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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Ronald ReaganRepublican president
Seat
CA21401
Nominated
June 25, 1985
Committee hearing
July 17, 1985
Committee action
Reported (favorably)July 18, 1985
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
July 19, 1985
Commissioned
July 22, 1985
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Senior status
Jan. 1, 1997
Service ended
Feb. 18, 2012Death

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 Northern District of New York Judge Sept. 28, 1981 Aug. 2, 1985 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Ronald Reagan
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Judge July 22, 1985 Feb. 18, 2012 Death Ronald Reagan

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.