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Newman earned his A.B. from [[Princeton University]] in 1953 and his law degree from [[Yale Law School]] in 1956. After Yale, he clerked for Judge [[George Thomas Washington|George T. Washington]] of the [[U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]] and then [[List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States|clerked]] for U.S. [[Chief Justice]] [[Earl Warren]] from 1957 to 1958. |
he had 180 people. Newman earned his A.B. from [[Princeton University]] in 1953 and his law degree from [[Yale Law School]] in 1956. After Yale, he clerked for Judge [[George Thomas Washington|George T. Washington]] of the [[U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]] and then [[List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States|clerked]] for U.S. [[Chief Justice]] [[Earl Warren]] from 1957 to 1958. |
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He was in private practice from 1958 to 1960 in [[Hartford]], [[Connecticut]] and served as a graduate instructor at [[Trinity College, Hartford|Trinity College]].<ref>{{cite web|title=US Attorney Bulletin|url=http://www.justice.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usab1626.pdf|publisher=DOJ|accessdate=22 June 2011}}</ref> He also served as a special counsel to the [[governor of Connecticut]] in 1960. He was an executive assistant to the [[United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare]] from 1961 to 1962 and then joined the staff of [[U.S. Senator]] [[Abraham Ribicoff]] as Administrative Assistant from 1963 to 1964. He was the [[U.S. Attorney]] for Connecticut from 1964 to 1969 when [[Richard Nixon]] took office. He entered private practice in Hartford again until 1971 when he was nominated to a federal district judgeship. |
He was in private practice from 1958 to 1960 in [[Hartford]], [[Connecticut]] and served as a graduate instructor at [[Trinity College, Hartford|Trinity College]].<ref>{{cite web|title=US Attorney Bulletin|url=http://www.justice.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usab1626.pdf|publisher=DOJ|accessdate=22 June 2011}}</ref> He also served as a special counsel to the [[governor of Connecticut]] in 1960. He was an executive assistant to the [[United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare]] from 1961 to 1962 and then joined the staff of [[U.S. Senator]] [[Abraham Ribicoff]] as Administrative Assistant from 1963 to 1964. He was the [[U.S. Attorney]] for Connecticut from 1964 to 1969 when [[Richard Nixon]] took office. He entered private practice in Hartford again until 1971 when he was nominated to a federal district judgeship. |
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Jon Newman | |
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Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | |
In office June 30, 1993 – July 1, 1997 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Meskill |
Succeeded by | Ralph Winter |
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | |
In office June 21, 1979 – July 1, 1997 | |
Appointed by | Jimmy Carter |
Preceded by | Seat established |
Succeeded by | Robert Katzmann |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut | |
In office December 15, 1971 – June 21, 1979 | |
Appointed by | Richard Nixon |
Preceded by | William Timbers |
Succeeded by | José Cabranes |
Personal details | |
Born | 1932 (age 91–92) New York City, New York, U.S. |
Alma mater | Princeton University Yale University |
Jon O. Newman (born in New York City in 1932) is an United States federal judge. He has served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit since 1979.
Education and legal training
he had 180 people. Newman earned his A.B. from Princeton University in 1953 and his law degree from Yale Law School in 1956. After Yale, he clerked for Judge George T. Washington of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and then clerked for U.S. Chief Justice Earl Warren from 1957 to 1958.
He was in private practice from 1958 to 1960 in Hartford, Connecticut and served as a graduate instructor at Trinity College.[1] He also served as a special counsel to the governor of Connecticut in 1960. He was an executive assistant to the United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1961 to 1962 and then joined the staff of U.S. Senator Abraham Ribicoff as Administrative Assistant from 1963 to 1964. He was the U.S. Attorney for Connecticut from 1964 to 1969 when Richard Nixon took office. He entered private practice in Hartford again until 1971 when he was nominated to a federal district judgeship.
Federal judicial service
Newman was nominated by Richard M. Nixon on December 2, 1971, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut vacated by William H. Timbers. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 11, 1971, and received his commission on December 15, 1971. Newman's best-known opinion as a District Judge was an opinion in Abele v. Markle, decided by a three-judge court in 1972, which struck down Connecticut's abortion statute and was seen as a precursor to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade the following year.
Newman's service on the District Court was terminated on June 25, 1979, when Newman was nominated by Jimmy Carter on April 30, 1979, to a newly created seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; Newman was confirmed by the Senate on June 19, 1979, and received his commission on June 21, 1979. He served as Chief Judge from 1993 to 1997 and assumed senior status on July 1, 1997.
Noteworthy decisions
- Abele v. Markle, 351 F. Supp. 224 (D. Conn. 1972).
- Bennett v. Mukasey - A lawyer cannot take a client's money and then fail to proceed with his case because the client is not paying the bill. The Court sent immigration lawyer to the Grievance Panel for possible violation of ethical rules after the lawyer did not process the appeal of his client because of lack of payment.
- Salinger v. Random House 811 F.2d 90 (2d Cir.1987) - With unpublished works, the right of the author to control publication take precedence over the right of "fair use"
- Rivera v. LaPorte, 896 F.2d 691 (2d Cir. 1990)
- Kadic v. Karadzic, 70 F.3d 232 (2d Cir. 1996) – There was subject matter jurisdiction under the Alien Tort Claim Act, 28 U.S.C.S. § 1350, because aliens brought an action for a tort committed in violation of international law
- Leibovitz v. Paramount Pictures Corp., 137 F.3d 109 (2nd Cir. 1998)
References
- ^ "US Attorney Bulletin" (PDF). DOJ. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
External links
- Jon O. Newman at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- 1932 births
- Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
- Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Living people
- People from Hartford, Connecticut
- People from New York City
- Hotchkiss School alumni
- Princeton University alumni
- United States court of appeals judges appointed by Jimmy Carter
- United States district court judges appointed by Richard Nixon
- Yale Law School alumni