Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (March 8, 1841 – March 6, 1935) was an American jurist who served as an Associate
Justiceof the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932, and
as Acting Chief Justice of the United States January–February 1930.
Noted for
his long service, his concise and pithy opinions and his deference to the
decisions of elected legislatures, he is one of the most widely cited United States Supreme
Court justices in history, particularly for his "clear and present danger" opinion for a unanimous Court in the 1919 case of Schenck v.
United States, and is
one of the most influential American common law judges, honored during
his lifetime in Great Britain as well as the United States.
Holmes retired from
the Court at the age of 90 years, making him the oldest Justice in the Supreme
Court's history. He also served as an Associate Justice and as Chief Justice on
the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and was Weld Professor of Law at the Harvard Law School, of which he was an alumnus.
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