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'''William Paterson''' (December 24, 1745 – September 9, 1806) was an [[Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] in addition to being a [[New Jersey]] statesman and a delegate to the 1787 [[Constitutional Convention]], where he proposed the [[New Jersey Plan]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Chicago-Kent School of Law|work=Oyez|url=http://www.oyez.org/justices/william_paterson|title=William Paterson|language=English}}</ref>

'''William Paterson''' (December 24, 1745 – September 9, 1806) was an [[Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] in addition to being a [[New Jersey]] statesman and a delegate to the 1787 [[Constitutional Convention]], where he proposed the [[New Jersey Plan]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Chicago-Kent School of Law|work=Oyez|url=https://www.oyez.org/justices/william_paterson|title=William Paterson|language=English}}</ref>

Patterson was one of the authors of the [[Judiciary Act of 1789]] - which created the federal legal structure he would soon be a part of.<ref>{{cite web|title=William Paterson - Jersey, Court, Supreme, Constitution, Congress, and Created|work=law.jrank|language=English|url=http://law.jrank.org/pages/9108/Paterson-William.html}}</ref> On the Supreme Court, his role as a framer gave credence to what he cited as the [[original intent]] of the drafters of the Constitution.

Patterson was one of the authors of the [[Judiciary Act of 1789]] - which created the federal legal structure he would soon be a part of.<ref>{{cite web|title=William Paterson - Jersey, Court, Supreme, Constitution, Congress, and Created|work=law.jrank|language=English|url=http://law.jrank.org/pages/9108/Paterson-William.html}}</ref> On the Supreme Court, his role as a framer gave credence to what he cited as the [[original intent]] of the drafters of the Constitution.