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JOHN MARSHALL
HARLAN was born in Chicago, Illinois, on May 20, 1899,
and named after his grandfather, who served as an Associate
Justice from 1877 to 1911. Harlan was graduated from Princeton
University in 1920 and studied law for three years at
Balliol College, Oxford. He received his law degree from
New York Law School in 1925. Harlan entered private practice
with a New York law firm. He remained a member for twenty-five
years but took periodic leaves of absence to serve in
public office. In 1925, he was appointed an Assistant
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New
York, and from 1928 to 1930 he served as a Special Assistant
Attorney General for New York. In World War II, Harlan
served as an officer in the United States Air Force. After
the War, he returned to his law practice and served as
chief counsel to the New York State Crime Commission from
1951 to 1953. In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower
appointed Harlan to the United States Court of Appeals
for the Second Circuit. On November 8, 1954, President
Eisenhower nominated him to the Supreme Court of the United
States. The Senate confirmed the appointment on March
16, 1955. Harlan retired from the Supreme Court on September
23, 1971. He died on December 29, 1971, at the age of
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