| Henry Billings Brown | |
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| In office January 5, 1891 – May 28, 1906 | |
| Nominated by | Benjamin Harrison |
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| Preceded by | Samuel Freeman Miller |
| Succeeded by | William Henry Moody |
| Born | March 2, 1836 Lee, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | September 4, 1913 (aged 77) Bronxville, New York, U.S. |
Henry Billings Brown (born South Lee, Massachusetts, March 2, 1836; died Bronxville, New York, September 4, 1913) was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from January 5, 1891 to May 28, 1906. Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are the members of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the Chief Justice of the United States Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Benjamin Harrison (August 20 1833 &ndash March 13 1901 was the twenty-third President of the United States, serving one term from 1889 to 1893 Samuel Freeman Miller ( April 5, 1816 &ndash October 13, 1890) was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, 1862&ndash1890 William Henry Moody ( December 23 1853 &ndash July 2 1917) was an American politician and Jurist, who held positions Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Lee is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Bronxville is a village within the town of Eastchester, New York. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Lee is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Bronxville is a village within the town of Eastchester, New York. Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting He is perhaps best known today as the author of the opinion for the Court in Plessy v. Ferguson, the famous decision that upheld the legality of racial segregation in public transportation.
Life and work
Brown grew up in a New England merchant's family. History See also History of New England New England's earliest inhabitants were Algonquian -speaking Native Americans including the He graduated from Yale in 1856, and received some formal legal training both at Yale and at Harvard, although he did not earn a law degree. Yale College was the official name of Yale University from 1718 to 1887 His early law practice was in Detroit, where he specialized in admiralty law (i. Admiralty law (also referred to as maritime law) is a distinct body of Law which governs maritime questions and offenses e. , shipping law on the Great Lakes). The Laurentian Great Lakes are a chain of freshwater lakes located in eastern North America, on the Canada–United States border. Brown hired a substitute to take his place in the Union Army during the Civil War. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South He served as U.S. Attorney and in 1875 was appointed to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. United States Attorneys (also known as federal prosecutors) represent the United States federal government in United States district court and The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan is the Federal district court with Jurisdiction over of the eastern portion of the state Brown edited a collection of rulings and orders in important admiralty cases from inland waters,[1] which is still used as a reference in Black's Law Dictionary. Black's Law Dictionary is the most widely-used Law dictionary for the Law of the United States. He also compiled a case book on admiralty law for his lectures at Georgetown University. [2] He was a Republican prior to joining the court, but was not known for excessive partisanship. President Benjamin Harrison appointed Brown to the U. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Benjamin Harrison (August 20 1833 &ndash March 13 1901 was the twenty-third President of the United States, serving one term from 1889 to 1893 S. Supreme Court on December 23, 1890. Events 962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
Brown was generally unwilling to allow government intervention in business, and concurred with the majority opinion in Lochner v. New York striking down a limitation on maximum working hours. Lochner v New York, 198 US 45 (1905 was a landmark United States Supreme Court case that held the " Right to free contract " was He did, however, support the federal income tax in Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. (1895). The Pollock v Farmers' Loan & Trust Company, 157 US 429, aff'd on reh'g, 158 U Brown left diaries written from his college days until his appointment as a federal judge in 1875. They can be found in the Burton Historical Collection of the Detroit Public Library. The Detroit Public Library is the largest Library system in Michigan. His diaries suggest that Brown was personally likable (but ambitious), depressed and often full of doubt about himself. In the fields of Psychology and Psychiatry, the terms depression or depressed refer to both expected and pathologically chronic or severe Near the end of his years on the Court he largely lost his eyesight. He died of heart failure. Brown is buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Detroit.
In 1864 Brown married Caroline Pitts, the daughter of a wealthy Detroit lumberman; they had no children. She died in 1901; in 1904, he married a close friend of his first wife, the widow Josephine E. Tyler.
References
- ^ Brown, Henry Billings [1876]. Reports of admiralty and revenue cases argued and determined in the circuit and district courts of the United States for the western lake and river districts [1856-1875]. New York: Baker, Voorhis & Co.
- ^ Brown, Henry Billings [1896]. Cases on the law of admiralty. St. Paul: West Publishing Co.
- Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States
- Professor Robert J. Glennon, Jr. , at 44 Colo. L. Rev. 553 (1973)
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