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Wiley Blount Rutledge Jr. (July 20, 1894 – September 10, 1949) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1943 to 1949. The ninth and final justice appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, he is best known for his impassioned defenses of civil liberties.
Wiley Rutledge had been sitting on the U.S. Court of Appeals for nearly four years when he was summoned one day to the White House. "Wiley," said President Roosevelt, "we had a number...
Jul 20, 1998 · Wiley B. Rutledge, Jr. was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1943–49). Rutledge taught high school and studied law in his youth, receiving his law degree from the University of Colorado in 1922.
He died on September 10, 1949, at the age of fifty-five. Historical profiles documenting the personal background, plus nomination and confirmation dates of previous associate justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Wiley B. Rutledge.
Mar 25, 2022 · Wiley Rutledge served on the Supreme Court from 1943-1949, but it wasn’t until John M. Ferran published “Salt of the Earth Conscience of the Court” that he even received a true biography.
May 11, 2021 · May 11, 2021 • By Daniel Rutledge Pollitt. In the early 20th century, my grandparents, Wiley Blount Rutledge Jr. (1894–1949) and Annabel Person Rutledge (1888–1984), spent nine formative married years in the Rocky Mountain states—three in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and six in Boulder, Colorado.
Wiley Rutledge was President Franklin Delano Roovelt's eighth and last appointment to the Supreme Court. Rutledge had spoken out in support of Roosevelt's court-packing plan while dean of the University of Iowa Law School.
