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William G. Young

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Senior Born 1940, Huntington, NY

Appointment

Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Ronald ReaganRepublican president
Seat
MAD1201
Nominated
March 8, 1985
Committee action
Reported (favorably)April 3, 1985
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
April 3, 1985
Commissioned
April 4, 1985
Chief Judge from
Jan. 1, 1999until Jan. 1, 2005
Senior status
July 1, 2021

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.

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.