Thomas Walter Swan (December 20, 1877 – July 13, 1975) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Thomas Walter Swan | |
|---|---|
| Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | |
| In office July 1, 1953 – July 13, 1975 | |
| Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | |
| In office 1951–1953 | |
| Preceded by | Learned Hand |
| Succeeded by | Harrie B. Chase |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | |
| In office December 22, 1926 – July 1, 1953 | |
| Appointed by | Calvin Coolidge |
| Preceded by | Henry Wade Rogers |
| Succeeded by | Carroll C. Hincks |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Thomas Walter Swan December 20, 1877 Norwich, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | July 13, 1975 (aged 97) New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Education | Yale University (BA) Harvard University (LLB) |
Education and career
editBorn in Norwich, Connecticut Swan received an B.A. degree from Yale University in 1900. He received a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1903. He was in private practice of law in Chicago, Illinois from 1903 to 1916. He was a lecturer in law at the University of Chicago from 1903 to 1904, and in 1908. He was Dean and Professor of Law at Yale Law School from 1916 to 1927.[1]
Federal judicial service
editSwan was nominated by President Calvin Coolidge on December 15, 1926, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated by Judge Henry Wade Rogers. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 22, 1926, and received his commission the same day. He served as Chief Judge and as a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1951 to 1953. He assumed senior status on July 1, 1953.
Upon the death of Judge Elijah Allen Cox on August 28, 1974, Swan became the last serving judge appointed by President Calvin Coolidge. He passed away on July 13, 1975 at his home in New Haven, Connecticut at the age of 97.[2] His service was terminated the same day, due to his death.[1]
Notable decisions as sitting judge
- Nichols v. Universal Pictures Corp. - 1930
- United States v. One Package of Japanese Pessaries - 1936
- United States v. Peoni - 1938
- Kenan v. Commissioner - 1940
- United States v. Crimmins - 1941
- United States v. Alcoa - 1945
- Farid-Es-Sultaneh v. Commissioner - 1947
- United States v. Drescher - 1950
- American Communications Ass'n v. Douds - 1950
- Wilko v. Swan - 1953
- Stanton v. United States - 1959
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Swan, Thomas Walter - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
- ^ "Judge Thomas W. Swan Dies; Led U.S. Appeals Court Here". The New York Times. 1975-07-15. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
Sources
edit- "Swan, Thomas Walter - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
- Gunther, Gerald (April 12, 1994). Learned Hand : the man and the judge. with a foreword by Lewis F. Powell, Jr. New York, NY: Knopf. ISBN 0-394-58807-X. LCCN 93022868. LCC KF373.H29 G76 1994. (biography of Learned Hand, Swan's fellow judge on the Second Circuit, contains extensive discussion of Swan)
- Marcia Nelson, The Remarkable Hands: An Affectionate Portrait (Federal Bar Foundation 1983)
- Marvin Schick, Learned Hand's Court (Johns Hopkins 1970)
External links
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Works by or about Thomas Walter Swan at Wikisource
