Robinson, Spottswood W. III
1916-1998 · Contribution: 1960s-1980s
Law & Civil Rights
Pioneering opinions on civil rights, equal employment law, and administrative law as a federal appellate judge
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- Born
- 1916-1998
- Category
- Law & Civil Rights
Impact on the world
Robinson helped win the courtroom battle against segregation and then shaped decades of civil-rights and administrative law from the federal appellate bench.
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- Encyclopedia Virginia
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