RARE "Supreme Court Justice" Byron White Signed Stamp Sheet COA For Sale

Up for sale aRARE! "Supreme Court Justice" Byron White Hand Signed First Day Cover Dated 1987. This sheet includes a VERY RARE United Way commemorative stamp with a description of its production.This item is certified authentic by JGAutographs and comes with their Letter of Authenticity.
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Byron Raymond"Whizzer"White(June 8, 1917– April 15, 2002) was an American lawyer and professionalfootballplayer who served as anAssociate Justiceof theSupreme Court of the United Statesfrom 1962 to 1993.Born and raised inColorado, he played college football, basketball, and baseball for theUniversity of Colorado, finishing as the runner up for theHeisman Trophyin 1937. He was selected in the first round of the1938 NFL Draftby thePittsburgh Piratesand led theNational Football Leaguein rushing yards in his rookie season. White was admitted toYale Law Schoolin 1939 and played for theDetroit Lionsin the 1940 and 1941 seasons. DuringWorld War II, he served as an intelligence officer with theUnited States Navyin the Pacific. After the war, he graduated from Yale and clerked for Chief JusticeFred M. Vinson. White entered private practice inDenver, Colorado, working primarily as a transactional attorney. He served as the Colorado state chair ofJohn F. Kennedy's1960presidential campaign and accepted appointment as theUnited States Deputy Attorney Generalin 1961. In 1962, President Kennedy successfully nominated White to the Supreme Court, making White the first Supreme Court Justice from Colorado.He retired in 1993 and was succeeded byRuth Bader Ginsburg. White is the twelfthlongest-serving justice in Supreme Court history. White viewed his own court decisions as based on the facts of each case rather than as representative of a specific legal philosophy. He wrote the majority opinion in cases includingCoker v. Georgia,Washington v. DavisandBowers v. Hardwick. He wrote dissenting opinions in notable cases such asMiranda v. Arizona,Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha,NCAA v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, andRoe v. Wade.