William H(ubbs) /hʌbz/Show Spelled[huhbz]Show IPA, 1924–2005, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1972–86; Chief justice 1986–2005.
United States jurist who served as an associate justice on the United States Supreme Court from 1972 until 1986, when he was appointed chief justice (born in 1924)