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Abe Fortas

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United States Supreme Court Justice (1910-1982)

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Abraham Fortas was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1965 to 1969. Born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Fortas graduated from Rhodes College and Yale Law School. S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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One of Fortas's former residences (left) in Georgetown, Washington, D.C.One of Fortas's former residences (left) in Georgetown, Washington, D.C.Fortas in 1939Fortas in 1939Fortas with Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965Fortas with Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965Abe Fortas in 1968Abe Fortas in 1968

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Abraham Fortas was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1965 to 1969. Born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Fortas graduated from Rhodes College and Yale Law School. He later became a law professor at Yale and then an advisor for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Fortas worked at the Department of the Interior under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and was appointed by President Harry S. Truman to delegations that helped set up the United Nations in 1945.

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United States
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Lived 1910 to 1982 · aged 71
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