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  Byron White - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wade, though White's dissent used stronger language, suggesting that Roe was "an exercise in raw judicial power" and criticizing the decision for "interposing a constitutional barrier to state efforts to protect human life." White, who usually adhered firmly to the doctrine of stare decisis remained a critic of Roe throughout his term on the bench.
White, however, was not against the death penalty in all forms: he voted to uphold the death penalty statutes at issue in Gregg v.
White accepted the position that the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution required that all punishments be "proportional" to the crime; thus, he wrote the opinion in Coker v.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Byron_White   (1356 words)

  
 Byron White
Byron White was born in Fort Collins, Colorado on June 8, 1917.
In Fall 1946, White was hired as a law clerk to the new Chief Justice, Fred Vinson.
White and Kennedy had met when both were living in Europe in 1939, and White co-authored a Navy report examining why Kennedy's PT boat (PT 109) was struck and sank in the Pacific in World War II.
www.michaelariens.com /ConLaw/justices/whiteb.htm   (621 words)

  
 Retired Supreme Court Justice Byron White dies of pneumonia
White had kept a court office since his retirement, but closed it last year and moved back to his native Colorado, a signal to many that his health was perilous.
White died yesterday morning in Denver, of complications from pneumonia, a statement from the Supreme Court said.
White also authored decisions that struck down capital punishment for rapists, declared nude dancing to be a constitutionally protected form of expression, exempted "kiddie porn" from free-speech protections, and stripped presidential Cabinet members of the absolute immunity from civil lawsuits they once enjoyed.
www.post-gazette.com /nation/20020416judgewhitenat3.asp   (981 words)

  
 Former Supreme Court Justice Byron White Dies
Byron White, a football star and then a conservative U.S. Supreme Court justice who retired in 1993 after 31 years on the bench, died on Monday from complications from pneumonia.
White combined physical prowess as a nationally acclaimed football star in the 1930s when he was nicknamed "Whizzer" with brilliance that made him a Rhodes scholar and, in time, a leading jurist.
White consistently opposed restrictions on the police, dissenting from the famous 1966 ruling that requires officers to tell criminal suspects that they have the right to remain silent or to have a lawyer present during questioning.
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 washingtonpost.com: Longtime Justice Byron White Dies
White's career spanned both the Warren court of the 1960s, which expanded the rights of racial minorities and erected new constitutional protections for criminal defendants, and the subsequent epoch during which the court, under Chief Justices Warren E. Burger and Rehnquist, partially rolled back the Warren court's legacy of liberal rulings.
White was in the majority when the court decided to strike down all state death penalty laws in 1972, and he voted with the majority again in 1976 when the court gave its conditional approval to reinstating the death penalty.
The consistent element in White's thinking, former law clerks and legal analysts said yesterday, was a vision of judicial restraint that obliged White to resist what he considered attempts to substitute the court's policy preferences for the judgments of the political branches of government.
www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A57043-2002Apr15?language=printer   (1911 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Ex-Supreme Court Justice Byron White dies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Byron White was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Kennedy in 1962.
White was a consistent vote for federal affirmative action, for voting rights and for expanding the national government's authority over the states.
In 1946, White married Marion Stearns, the daughter of the then-president of the University of Colorado.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2002/04/15/white-obit.htm   (1883 words)

  
 Smokebox.net Words: Bill Carney: Jack White & Lord Byron
White is clearly a romantic (albeit lower case), and Byron a rock star fated to live in a pre-rock era.
Byron wrote narrative poems depicting Augusta and not so subtly extolling incestuous love, such as "The Bride of Abydos," and "Lara," while his sister ignored his letters and entreaties begging her to come live with him in exile.
Byron was born with a clubbed right foot and perhaps as a result became a great swimmer, renowned for vaulting into the sea with the "agility of a harlequin" and his legendary crossings of the Tagus and Hellespont.
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 Byron White
White was the first Coloradoan appointed to be a Justice of the US Supreme Court in 1962 by President John F. Kennedy.
White graduated from CU-Boulder in 1938 with a bachelor's degree in economics.
White was married to Marion Stearns White, daughter of former CU president Robert Stearns.
www.colorado.edu /NewsServices/byronwhite   (562 words)

  
 [Deathwatch] Byron White, Supreme Court Justice, 84
White died Monday morning in Denver, of complications from pneumonia, the court announced.
White also wrote for the court when it struck down capital punishment for rapists, declared nude dancing a constitutionally protected form of expression, exempted child pornography from free-speech protections and stripped presidential Cabinet members of the absolute immunity from civil lawsuits they once enjoyed.
White had kept a court office since his retirement, but closed it last year and moved back to Colorado, a signal to many that his health was perilous.
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 Guardian Unlimited | Obituaries | Byron White
Byron White, who has died of complications following a bout of pneumonia, aged 84, would prefer to be remembered as a long-serving justice on America's supreme court, rather than as an all-American gridiron star who went on to wider success.
And, perhaps because of his experience with and dislike of fame, White never courted the spotlight, as is the wont of many current justices, and refused to play to the media gallery.
White personally organised the federal marshals who protected civil rights workers in the South, a responsibility J Edgar Hoover's FBI had declined to accept.
www.guardian.co.uk /obituaries/story/0,3604,686077,00.html   (947 words)

  
 Byron White, retired Supreme Court justice, dies at 84: 4/16/02
White served on the court for 31 years and retired in 1993.
White died in Denver of complications of pneumonia, a statement from the Supreme Court said.
White also wrote decisions that struck down capital punishment for rapists, declared nude dancing to be a constitutionally protected form of expression, exempted child pornography from free-speech protections, and stripped presidential Cabinet members of the absolute immunity from civil lawsuits they once enjoyed.
www.s-t.com /daily/04-02/04-16-02/a12wn063.htm   (905 words)

  
 White, Byron Raymond on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
WHITE, BYRON RAYMOND [White, Byron Raymond] 1917-2002, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1962-93), b.
Former Supreme Court Justice Byron White dies at 84.
Byron and 'The Liberal': periodical as political posture.
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 CNN.com - Retired Justice Byron White dies at 84 - April 15, 2002
White once said the court's job, in part, was to figure out what Congress meant in passing legislation.
White remained active in his retirement, occasionally sitting as an appellate judge on the Court of Appeals and serving as chairman of a commission on "Structural Alternatives for the Federal Court of Appeals" from 1997 to 1999.
White is survived by his wife, Marion, a son, Charles Byron White, a daughter, Nancy White Lippe, and six grandchildren.
cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /2002/LAW/04/15/white.obit   (755 words)

  
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Justice Byron R. White was the 93rd Justice to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States.
Byron White was already a national hero to sports fans when I first met him in Pearl Harbor during World War II.
Byron White was himself a remarkable personification of these values and this purpose.
www.uscourts.gov /ttb/may02ttb/justicebyron.html   (1144 words)

  
 Retired High Court Justice Byron White Dies of Pneumonia at Age 84
White’s willingness to take on that position at such a late stage of his career “speaks volumes about his commitment to the administration of justice,” Ninth Circuit Judge Pamela Ann Rymer said yesterday.
White was “sensitive to the political implications” of the proposal, Rymer recalled.
White also authored decisions that struck down capital punishment for rapists, declared nude dancing to be a constitutionally protected form of expression, exempted “kiddie porn” from free-speech protections, and stripped presidential Cabinet members of the absolute immunity form civil lawsuits they once enjoyed.
www.metnews.com /articles/whit041602.htm   (1290 words)

  
 The Supreme Court Historical Society
BYRON R. WHITE was born in Fort Collins, Colorado, on June 8, 1917, and raised in the nearby town of Wellington.
White attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar for one year and then enrolled in Yale Law School.
White served in that position until April 3, 1962, when President Kennedy nominated him to the Supreme Court of the United States.
www.supremecourthistory.org /02_history/subs_timeline/images_associates/079.html   (199 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Byron White balanced brains, sports, character   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Byron R. White was a legend in sports as a lightning-quick running back, punter and kicker.
Byron R. White (he actually didn't like the nickname "Whizzer") was a legend because his actions were always more important than his words.
Before we pronounce this generation of athletes and this generation of civil servants a lost cause, let's remember that there are many future Byron Whites waiting to come out of their shells, aching to discover their destinies, their calling, their purpose.
www.usatoday.com /sports/nfl/stories/2002-04-17-white-appreciation.htm   (701 words)

  
 White, Byron Raymond. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Fort Collins, Colo. An All-America football player nicknamed “Whizzer” who later starred as a professional, White was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa at the Univ. of Colorado, from which he graduated as valedictorian in 1938.
White served (1946–47) as law clerk for Chief Justice Frederick Vinson before going to Denver to practice corporate law.
After President Nixon’s conservative appointments to the court, White became known as a “swing” justice, generally voting with the liberals on civil-rights cases, but with the conservatives on personal liberty and criminal-justice issues.
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 Byron R. White   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Byron White was born and raised in Colorado.
White won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford, and then returned to the United States to complete a law degree at Yale.
White acquired a reputation for moderation during the heyday of Warren Court liberalism and egalitarianism.
www.oyez.org /oyez/resource/legal_entity/93/biography   (172 words)

  
 'Whizzer' White career highlights   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
White was also a.400 hitter on the baseball team, and a standout on CU's basketball squad that made the N.I.T. in 1938.
On March 30, 1962, White was appointed an associated justice of the U.S. Supreme Court at age 44.
White was selected to CU's All-Century Team in 1989, marking the school's first 100 years of football, and his football number, 24, was the first retired by the University.
www.thedailycamera.com /buffzone/sports/16swhiz.html   (845 words)

  
 JURIST - Justice Byron White
White had known my Grandfather He died before I was born so I didn't know him and I remember a blue book of the White family history and Mr.
Justice White, no doubt was a very intelligent and willful man. Given the amount of time he served, 31 years in total (1962-1993), and the tumultuous times that he served, he had the chance to leave a far different legacy for himself, but chose not to.
White is possibly the most underrated Justice in the history of the Court.
jurist.law.pitt.edu /issues/issue_byronwhite.php   (2528 words)

  
 Detroit Lions Site: Former Lion Byron White dead at 84
White was a two-way star at the University of Colorado and was the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy in 1937.
It was during his college career that White was dubbed ”Whizzer,” a nickname he grew to detest.
White would go on to lead the NFL in rushing that season with 514 yards and five touchdowns in 12 games.
www.detroitlions.com /news/index.cfm?cont_id=105658   (349 words)

  
 U.S. Senate Republican Policy Committee
Byron White had humble beginnings in Colorado, but he became a Rhodes Scholar and an honor graduate of Yale who paid his way through law school by playing professional football.
Byron White was confirmed twelve days after his nomination by voice vote of a Democrat-controlled Senate.
That same Byron White, an American hero who was elevated by a Democratic President and praised for decades by Democratic officials, could no longer qualify for appointment to the Supreme Court, or possibly to any Federal court, because of his legal views on abortion.
www.senate.gov /~rpc/releases/1999/jd1042502.htm   (632 words)

  
 Byron R. White Biography / Biography of Byron R. White Biography
Byron R. White (born 1917) was a football star, a successful lawyer, a deputy U.S. attorney general, and a U.S. Supreme Court justice.
Byron R. White was born on June 8, 1917, in Fort Collins, Colorado, and grew up in Wellington, a small farming and trading town in northern Colorado.
From their early youth White and his brother worked long hours at hard-labor jobs in sugar beet fields or on section crews for the railroad, their income vital to the family during the bleak years of the Great Depression of the 1930s.
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 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit - Public Education   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Byron White was valedictorian at the University of Colorado, was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and was a Rhodes scholar.
Byron White served as justice on the Supreme Court until he retired in 1993.
However, Justice White immediately left the conference and spent the next half hour warmly visiting with El Presidente and his entourage and assuring him that the law clerk was a person of flawless character.
www.ck10.uscourts.gov /edu.cfm?part=12   (1684 words)

  
 Byron R. White Papers (Library of Congress)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
White's opposition to the constitutional right to an abortion is reflected in the Roe v.
Atonio is White's majority opinion written in 1989 that established criteria for the use of statistical evidence by workers claiming racial bias.
Fordice, include White's majority opinion that to desegregate state-run colleges and universities, a state has a responsibility to do more than simply "[abolish] the legal requirement that whites and fls be educated separately and [establish] racially neutral policies." The collection contains opinion files and administrative files arranged chronologically by court term.
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 University of Colorado School of Law
The Byron R. White Center for the Study of American Constitutional Law was founded in 1990 through the generous bequest of one of the Law School's most outstanding graduates and patrons, Ira.
Named in honor of the retired Supreme Court Justice and University of Colorado alumnus, the Byron White Center is an important educational resource for the Law School, for the University, and for the citizens of Colorado.
The Byron R. White Center for the Study of American Constitutional Law was inaugurated by then-Dean Gene R. Nichol, Jr.
www.colorado.edu /law/centers/byronwhite   (802 words)

  
 SUPREME COURT SEMINAR
Byron White as a practicing lawyer in Colorado.
The White legacy: the courtship of Byron White.
"Byron 'Whizzer' White." In 8 men and a lady: profiles of the justices of the Supreme Court, by the Judicial Staff of the National Press, p.77-112.
www.dsl.psu.edu /library/lrr/guides/supct/white.html   (673 words)

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