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Recent Decisions by Justice Breyer

Biographical Data

Birth, Residence, and Family

Stephen Breyer was born August 15, 1938, in San Francisco, California, the son of Irving G.

Breyer and Anne R. Breyer. He married Joanna Hare, September 4, 1967. They have three children: Chloe (born 1969); Nell (born 1971) and Michael (born 1974).

Education

Attended public elementary and high schools (Lowell High School) in San Francisco; Stanford University, A.B.

1959, Great Distinction; Oxford University, Magdalen College, Marshall Scholar, B.A., 1st Class Honors, 1961; Harvard Law School, LL.B., magna cum laude, 1964, Harvard Law Review, articles editor.

Law Clerkship

Clerk to the Honorable Arthur J.

Goldberg, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, 1964-1965.

Law Teaching

Harvard University; Assistant Professor, 1967-1970; Professor of Law, 1970-1980; Professor, Kennedy School of Government, 1977-1980; Lecturer, 1980-present.

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