Rutledge, Wiley Blount

Born July 20, 1894, in Cloverport, KY
Died September 10, 1949, in York, ME

Federal Judicial Service:
Associate Justice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (now U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit)
Nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 21, 1939, to a new seat authorized by 52 Stat. 584. Confirmed by the Senate on April 4, 1939, and received commission on May 2, 1939. Service terminated on February 15, 1943, due to appointment to another judicial position.

Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
Nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 11, 1943, to a seat vacated by James F. Byrnes. Confirmed by the Senate on February 8, 1943, and received commission on February 11, 1943. Service terminated on September 10, 1949, due to death.

Supreme Court Oath:
February 15, 1943

Allotment as Circuit Justice:

Eighth Circuit, March 1, 1943-September 10, 1949
Tenth Circuit, March 1, 1943-September 10, 1949

Education:
University of Wisconsin, B.A., 1914
University of Colorado Law School, LL.B., 1922

Professional Career:

Private practice, Boulder, Colorado, 1922-1924
Associate professor of law, University of Colorado, 1924-1926
Professor of law, Washington University School of Law, 1926-1935; acting dean, 1930-1931; dean, 1931-1935
Professor of law and dean, State University of Iowa College of Law, 1935-1939

Bibliography

Birkby, Robert H. “Justice Wiley B. Rutledge and Individual Liberties.” Ph.D. Diss., Princeton University, 1963.

Canon, Alfred O. “Mr. Justice Rutledge and the Roosevelt Court.” Vanderbilt Law Review, vol. 10, no. 2 (Feb. 1957): 167-92.

Ferren, John M. Salt of the Earth, Conscience of the Court: The Story of Wiley Routledge (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2004).

Harper, Fowler V. Justice Rutledge and the Bright Constellation. New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1965.

Hier, Marshall D. “Justice Wiley B. Rutledge’s St. Louis Years.” St. Louis Bar Journal, vol. 40, no. 2 (Fall 1993): 37-40.

Levitan, David M. “Mr. Justice Rutledge.” Virginia Law Review, vol. 34, no. 4 (1948): 393-417.

Miller, Justin. “Wiley Rutledge.” American Bar Association Journal, vol. 29, no. 3 (Mar. 1943): 129-30.

Pollak, Louis H. “Wiley Blount Rutledge: Profile of a Judge.” University of Illinois Law Forum, vol. 1979, no. 2 (1979): 301-37.

Ray, Laura Krugman. “Clerk and Justice: The Ties that Bind John Paul Stevens and Wiley B. Rutledge.” Connecticut Law Review, vol. 41, no. 1 (Nov. 2008): 211-64.

Rockwell, Landon G. “Justice Rutledge on Civil Liberties.” Yale Law Journal, vol. 59 (Dec. 1949): 27-59.

Manuscript Collections

Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Wiley B. Rutledge papers, 1912-1959.
105 shelf ft. (76,100 items); finding aid; collection contains family papers (1920-1949), general correspondence (1926-1951), a U.S. court of appeals file (1939-1949), a U.S. Supreme Court file (1942-1949), an academic file (1925-1940), a speeches and writings file (1912-1949), and a miscellaneous file (1915-1959).

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