Charles Henry Tenney
Charles Henry Tenney | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
In office January 31, 1979 – November 11, 1994 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
In office December 12, 1963 – January 31, 1979 | |
Nominated by | John F. Kennedy |
Appointed by | Lyndon B. Johnson |
Preceded by | Alexander Bicks |
Succeeded by | John E. Sprizzo |
Personal details | |
Born | Charles Henry Tenney January 28, 1911 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Died | November 11, 1994 Islip, New York, U.S. | (aged 83)
Education | Yale University (AB, LLB) |
Charles Henry Tenney (January 28, 1911 – November 11, 1994) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Education and career
Born in
Federal judicial service
On July 22, 1963, Tenney was nominated by President John F. Kennedy to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated by Judge Alexander Bicks. Tenney was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 5, 1963, and received his commission from President Lyndon B. Johnson on December 12, 1963. He assumed senior status on January 31, 1979. Tenney served in that capacity until his death on November 11, 1994, in Islip, New York.[1]
Notable case
Tenney is the author of the seminal patent damages case, Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. U.S. Plywood Corp., 318 F.Supp. 1116 (S.D.N.Y. 1970).[citation needed] In it, he set forth fifteen non-exclusive factors to assist courts in determining the "reasonable royalty" owed a patent holder by an infringer in a patent suit.[citation needed] His opinion has since been cited in more than five-hundred court opinions.[citation needed]
Personal
Tenney was the grandson of Charles H. Tenney, founder of C.H. Tenney & Co., who made his fortune as the leading hat dealer in the world throughout both the late Victorian era and the Edwardian era and was also a New York banker.[citation needed] Tenney's daughter Patricia Lusk Tenney married John Randolph Hearst Jr., the grandson of newspaper man and publisher William Randolph Hearst.[citation needed]
See also
- Robert F. Wagner Jr. - served as Deputy Mayor for Wagner
References
- ^ a b Charles Henry Tenney at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
Sources
- Charles Henry Tenney at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.