Today in Supreme Court History: September 10, 1949

9/10/1949: Justice Wiley Rutledge dies.

Justice Wiley Rutledge

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[Ska]

Thought this was a Portlandia ad for a second.

[JoeFromtheBronx]

The Vinson Court (Rutledge and Murphy were holdovers) had significant turnover from the Chief Justice (another recent death) on down. Three of four of Truman's picks (Rutledge was a FDR pick)were gone by the Eisenhower years. Rutledge was chosen after Douglas, for instance, and Douglas served for over 25 more years.

John Paul Stevens clerked for Rutledge. Stevens wrote a chapter about him in a 1950s collection of short justice bios.

[ Mr. Justice Edited by Allison Dunham and Philip B. Kurland, which was later revised and expanded. "Allison" is a guy.]