| Office | Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
|---|---|
| Term start | 1954 |
| Term end | 1959 |
| Predecessor | Harrie B. Chase |
| Successor | J. Edward Lumbard |
| Office 1 | Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
| Term start 1 | March 9, 1939 |
| Term end 1 | December 13, 1963 |
| Appointer 1 | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Predecessor 1 | Seat established by 52 Stat. 584 |
| Successor 1 | Robert P. Anderson |
| Office 2 | 5th Dean of Yale Law School |
| Term start 2 | 1929 |
| Term end 2 | 1939 |
| Predecessor 2 | Robert Maynard Hutchins |
| Successor 2 | Ashbel Green Gulliver |
| Birth date | December 9, 1889 |
| Birth place | Woodbridge, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Death date | December 13, 1963 (aged 74) |
| Death place | Hamden, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Education | Yale University (BA, LLB) |
Charles Edward Clark (December 9, 1889 – December 13, 1963) was the 5th Dean of Yale Law School, a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and "the principal draftsman" of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.[1]
Education and career
Born on December 9, 1889, in Woodbridge, Connecticut,[2] to Samuel Orman Clark and Pauline C. Marquand,[3] Clark received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1911 from Yale University.[2] He received a Bachelor of Laws in 1913 from Yale Law School.[2] He entered private practice in New Haven, Connecticut from 1913 to 1919.[2] He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1917 to 1918, and was Republican.[4] He was a professor of law at Yale Law School from 1919 to 1929.[2] He was a Deputy Judge of the Hamden, Connecticut Town Court from 1927 to 1931.[2] He was the Sterling Professor of Law and Dean of Yale Law School from 1929 to 1939.[2]
The Supreme Court of the United States appointed him as the Reporter to the Advisory Committee on Rules for Civil Procedure in 1935, and the rules that were proposed by that Committee became the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in 1938.[5]
He was Special Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice in 1938.[2]
Federal judicial service
Clark was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 5, 1939, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, to a new seat authorized by 52 Stat. 584.[2] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 7, 1939, and received his commission on March 9, 1939.[2] He served as Chief Judge and as a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1954 to 1959.[2] His service terminated on December 13, 1963, due to his death in Hamden.[2]
Charles Alan Wright, who went on to coauthor the 54-volume treatise Federal Practice and Procedure, served as a law clerk to Judge Clark.[6]
Other service
Clark was a visiting lecturer in law at Yale University from 1951 to 1963.[2]
References
- ^ Gulfstream Aerospace v. Mayacamas, 485 U.S. 271, 283 (1988).
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- ^ "Guide to the Charles Edward Clark Papers". No. MS 1344. Yale University Library. hdl:10079/fa/mssa.ms.1344
- ^ Members of the Connecticut General Assembly Archived 2007-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Charles E. Clark, 73 Yale Law Journal 3 (Jan. 1964).
- ^ Cushman Jr., John H. (July 9, 2000). "Charles A. Wright, 72, Legal Consultant to Nixon, Dies". The New York Times. p. 31. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
External links
- Charles E. Clark papers are archived at the American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Further reading
- Petruck, Peninah R. Y. (ed.) (1991). Judge Charles Edward Clark. Ingram Documents in Legal History. Oceana Publications. ISBN 0379200716.