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Charles E. Whittaker

associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Also known as: Charles Evans Whittaker
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Charles E. Whittaker (born Feb. 22, 1901, near Troy, Kan., U.S.β€”died Nov. 26, 1973, Kansas City, Mo.) was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1957–62). Whittaker was admitted to the bar in 1923 and received his law degree the following year. In 1930 he became a partner in a Kansas City law firm, where he specialized in corporation law. In 1954 he was appointed federal judge for western Missouri, and in 1956...

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