Lemuel Shaw (January 9, 1781 – March 30, 1861) was an American jurist who served as chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1830–1860)...

Lemuel is a Hebrew name, meaning "devoted to God", which may refer to: Lemuel (biblical king), mentioned in the Book of Proverbs, Chapter 31 Lemuel (Book...

gave him the financial security to marry Elizabeth Shaw, the daughter of the Boston jurist Lemuel Shaw. Mardi (1849), a romance-adventure and his first...

combinations in America was uncertain. In March 1842, Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw ruled that labor combinations were legal provided that they were organized...

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of the country's first African-American lawyers), and the judge was Lemuel Shaw. Sumner noted the distance that Sarah had to travel and the psychological...

transportation of slaves to free states. In August 1836, Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw ruled that slaves brought to Massachusetts "for any temporary purpose...

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use are few and far between. In Commonwealth v. Alger, Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw wrote that "It is much easier to perceive and realize the existence and...

be known to his father-in-law, Lemuel Shaw, whose friend in Nantucket procured an imperfect but clean copy which Shaw gave to Melville in April 1851....

and a historian of note. She is a member of the Women's Hall of Fame. Lemuel Shaw, another native of the village, held the important post of chief justice...

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1902–32) Lemuel Shaw, Chief Justice, father-in-law of Herman Melville Theophilus Parsons,...

included patriot James Otis, historian and writer Mercy Otis Warren, jurist Lemuel Shaw, and naval officer John Percival. Nobska Wing's Neck Sandy Neck Hyannis...

cinematographer Eliza Scudder, hymnwriter Marnie Schulenburg, actor Lemuel Shaw, state representative, state senator, 1821–1822; Massachusetts Chief...

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, through its Chief Justice, Lemuel Shaw, ruled that Med was free, and made her a ward of the court. The Massachusetts...

of the land,' in Magna Charta." Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice Lemuel Shaw wrote in 1857 that, "Lord Coke himself explains his own meaning by saying...

dissertation on Lemuel Shaw, chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. The Law of the Commonwealth and Chief Justice Shaw was first published...

including his daughter Mary. Channing also secured aid from Justice Lemuel Shaw and Boston mayor Josiah Quincy Jr. On September 22, 1834, Alcott opened...

of sympathetic shipmates to flee the vessel and successfully petition Lemuel Shaw, Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court, Melville's family...

favor of slave masters. An example was Herman Melville's father-in-law, Lemuel Shaw. He also published the brief "Your Law-Baseball Quiz" on the editorial...

Worcester R.R. Corp, 45 Mass. 49 (Mass. 1842), Massachusetts Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw used a contract rationale to prevent a railroad worker from recovering...

the post to Lemuel Shaw, a lawyer with a solid reputation who had been at Harvard with him and had served with him in the legislature. Shaw at first refused...

wife Martha were named by Yad Vashem as "Righteous Among the Nations." Lemuel Shaw (1781–1861) – Unitarian and chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme...

of Massachusetts in 1851. The majority opinion was written by Justice Lemuel Shaw. The defendant, Alger, was a Boston resident who owned property along...

had run away, were arrested in Boston and brought before Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw. The judge ordered them freed because of a problem with the arrest warrant...

Seymour Schwinger (1918–1994), theoretical physicist, Nobel Prize winner Lemuel Shaw (1781–1861), chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court...

1850 Citation 60 Mass. 292, 6 Cush. 292 Court membership Judge sitting Lemuel Shaw Case opinions reversed the judgment in favor of the claimant and ordered...

lawyer, state attorney general, and friend of Melville's father-in-law Lemuel Shaw, told Melville the story of Agatha Hatch Robertson, a Nantucket woman...

Individual Prose Pieces." In Melville 1987. Lynn, Kenneth S.. (1988). Lemuel Shaw and Herman Melville.. University of Minnesota Law School. Retrieved from...