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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Harry S TrumanDemocratic president
Seat
CA20105
Nominated
June 11, 1951
Committee hearing
June 19, 1951
Committee action
Reported (favorably)June 20, 1951
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
June 21, 1951
Commissioned
June 23, 1951
Senior status
March 1, 1958
Service ended
Feb. 22, 1980Retirement

Source Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Judges. Party shown is the party of the appointing president, which is a fact about the president, not about the judge.

Judicial service history

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

CourtTitleCommissionedEndedAppointed by
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge June 20, 1947 June 22, 1951 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Harry S Truman
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Judge June 23, 1951 Feb. 22, 1980 Retirement Harry S Truman

Recent judicial activity

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Cases

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Judicial writings

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Source Authorship is recorded only where the source data carries it. For recent Courts of Appeals opinions CourtListener frequently publishes the decision as a single document without naming the authoring judge, so an absence here means the attribution is unavailable upstream — not that the judge has written nothing.