Henry Billings Brown family papers, 1855-1913

United States. Supreme Court

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66b7t15 (corporateBody)

Supreme Court of the United States, final court of appeal and final expositor of the Constitution of the United States. Within the framework of litigation, the Supreme Court marks the boundaries of authority between state and nation, state and state, and government and citizen. Scope And Jurisdiction The Supreme Court was created by the Constitutional Convention of 1787 as the head of a federal court system, though it was not formally established until Congress passed the Judiciary Act in 17...

Billings family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61p74r6 (family)

Brown, Henry Billings, 1836-1913

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6125vhs (person)

American judge, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1890-1906 and an authority on admiralty law. From the description of Henry Billings Brown items, [ca. 1875]-1903. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936800 Henry Billings Brown attended both Harvard and Yale Law Schools, and served on the U.S. Supreme Court (1891-1906.) From the description of Letter and autograph, 2 June 1892. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 23433...

Kent, C.A.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68h1bhq (person)