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| − | |name=Stanley Matthews
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| − | |spouse=Mary A. Matthews
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| − | {{Officeholder/Supreme Court Justice
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| − | |role=Associate
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| − | |nominator=[[James Garfield]]
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| − | |terms= May 12, 1881 – March 22, 1889
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| − | |preceded=[[Noah H. Swayne]]
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| − | |succeeded=[[David J. Brewer]]
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| − | |allegiance=Union
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| − | |rank=Lieutenant-colonel
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| − | |battles=[[Civil War]]
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| − | '''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>
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