William J. Brennan, Jr., a United States Supreme Court Justice, was born on April 25, 1906, and lived in Washington, D. C. with his wife. In September 1956, he was appointed to the Supreme Court to succeed Justice Sherman Minton. In 1968, Mrs. Brennan saw something in their front yard. Upon investigating the object, Justice Brennan and his wife found a baby blanket, a Browning 20 gauge shotgun in a case and twenty-four shells. He later received a letter addressed to him reading "It is too bad that the shotgun you found was not used on you and your family." It was later determined that the gun belonged to a neighbor and apparently had been lost or discarded after a burglary of the neighbors home. In 1988, Justice Brennan was one of three Supreme Court Justices' and a Federal Judge who received a death threat. Justice Brennan received several more threats over the years.
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