp, and Carr" is a short story written by American poet and novelist Jesse Ball.

The Jerky Boys: The Movie

The Jerky Boys: The Movie, also known as The Jerky Boys, is a 1995 comedy/crime film starring John G. Brennan and Kamal Ahmed, best known as the comedy duo The Jerky Boys.

Thomas Brennan

Thomas E. Brennan (born 1929), American jurist, former Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court

Thomas E. Brennan

Thomas E. Brennan (born May 27, 1929) is the founder of Thomas M. Cooley Law School, the 81st Justice and Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, an attorney, and former jurist and educator in the U.S. state of Michigan.

William Brennan

William J. Brennan, Jr. (1906–1997), former Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court

William Emmett Dever

In 1923, Democratic party boss George E. Brennan selected Dever as having the best chance of defeating incumbent mayor William "Big Bill" Thompson.


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