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White, Byron Raymond (Whizzer)
Born: 1917 AD
Died: 2002 AD, at 85 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
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Died: 2002 AD, at 85 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: None
US football player and jurist
law clerk to Frederick Vinson 1946-1947
deputy attorney general 1961-1962
Supreme Court justice 1962-1993 (1st former Supreme Court law clerk appointed to Supreme Court)
wrote decisions for Washington v. Davis 1976 (7-2, unintended differential impact of standardized police exam does not constitute racial discrimination), Coker v. Georgia 1977 (7-2, death penalty is unconstitutional for rape of adult victim), US v. Leon 1984 (6-3, illegally obtained evidence can be used in trial if agents believed they were acting legally
established good faith exception to exclusionary rule), Bowers v. Hardwick 1986 (5-4, states can forbid consensual homosexual conduct)
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