RARE! "Supreme Court Justice" Stanley Reed Hand Written Letter Todd Mueller COA

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Up for auction a RARE! "Supreme Court Justice" Stanley Reed Hand Written Letter.
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Stanley Forman Reed
(December 31, 1884 – April 2, 1980) was a noted American attorney who served as
United States Solicitor General
from 1935 to 1938 and as an
Associate Justice
of the
U.S. Supreme Court
from 1938 to 1957. Born in
Mason County, Kentucky
, Reed established a legal practice in
Maysville, Kentucky
and won election to the
Kentucky House of Representatives
. He attended law school but did not graduate, making him the latest-serving Supreme Court Justice who did not graduate from law school. After serving in the
United States Army
during
World War I
, Reed emerged as a prominent corporate attorney and took positions with the
Federal Farm Board
and the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
. He took office as Solicitor General in 1935, and defended the constitutionality of several
New Deal
policies. After the retirement of Associate Justice
George Sutherland
, President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
successfully nominated Reed to the Supreme Court. Reed served until his retirement in 1957, and was succeeded by
Charles Evans Whittaker
. Reed wrote the majority opinion in cases such as
Smith v. Allwright
,
Gorin v. United States
,
and
Adamson v. California
.
He authored dissenting opinions in cases such as
Illinois ex rel. McCollum v. Board of Education