Difference between revisions of "Stanley Matthews"

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-{{Officeholder
-|name=Stanley Matthews
-|image=
-|party=
-|spouse=Mary A. Matthews
-|religion=
-|offices=
-	{{Officeholder/Supreme Court Justice
-	|role=Associate
-	|nominator=[[James Garfield]]
-	|terms= May 12, 1881 – March 22, 1889
-	|preceded=[[Noah H. Swayne]]
-	|former=y
-	|succeeded=[[David J. Brewer]]
-	}}
-|military=y
-|allegiance=Union
-|rank=Lieutenant-colonel
-|battles=[[Civil War]]
-}}
-'''Thomas Stanley Matthews''' (July 21, 1824 – March 22, 1889) was an [[Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]. He wrote the majority opinion in ''Yick Wo v. Hopkins'' - which established that [[de facto]] discriminatory application of a neutral law violates the [[Equal Protection Clause]] of the [[14th Amendment]].<ref name="jrank">{{cite web|url=http://law.jrank.org/pages/8484/Matthews-Stanley.html|title=Stanley Matthews|format=HTML|language=English|work=law.jrank}}</ref>
-==References==
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-{{Supreme Court|fuller=y|waite=y}}

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