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{{Officeholder
|name=Hugo Black
|image=HugoBlack.jpg
|party=Democrat
|spouse=Josephine Foster (1921-1951)<br/>Elizabeth Seay DeMeritte (1957-death)
|religion=
|offices=
{{Officeholder/Supreme Court Justice
|role=Associate
|nominator=[[Harry Truman]]
|terms=August 18, 1937 – September 17, 1971
|preceded=[[Willis Van Devanter]]
|former=y
|succeeded=[[Lewis Powell]]
}}
{{Officeholder/senator
|state=Alabama
|terms=March 4, 1927 – August 19, 1937
|preceded=Oscar W. Underwood
|former=(y or n)
|succeeded=Dixie B. Graves
}}
}}
'''Hugo LaFayette Black''' (February 27, 1886–September 25, 1971) was an Associate Justice of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]. Appointed by [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], he served from August 19, 1937 – September 17, 1971.
'''Hugo LaFayette Black''' (February 27, 1886–September 25, 1971) was an Associate Justice of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]. Appointed by [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], he served from August 19, 1937 – September 17, 1971.
Black often insisted on a literalist interpretation of the [[Bill of Rights]], and he dissented from ''[[Griswold v. Connecticut]]''.
Black often insisted on a literalist interpretation of the [[Bill of Rights]], and he dissented from ''[[Griswold v. Connecticut]]''.
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