īlackmun attended Mechanic Arts High School in Saint Paul, where he graduated fourth in his class of 450 in 1925. He attended the same grade school as future Chief Justice Warren E. Blackmun grew up in Dayton's Bluff, a working-class neighborhood in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where his father owned a small store. Three years after his birth, his baby brother, Corwin Manning Blackmun Jr., died soon after birth his sister Betty was born in 1917.
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Winnebago County.Įarly years and professional career īlackmun was born on November 12, 1908, in Nashville, Illinois, to Theo Huegely (Reuter) and Corwin Manning Blackmun. He wrote dissenting opinions in notable cases such as Furman v. Casey but also filed a separate opinion, warning that Roe was in jeopardy. He joined part of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's opinion in Planned Parenthood v. Wade, notable majority opinions by Blackmun include Bates v.
He retired from the Court during President Bill Clinton's administration and was succeeded by Stephen Breyer.Īside from Roe v. Blackmun and his close friend, Chief Justice Warren Burger, were often called the " Minnesota Twins", but Blackmun drifted away from Burger during their tenure on the court. After the defeat of two previous nominees, President Nixon successfully nominated Blackmun to the Supreme Court to replace Associate Justice Abe Fortas. Eisenhower appointed him to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He practiced law in the Twin Cities, representing clients such as the Mayo Clinic. Raised in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Blackmun graduated from Harvard Law School in 1932. Wade, which prohibits many state and federal restrictions on abortion. He is best known as the author of the Court's opinion in Roe v. Appointed by Republican President Richard Nixon, Blackmun ultimately became one of the most liberal justices on the Court. Harry Andrew Blackmun (Novem– March 4, 1999) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1970 to 1994.