![]() He previously served as a Brevet Colonel in the American Civil War, an Associate Justice and as Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and was Weld Professor of Law at his alma mater, Harvard Law School. Holmes retired from the court at the age of 90, an unbeaten record for oldest justice on the United States Supreme Court. He is one of the most widely cited United States Supreme Court justices and most influential American common law judges in history, noted for his long service, concise and pithy opinions, particularly for opinions on civil liberties and American constitutional democracy, and deference to the decisions of elected legislatures. ![]() (Ma– March 6, 1935) was an American jurist and legal scholar who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932.
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