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- NAME: William J. Brennan, Jr.
- OCCUPATION: Supreme Court Justice
- BIRTH DATE: April 25, 1906
- DEATH DATE: July 24, 1997
- EDUCATION: University of Pennsylvania, Harvard Law School
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Newark, New Jersey
- PLACE OF DEATH: Arlington, Virginia
- Full Name: William Joseph Brennan Jr.
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William J. Brennan was an attorney who rose to the U.S. Supreme Court, where he served for 34 years.
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William J. Brennan was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by Republican president Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956. He is perhaps best remembered for his role in a series of obscenity cases, beginning with Roth v. United States (1957), and many Supreme Court analysts consider Brennan's decisions among the most influential in the modern history of the Supreme Court.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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