Joseph Tyree Sneed III
Joseph Tyree Sneed III | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
| In office July 21, 1987 – February 9, 2008 | |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
| In office August 24, 1973 – July 21, 1987 | |
| Appointed by | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Frederick George Hamley |
| Succeeded by | Stephen S. Trott |
| 12th United States Deputy Attorney General | |
| In office February 1973 – August 24, 1973 | |
| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Ralph E. Erickson |
| Succeeded by | William Ruckelshaus |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joseph Tyree Sneed III July 21, 1920 Calvert, Texas |
| Died | February 9, 2008 (aged 87) San Francisco, California |
| Political party | Republican |
| Children | Carly Fiorina |
| Education | Southwestern University (BBA) University of Texas (LLB) Harvard Law School (SJD) |
Joseph Tyree Sneed III (July 21, 1920 – February 9, 2008) was formerly a Republican United States Deputy Attorney General and then a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for nearly 35 years until his death. He was the father of Carly Fiorina, a former CEO of Hewlett-Packard.[citation needed]
Early life
Joseph Tyree Sneed III was born on July 21, 1920 in Calvert, Texas.[1][2] He was the son of Cara Carlton (Weber) and Harold Marvin Sneed (Jan. 6th 1883 – Dec 27th 1934), a rancher and landowner.[1][3][4] He spent his youth working summers as a cowboy on his uncle's ranch in the Texas Panhandle.[2]
Sneed received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Southwestern University in 1941.[1] He served as a Staff Sergeant in the Army Air Corps during World War II.[1] Sneed attended the University of Texas School of Law, where he received his Bachelor of Laws, Order of the Coif in 1947.[1][2] He was also a visiting student at the London School of Economics and the University of Ghana.[2] He subsequently received a Doctor of Juridical Science from Harvard Law School in 1958.[1]
Career
Academia
Sneed was an assistant professor of law at the University of Texas School of Law from 1947 to 1951.[1] He became an associate professor in 1951 and was made a full professor in 1954. He taught at the University of Texas until 1957.[1]
Sneed was a professor of law at Cornell Law School from 1957 to 1962, followed by the Stanford Law School from 1962 to 1971.[1] He was professor of law and dean of the Duke University School of Law from 1971 to 1973.[1][2]
Judicial service
Sneed was nominated by President Richard Nixon to a seat vacated (formerly occupied) by Judge Frederick George Hamley on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on July 25, 1973.[1][2] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 3, 1973, and received his judicial commission on August 24, 1973. He served as an active judge of the court until taking senior status on July 21, 1987.
Sneed ruled in favor of three-strikes law; LGBT employment discrimination; and the eviction of substance abusers by their landlords.[5] He was part of a three-judge panel that replaced Whitewater special prosecutor Robert B. Fiske with Kenneth Starr in 1994.[2][5]
Personal life
Sneed married Madelon Juergens Sneed in 1944.[1] She was a portrait and abstract artist who died in 1998.[2] Together they had a son and two daughters, including Carly Fiorina.[1] They resided in San Francisco, California.[2]
Death
Sneed died on February 9, 2008, in San Francisco at the age of 87.[1][2]
References
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Stewart, Jocelyn Y. (February 15, 2008). "Senior judge on U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, former law school professor". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j Egelko, Bob (February 14, 2008). "Joseph Sneed dies - longtime 9th Circuit judge". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
- ^ "Descendants of Nicholas Perkins of Virginia". google.ca.
- ^ "The American Bench". google.ca.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Is Carly Fiorina a Chip Off the Old Block?". Bloomberg Politics. May 4, 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
Sources
- Joseph Tyree Sneed III at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
External links
- New York Times coverage of Whitewater
- L.A. Legalpad.com website[permanent dead link]
- www.netmagic.net
- Iraq Timeline (1994)
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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