Arthur Kinoy

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Arthur Kinoy (September 20, 1920 – September 19, 2003), was an American attorney and progressive

Rutgers School of Law–Newark from 1964 to 1999. He was one of the founders in 1966 of the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York City, and successfully argued a number of cases before the Supreme Court of the United States
. He also founded the Public Interest Law Center of New Jersey.

Education

Kinoy was born on September 20, 1920, in New York City. He attended public schools and Harvard University (A.B., 1941), where he graduated magna cum laude. As a student at Harvard, Kinoy was a member of the national executive committee of the American Student Union. He earned his law degree at Columbia University (LL.B., 1947), where he was executive editor of the law review.[1]

Career as attorney

Kinoy was attorney for the

James O. Eastland
from Mississippi.

Kinoy took an active part in the defense of

atomic espionage and executed on June 19, 1953. Kinoy made the last appeal to try to save the Rosenbergs from execution.[1]

In the 1950s, Kinoy was a partner in the law firm of

Labor Youth League.[2]

Kinoy was a member of the

disenfranchisement and segregation, he participated in a conference sponsored by the National Lawyers Guild's Committee for Legal Assistance in the South. It briefed attorneys on legal problems confronting civil rights demonstrators in Mississippi, where state and local governments resisted change. He and his partner, William Kunstler
, were two of the most prominent attorneys during the 1960s to handle civil rights cases in the South.

In 1964, Kinoy became a professor of law at

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the Southern Conference Educational Fund
.

Kinoy was also affiliated with the

Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, which in 1966 became part of the newly established Center for Constitutional Rights in New York City, of which he was a founding member. Together with William Kunstler and others, Kinoy determined the need for a non-profit legal defense organization to raise awareness of issues in civil rights and work to overturn unconstitutional practices.[1]

In 1966, Kinoy was a speaker at the annual dinner of the National Guardian newspaper. He also did legal work for the American Civil Liberties Union, which worked to establish precedent in civil and constitutional rights cases.[1]

During the 1950s and 1960s, Kinoy represented persons called to hearings of the

U.S. Court of Appeals
overturned the conviction.

As

Nixon administration knew of the impending decision in United States v. United States District Court, likely, by a tip from SCOTUS Justice William Rehnquist, who had served as Nixon's Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Legal Counsel prior to joining the Supreme Court.[page needed
]

Kinoy was one of the founders of the Women's Rights Law Reporter, the first legal periodical to focus exclusively on women's rights. Kinoy also was the key founder of the Mass Party Organizing Committee, a coalition-based, electorally friendly attempt to create a socialist third party in the United States in the 1970s.[3]

Personal life

Kinoy was married to Barbara S. Webster at his death. He had previously married and was divorced from Susan Knopf.

Arthur Kinoy died age 82 on September 19, 2003, at his home in New Jersey. He was survived by two children from his first marriage, as well as by his younger brother Ernest Kinoy, a noted television and film screenwriter.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Arthur Kinoy Is Dead at 82; Lawyer for Chicago Seven", New York Times, 20 September 2003, Retrieved 26 March 2009.
  2. James O. Eastland
    (D-MS), chairman of the SISS, on the floor of the Senate, on February 3, 1965.
  3. ^ "Mass Party Organizing Committee - KeyWiki".
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