Wiley B. Rutledge, Jr.

Wiley B. Rutledge, Jr. (born July 20, 1894, Cloverport, Kentucky, U.S.—died September 10, 1949, York, Maine) was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1943–49). Rutledge taught high school and studied law in his youth, receiving his law degree from the University of Colorado in 1922. After two years of private practice, he taught law at various universities until his appointment to the federal Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia in...