Signed Photograph of United States Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Abraham Fortas

framed. near fine. Signed Portrait Photograph of Abraham Fortas which reads "For... with all good wishes: Abe Fortas". Circa 1965. Please inquire for more information.

Abraham Fortas was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1965 to 1969. Born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Fortas graduated from Rhodes College and Yale Law School. He later became a law professor at Yale Law School and then an advisor for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Fortas worked at the Department of the Interior under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and was appointed by President (truncated) Harry S. Truman to delegations that helped set up the United Nations in 1945. (Inventory #: 328532)