Joseph Story, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (died 1845)

Joseph Story

US Supreme Court justice from 1812 to 1845

Joseph Story was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1812 to 1845. He is most remembered for his opinions in Martin v. Hunter's Lessee and United States v. The Amistad, and especially for…