Charles E. Whittaker
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Charles Evans Whittaker was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. A swing-vote, history has regarded him as having an inconsistent judicial philosophy; at Chief Justice Earl Warren's request, he resigned from the Court citing an exhausting workload.[1]
| Charles E. Whittaker | |
|---|---|
| Former Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court From: March 22, 1957 â March 31, 1962 | |
| Nominator | Dwight Eisenhower |
| Predecessor | Stanley F. Reed |
| Successor | Byron White |
| Information | |
| Party | Republican |
He had apparently suffered a mental breakdown while working on a contentious decision, Baker v. Carr, and never returned to the Court to join a decision in that landmark case.[2]