Blackmun, Harry A. (Harry Andrew), 1908-1999

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Dates:
Birth 1908-11-12
Death 1999-03-04
English,

Biographical notes:

Lawyer, judge, and U.S. Supreme Court justice.

From the description of Harry A. Blackmun papers, 1913-2001 (bulk 1959-1994). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984351

Biographical Note

1908, Nov. 12 Born, Nashville, Ill. 1929 A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 1932 LL.B., Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass. 1932 1933 Law clerk to Judge John B. Sanborn, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit 1934 1950 Member of law firm, Dorsey, Colman, Barker, Scott, and Barber, Minneapolis, Minn.; partner in firm, 1943-1950 1935 1941 Instructor in real property and taxation, St. Paul College of Law, St. Paul, Minn. 1941 Married Dorothy E. Clark 1945 1947 Instructor in wills and administration, University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minn. 1950 1959 Resident Counsel, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Association, Rochester, Minn. Member, Section of Administration, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. 1959 1970 Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit 1969 1979 Member, Judicial Conference of the United States Advisory Committee on Judicial Activities 1970 1994 Associate justice, United States Supreme Court; retired from the Court in August 1994 1979 1995 Co-moderator, seminar on justice and society, Aspen Institute, Aspen, Colo. 1999, Mar. 4 Died, Arlington, Va.

From the guide to the Harry A. Blackmun Papers, 1913-2001, (bulk 1959-1994), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Abortion
  • Abortion
  • Administrative law
  • Administrative law
  • Adoption
  • Adoption
  • Civil rights
  • Civil rights
  • Constitutional law
  • Constitutional law
  • Corporal punishment
  • Corporal punishment
  • Criminal law
  • Criminal law
  • Fetal tissues
  • Fetal tissues
  • Labor laws and legislation
  • Labor laws and legislation
  • Law
  • Law
  • Practice of law
  • Practice of law
  • Prisons
  • Prisons
  • Reverse discrimination
  • Reverse discrimination
  • Taxation
  • Taxation
  • Watergate Affair, 1972-1974

Occupations:

  • Jurists

Places:

  • Saint Paul (Minn.) (as recorded)
  • Saint Paul (Minn.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Minnesota--Minneapolis (as recorded)

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