Waite, Morrison (Remick)

Waite, Morrison (Remick)
born Nov. 29, 1816, Lyme, Conn., U.S.
died March 23, 1888, Washington, D.C.

U.S. jurist.

The son of a justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, he practiced law in Toledo, Ohio; in his most notable case, he prosecuted the Alabama claims. In 1874 he was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States by Pres. Ulysses S. Grant; he served on the court until his death. In U.S. v. Cruikshank, Waite stated that, despite its apparently plain language, the Fifteenth Amendment had not conferred a federal right of suffrage on African Americans, because "the right to vote comes from the states." In his most famous opinion, Munn v. Illinois (1877), he upheld legislation fixing maximum rates chargeable by grain elevators and railroads, declaring that a business or private property "affected with a public interest" was subject to governmental regulation.

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  • Waite — noun United States jurist who was appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1874 by President Grant (1816 1888) • Syn: ↑Morrison Waite, ↑Morrison R. Waite, ↑Morrison Remick Waite • Instance Hypernyms: ↑chief justice * * *… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Morrison R. Waite — noun United States jurist who was appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1874 by President Grant (1816 1888) • Syn: ↑Waite, ↑Morrison Waite, ↑Morrison Remick Waite • Instance Hypernyms: ↑chief justice …   Useful english dictionary

  • Morrison Waite — noun United States jurist who was appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1874 by President Grant (1816 1888) • Syn: ↑Waite, ↑Morrison R. Waite, ↑Morrison Remick Waite • Instance Hypernyms: ↑chief justice …   Useful english dictionary

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