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Judge John Munro Woolsey

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Judge John Munro Woolsey

Birth
Aiken, Aiken County, South Carolina, USA
Death
4 May 1945 (aged 68)
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Glen Cove, Nassau County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Son of William Walton Woolsey and Katharine Buckingham Converse. Graduated from Yale University in 1898, Columbia Law School in 1901. Married Alice Bradford Bacon, of New Haven, Conn. at Athol, Mass., Nov. 14, 1911. John Munro Woolsey was a United States federal judge in New York City. Woolsey's best-known decision was his 1933 ruling in United States v. One Book Called Ulysses that James Joyce's novel Ulysses was not obscene and could lawfully be imported into the United States.
Son of William Walton Woolsey and Katharine Buckingham Converse. Graduated from Yale University in 1898, Columbia Law School in 1901. Married Alice Bradford Bacon, of New Haven, Conn. at Athol, Mass., Nov. 14, 1911. John Munro Woolsey was a United States federal judge in New York City. Woolsey's best-known decision was his 1933 ruling in United States v. One Book Called Ulysses that James Joyce's novel Ulysses was not obscene and could lawfully be imported into the United States.

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Son of William Walton Woolsey and Katharine Converse.

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  • Added: Aug 2, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55752852/john_munro-woolsey: accessed ), memorial page for Judge John Munro Woolsey (3 Jan 1877–4 May 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55752852, citing Woolsey Cemetery, Glen Cove, Nassau County, New York, USA; Maintained by DMC (contributor 47184694).