Brandeis, Louis Dembitz
1856 - Born on the 13th of November in Louisville, Kentucky. He was an American litigator, Supreme Court Justice, advocate of privacy, and developer of the Brandeis Brief.
1870 - Brandeis graduated from the German and English Academy in Louisville at age 14 with the highest honors.
1872 - In the midst of the Long Depression, Brandeis' family returned to Europe: after a period spent travelling with his family, he studied for two years at the Annen-Realschule in Dresden.
1875 - Returning to the US, Brandeis entered Harvard Law School.
1877 - Graduating not only at the head of his class but with the highest marks of any student to have attended the law school.
1900 - He bought a house with his wife on Village Avenue in Dedham, Massachusetts.
1908 - In the Supreme Court case Muller v. Oregon, Brandeis, acting as a litigator, submitted a legal brief containing empirical data collected from hundreds of sources.
1914-1918 - Brandeis was the leader of American Zionism.
1916 - Justice Brandeis was appointed by Woodrow Wilson to the Supreme Court of the United States.
1927 - Brandeis also joined with fellow justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. in calling for greater Constitutional protection for speech, disagreeing with the Court's analysis in upholding a conviction for aiding the Communist Party in Whitney v. California (though concurring with the disposition of the case on technical grounds).
1932-1937 - During the Supreme Court terms, Brandeis, along with Justices Cardozo and Stone, was a member of the Three Musketeers, which was considered to be the liberal faction of the Supreme Court.
1937 - As an octogenarian, Brandeis was deeply offended by his friend Franklin Roosevelt's court-packing scheme.
1939 - Brandeis retired from the Court, to be replaced by William O. Douglas.
1941 - Brandeis died in Washington, D.C on the 5th of October.
2006 - Louisville celebrated the 150th anniversary of Brandeis's birth.
1870 - Brandeis graduated from the German and English Academy in Louisville at age 14 with the highest honors.
1872 - In the midst of the Long Depression, Brandeis' family returned to Europe: after a period spent travelling with his family, he studied for two years at the Annen-Realschule in Dresden.
1875 - Returning to the US, Brandeis entered Harvard Law School.
1877 - Graduating not only at the head of his class but with the highest marks of any student to have attended the law school.
1900 - He bought a house with his wife on Village Avenue in Dedham, Massachusetts.
1908 - In the Supreme Court case Muller v. Oregon, Brandeis, acting as a litigator, submitted a legal brief containing empirical data collected from hundreds of sources.
1914-1918 - Brandeis was the leader of American Zionism.
1916 - Justice Brandeis was appointed by Woodrow Wilson to the Supreme Court of the United States.
1927 - Brandeis also joined with fellow justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. in calling for greater Constitutional protection for speech, disagreeing with the Court's analysis in upholding a conviction for aiding the Communist Party in Whitney v. California (though concurring with the disposition of the case on technical grounds).
1932-1937 - During the Supreme Court terms, Brandeis, along with Justices Cardozo and Stone, was a member of the Three Musketeers, which was considered to be the liberal faction of the Supreme Court.
1937 - As an octogenarian, Brandeis was deeply offended by his friend Franklin Roosevelt's court-packing scheme.
1939 - Brandeis retired from the Court, to be replaced by William O. Douglas.
1941 - Brandeis died in Washington, D.C on the 5th of October.
2006 - Louisville celebrated the 150th anniversary of Brandeis's birth.
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