Supreme Court Justice Byron White died Monday of complications from pneumonia. Appointed by President John F. Kennedy in 1962, White went on to become one of the more conservative justices during his tenure on the Court. Upon retiring in 1993, he was succeeded by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
In his distinguished 31-year term, White heard many landmark cases. He disagreed with the Court's decisions in Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion, Miranda v. Arizona, requiring police to inform arrested suspects of their rights, and Buckley v. Valeo, that ruled against regulating campaign finance.
White played football while at the University of Colorado in the 1930s and later professionally. He was an All-American in 1937 and inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954.
- By Ben Sellers
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