White, Byron Raymond

Born June 8, 1917, in Fort Collins, CO
Died April 15, 2002, in Denver, CO

Federal Judicial Service:
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
Nominated by John F. Kennedy on April 3, 1962, to a seat vacated by Charles Evans Whittaker. Confirmed by the Senate on April 11, 1962, and received commission on April 12, 1962. Assumed senior status on June 28, 1993. Service terminated on April 15, 2002, due to death.

Supreme Court Oath:
April 16, 1962

Allotment as Circuit Justice:

Eighth Circuit, April 16, 1962-June 8, 1970
Tenth Circuit, April 16, 1962-June 27, 1993
Sixth Circuit, July 4, 1981-September 30, 1981
Fifth Circuit, October 1, 1981-October 8, 1990
Eleventh Circuit, June 26, 1987-July 31, 1987

Education:
University of Oxford, Rhodes Scholar
University of Colorado, B.A., 1938
Yale Law School, LL.B., 1946

Professional Career:

Professional football player, Pittsburgh Steelers and Detroit Lions, 1938-1940
U.S. Navy, Naval Intelligence, 1942-1945
Law clerk, Hon. Fred Vinson, Supreme Court of the United States, 1946-1947
Private practice, Denver, Colorado, 1947-1961
Deputy attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1961-1962

Bibliography

Daye, Charles E. “Justice Byron R. White.” North Carolina Central Law Review, vol. 12, no. 2 (Spring 1981): 260-79.

Harry, Robert H. “Byron White: The Practicing Lawyer.” University of Colorado Law Review, vol. 75, no. 1 (2004): 203-10.

Hutchinson, Dennis J. “The Ideal New Frontier Judge.” Supreme Court Review, vol. 1997 (1997): 373-402.

________. The Man Who Once was Whizzer White: A Portrait of Justice Byron R. White. New York: Free Press, 1998.

Ides, Allan. “The Jurisprudence of Byron White.” Yale Law Journal, vol. 103, no. 2 (Nov. 1993): 419-461.

Stevens, John Paul. “Byron White – Hero and Scholar: Reflections about Punishment, Political Speech, and Public Liability.” University of Colorado Law Review, vol. 84, no. 4 (2013): 893-908.

Tributes: University of Colorado Law Review, vol. 58, no. 3 (Summer 1987): 339-514.

Tributes: “Justice White and the Exercise of Judicial Power.” University of Colorado Law Review, vol. 74, no. 4 (2003): 1283-1636.

Tributes: Brigham Young University Law Review, vol. 1994, no. 2 (1994): 209-368.

Manuscript Collections

Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Byron R. White papers, 1961-1992.
361.4 linear ft. (183,500 items); finding aid; restricted; opinion files and related administrative records documenting cases heard on the U.S. Supreme Court. Opinion files contain memoranda and drafts of majority opinions, dissents, and concurrences; administrative files include case assignment lists, circulation records, conference lists, schedules of court hearings, decision statistics, per curiam opinions, and docket sheets.

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