Hugo Black served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1937 until shortly before his death in 1971. Born in Clay County, Alabama, in 1886, he earned his law degree at the University of Alabama, practiced in Birmingham, served as a police court judge and a prosecutor in Birmingham, and represented Alabama in the United States Senate from 1927 to 1937. President Franklin Roosevelt nominated him to the Court in August 1937. He assumed senior status in September 1971 and died later that month.
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Source Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School: Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963)
Source Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School: Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214 (1944)
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1. Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School: Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214 (1944)
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Mr. Justice BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.
Drafted: Korematsu v. United States, Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.
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Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School: Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963)
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Mr. Justice BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.
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