Abe Fortas

1910–1982 · Memphis, TN

Judicial Service

CourtTitleAppointed ByCommissionedTermination
Supreme Court of the United StatesAssociate JusticeLyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)Aug 11, 1965Resignation, May 14, 1969

Education

  • Southwestern College (now Rhodes College), A.B., 1930
  • Yale Law School, LL.B., 1933

Professional Career

Assistant chief, Legal Division, Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 1933-1934; Assistant professor of law, Yale Law School, 1934-1939; Assistant director, Corporate Reorganization Study, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1935-1937; Assistant director, Public Utilities Division, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1937-1939; General counsel, Bituminous Coal Division, Public Works Administration, 1939-1941; Director, Division of Power, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1941-1942; Undersecretary of the interior, 1942-1946; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1946-1965, 1969-1982

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Showing 100 of 209 opinions from 1965 to 1969

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