In all, Miller wrote twice the number of opinions as any of his colleagues on the Court, leading future Chief Justice William Rehnquist to describe him as ``very likely the dominant figure'' on the Court in his time. When Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase died in 1873, attorneys and law journals across the country lobbied for Miller to be appointed to succeed him, but President Ulysses Grant was determined to appoint an outsider.
In all, Miller wrote twice the number of opinions as any of his colleagues on the Court, leading future Chief Justice William Rehnquist to describe him as ``very likely the dominant figure'' on the Court in his time.
case
in
In
ADP
IN
obl
all
all
DET
DT
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing
Miller
Miller
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NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
write
wrote
VERB
VBD
advmod
NumType=Mult
twice
twice
ADV
RB
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
number
number
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Plur
opinion
opinions
NOUN
NNS
case
as
as
ADP
IN
nmod
any
any
DET
DT
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
nmod
Number=Plur
colleague
colleagues
NOUN
NNS
case
on
on
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
court
Court
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
lead
leading
VERB
VBG
amod
Degree=Pos
future
future
ADJ
JJ
compound
Number=Sing
Chief
Chief
PROPN
NNP
obj
Number=Sing
Justice
Justice
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
William
William
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Rehnquist
Rehnquist
PROPN
NNP
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
describe
describe
VERB
VB
obj
Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
him
PRON
PRP
case
as
as
ADP
IN
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
advmod
very
very
ADV
RB
obl
Degree=Pos
likely
likely
ADJ
JJ
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
dominant
dominant
ADJ
JJ
xcomp
Number=Sing
figure
figure
NOUN
NN
punct
''
''
PUNCT
''
case
on
on
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
court
Court
NOUN
NN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
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PRP$
obl
Number=Sing
time
time
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
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.
hen Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase died in 1873, attorneys and law journals across the country lobbied for Miller to be appointed to succeed him, but President Ulysses Grant was determined to appoint an outsider.
advmod
PronType=Int
when
When
ADV
WRB
compound
Number=Sing
Chief
Chief
PROPN
NNP
nsubj
Number=Sing
Justice
Justice
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
salmon
Salmon
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
P.
P.
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Chase
Chase
PROPN
NNP
advcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
die
died
VERB
VBD
case
in
in
ADP
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obl
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1873
1873
NUM
CD
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Plur
attorney
attorneys
NOUN
NNS
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
compound
Number=Sing
law
law
NOUN
NN
conj
Number=Plur
journal
journals
NOUN
NNS
case
across
across
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
country
country
NOUN
NN
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
lobby
lobbied
VERB
VBD
mark
for
for
SCONJ
IN
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
Miller
Miller
PROPN
NNP
mark
to
to
PART
TO
aux:pass
VerbForm=Inf
be
be
AUX
VB
xcomp
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
appoint
appointed
VERB
VBN
mark
to
to
PART
TO
advcl
VerbForm=Inf
succeed
succeed
VERB
VB
obj
Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
him
PRON
PRP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
but
but
CCONJ
CC
nsubj
Number=Sing
President
President
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Ulysses
Ulysses
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
grant
Grant
PROPN
NNP
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
conj
Degree=Pos
determined
determined
ADJ
JJ
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
appoint
appoint
VERB
VB
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
an
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
outsider
outsider
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.