Owen Josephus Roberts

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Owen Josephus Roberts

associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

Written by Brian P. Smentkowski

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Born:: May 2, 1875, Germantown, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Died:: May 17, 1955, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania (aged 80)

Title / Office:: Supreme Court of the United States (1930-1945), United States; supreme court (1930-1945), United States

Role In:: Teapot Dome Scandal; Cantwell v. Connecticut

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Owen Josephus Roberts (born May 2, 1875, Germantown, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died May 17, 1955, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania) was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1930–45). Roberts was the son of hardware merchant Josephus R. Roberts and Emma Lafferty Roberts. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1895 from the University of Pennsylvania and then entered the university’s law school, where he served as associate editor of the American Law Register (now University of Pennsylvania Law Record) and graduated with highest honors in 1898. Upon his graduation, he continued his association with the University of Pennsylvania for the ...(100 of 864 words)

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