April 09, 1982 • Page Image 61
…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, April 9, 1982 61 Former Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas Dies at 71 WASHINGTON (JTA) — Abe Fortas, the fifth Jew to serve on the United States Supreme Court and the first to have been nominated for the post of chief justice, died April 5 at age 71. Mr. Fortas was named an associate justice of the Sup- reme Court by President Lyndon Johnson in June 1966, succeeding Arthur Goldberg who subsequently became U.S. ...…

















































