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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Richard M. NixonRepublican president
Seat
CA20803
Nominated
May 13, 1971
Committee hearing
July 28, 1971
Committee action
Reported (favorably)July 28, 1971
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
July 29, 1971
Commissioned
July 29, 1971
ABA rating
Qualified
Senior status
July 10, 1981
Service ended
Nov. 26, 1994Death

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 District of Connecticut Judge Sept. 2, 1960 Aug. 6, 1971 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Judge July 29, 1971 Nov. 26, 1994 Death Richard M. Nixon

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.