Wiley B. Rutledge

FDR's last appointment — a law dean whose fierce dissent in the Yamashita war crimes case is now a classic of due process. Mentor to a law clerk named John Paul Stevens. Dead of a stroke at 55.

Associate Justice1943–1949Appointed by F. RooseveltJustice #83
Born July 20, 1894 · Cloverport, KY
Died September 10, 1949 · York, ME
Buried Green Mountain Cemetery, Boulder, CO

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