Shiras Planetarium
Shiras may refer to: *George Shiras Jr. (1832–1924), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States *George Shiras III (1859–1942), U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania * Leif Shiras (born 1959), American tennis player and journalist *Oliver Perry Shiras (1833–1916), first United States federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa * Wilmar H. Shiras (1908–1990), American science fiction author See also *''Shiras.'', taxonomic author abbreviation for Yasuyoshi Shirasawa (1868–1947), Japanese botanist *Shiras station Shiras is a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network, located in the Beechview neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, ..., station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network, located in the Beechview neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania * Shira ...
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George Shiras Jr
George Shiras Jr. (January 26, 1832 – August 2, 1924) was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1892 to 1903. At that time of his appointment, he had 37 years of private legal practice but had never judged a case. He is noted for his votes in '' Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.'' and in ''Plessy v. Ferguson''. Life and career Shiras was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 26, 1832. He attended Ohio University and then graduated from Yale College, Phi Beta Kappa, in 1853. He began law school at Yale Law School, but left before earning a law degree.George Shiras
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