Second Circuit
Thomas Joseph Meskill
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appointment
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- Title
- Judge
- Appointed by
- Gerald FordRepublican
- Seat
- CA20308
- Nominated
- Jan. 16, 1975
- Committee hearing
- March 6, 1975
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)April 17, 1975
- Senate vote
- 54–36Roll Call
- Confirmed
- April 22, 1975
- Commissioned
- April 23, 1975
- Chief Judge from
- Jan. 1, 1992until Jan. 1, 1993
- Senior status
- June 30, 1993
- Service ended
- Oct. 29, 2007Death
Source Federal Judicial Center.
Recent judicial activity
Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.
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Feb. 4, 2000panel identified Sat on the panel in John Martinez v. Tosano Simonetti
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Dec. 19, 1997opinion issued Authored the opinion in Lee v. Sandberg
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Oct. 31, 1983
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Oct. 27, 1980panel identified Sat on the panel in Cianci v. New Times Publishing Company
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
Judicial writings
Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.
| Type | Case | Court | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opinion | Lee v. Sandberg | Second Circuit | Dec. 19, 1997 |