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Today in Supreme Court History: November 26, 1829
11/26/1829: Justice Bushrod Washington dies. He was President George Washington's nephew.

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More than just a pretty face, or the punch-line to a dirty joke, Washington was the author of Corfield v. Coryell, a case about privileges and immunities which was cited in the debates over the 14th Amendment, and the citations then are still cited today.
https://www.biicl.org/files/1700_corfield_v_coryell_(fed_dist_ct).pdf
https://constitutionallawreporter.com/2015/09/28/historical-corfield-v-coryell-the-privileges-and-immunities-clause/
(He decided this while riding circuit, so the professor's link doesn't seem to mention it - confining itself to Supreme Court decisions in which Washington participated)