Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

He was born in 1920, and at the time, the oldest living Justice was, of course, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., born in 1841 when the oldest living Justice was Gabriel Duvall.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “American History in Three Men”: 2009

Since this is a blog about law, I assume this was written tongue in cheek, and that you know that Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. was the son of the autocrat of the breakfast table, poet Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Oliver Wendell Holmes is Grossly Overrated: 2009

Among other notable aspects of the litigation, the cases reached the New York Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court, which at that time included two of the most eminent jurists in the history of the United States, Judge Benjamin N. Cardozo and Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., respectively.

Levine on Jewish Lawyers and Rent Control, 1920 Dan Ernst 2009

They also hold substantial collections of papers of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., who wins my nomination for the figure in American history with the worst handwriting.

Fellowship in American Legal Bibliography and History at Harvard Law School Library Christopher Capozzola 2009

There's cause for celebration for fans of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., and his great work of legal scholarship, The Common Law, judging from a post by David Warrington, Special Collections Librarian at the Harvard Law School, on the Law Library's Blog.

The Common Law: Holmes' Own Annotations On-Line Dan Ernst 2009

I certainly think he's being honest and believes, as Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., put it "Taxes are the price we pay for civilization."

Isn't it patriotic to pay taxes? Ann Althouse 2008

The article also quotes Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., in 1919: "I think that we should be eternally vigilant, against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe and believe to be fraught with death."

ianrandalstrock's Journal ianrandalstrock 2008

Recalling his service as an infantryman in the Civil War in a Memorial Day address to the Harvard Class of 1895, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., rhapsodized, Now, at least, and perhaps as long as man dwells upon the globe, his destiny is battle, and he has to take the chances of war…Who is there who would not like to be thought a gentleman?

The Great Experiment Strobe Talbott 2008

In the months that followed, Clover photographed H. H. Richardson, the painter John La Farge, the historian Francis Parkman, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., the Hay children, generals, and senators.

The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008

In the months that followed, Clover photographed H. H. Richardson, the painter John La Farge, the historian Francis Parkman, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., the Hay children, generals, and senators.

The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008