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Owen J. Roberts served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1930 to 1945 after being appointed by President Herbert Hoover. Before joining the Court, he was a prominent Philadelphia lawyer and a special prosecutor in the Teapot Dome investigations. His vote in West Coast Hotel Co.
v. Parrish helped sustain minimum-wage regulation in 1937, a shift commonly associated with the phrase "the switch in time that saved nine," though historians dispute that simplified account.
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Who was Owen J. Roberts?
Owen J. Roberts was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1930 to 1945. President Herbert Hoover appointed him to the Court.
What did Owen J. Roberts do before joining the Supreme Court?
Before becoming a justice, he was a prominent Philadelphia lawyer. He also served as a special prosecutor in the Teapot Dome investigations.
Who appointed Owen J. Roberts to the Supreme Court?
President Herbert Hoover appointed Roberts in 1930. Roberts then served as an associate justice until 1945.
What were the Teapot Dome investigations?
They were federal investigations into corruption involving the leasing of government oil reserves during the 1920s. Roberts gained national attention through his role as a special prosecutor in that case.
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