Henry Friendly

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Henry Friendly
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Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In office
April 15, 1974 – March 11, 1986
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In office
July 20, 1971 – July 3, 1973
Preceded byJ. Edward Lumbard
Succeeded byIrving Kaufman
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In office
September 10, 1959 – April 15, 1974
Appointed byDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byHarold Medina
Succeeded byEllsworth Van Graafeiland
Personal details
Born
Henry Jacob Friendly

(1903-07-03)July 3, 1903
Elmira, New York
DiedMarch 11, 1986(1986-03-11) (aged 82)
New York City, New York
EducationHarvard University (AB)
Harvard Law School (LLB)

Henry Jacob Friendly (July 3, 1903 – March 11, 1986) was an American lawyer and jurist best known for his tenure as a circuit judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Education and career[]

Born in Elmira, New York, Friendly received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Harvard College in 1923. He received a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1927. On June 23, 1927, the Harvard Crimson reported that Friendly was the first Harvard Law graduate to receive a degree summa cum laude.[1] Felix Frankfurter, as a professor at Harvard Law School, sent his student Friendly to work as a clerk for Justice Louis Brandeis of the United States Supreme Court, where he served from 1927 to 1928.[2] He was in private practice of law in New York City, New York from 1928 to 1959. He was a founding partner of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, where his law partners included George W. Ball and Melvin Steen.[3] He was vice president and general counsel of Pan American World Airways in New York City from 1946 to 1959.[4]

Federal judicial service[]

Friendly was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on March 10, 1959, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated by Judge Harold Medina. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 9, 1959, and received his commission on September 10, 1959. He served as Chief Judge and as a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1971 to 1973. He assumed senior status on April 15, 1974. He was a Judge of the Special Railroad Court from 1974 to 1986, serving as Presiding Judge from 1974 to 1986. His service was terminated on March 11, 1986, due to his death.[4]

Death[]

Friendly took his own life at age 82 on March 11, 1986, in his Park Avenue apartment in New York City.[5] Police said they found three notes in the apartment, one addressed to his resident maid and two unaddressed notes.[5] In all three notes, the judge talked about his distress at his wife's death, his declining health and his failing eyesight, according to a police spokesman.[5] His wife, the former Sophie M. Stern, had died a year earlier.[5] They had been married for 55 years.[5] He was survived by a son and two daughters.[5]

Legacy[]

In a ceremony following Friendly's death, then-Chief Justice of the United States Warren E. Burger said, "In my 30 years on the bench, I have never known a judge more qualified to sit on the Supreme Court." At the same ceremony, Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall called Friendly "a man of the law."[6] In a letter to the editor of The New York Times following Friendly's obituary, 2nd Circuit Judge Jon O. Newman called Friendly "quite simply the pre-eminent appellate judge of his era" who "authored the definitive opinions for the nation in each area of the law that he had occasion to consider."[2] In a statement after Friendly's death, Judge Wilfred Feinberg, the 2nd Circuit's chief judge at the time, called Friendly "one of the greatest Federal judges in the history of the Federal bench."[2] United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner described Friendly as "the most distinguished judge in this country during his years on the bench."[2]

Honors[]

Harvard Law School has a professorship named after Friendly. Paul C. Weiler, a Canadian constitutional law scholar, held it from 1993 to 2006;[7] William J. Stuntz, a scholar of criminal law and procedure, held it from 2006 until his death in March 2011.[8] The professorship is currently held by Carol S. Steiker, a specialist in criminal justice policy and capital punishment.[9] The Federal Bar Council awarded Friendly a Certificate of Distinguished Judicial Service posthumously in 1986.[10] The American Law Institute has an award named in memory of Friendly and endowed by his former law clerks.[11]

Notable former law clerks[]

References[]

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  3. ^ "George Cleary, 90, Law Firm Founder". The New York Times. March 27, 1981.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Friendly, Henry Jacob at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Norman, Michael (March 12, 1986). "Henry J. Friendly, Federal Judge In Court Of Appeals, Is Dead At 82". The New York Times.
  6. ^ Johnson, Kirk (June 10, 1986). "A Solemn Tribute To Henry Friendly, A Quiet Giant Of The Appeals Bench". The New York Times.
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Preceded by
Harold Medina
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
1959–1974
Succeeded by
Ellsworth Van Graafeiland
Preceded by
J. Edward Lumbard
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
1971–1973
Succeeded by
Irving Kaufman
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