Clarence Charles Newcomer
Clarence Charles Newcomer | |
|---|---|
| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |
| In office January 19, 1988 – August 22, 2005 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |
| In office November 30, 1971 – January 19, 1988 | |
| Appointed by | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Charles William Kraft Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Herbert J. Hutton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Clarence Charles Newcomer January 18, 1923 Dickinson School of Law (J.D. ) |
| Occupation | Judge |
Clarence Charles Newcomer (January 18, 1923 – August 22, 2005) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for more than 33 years.[1]
Education and career
Newcomer was born in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, to Clarence S. and Clara Charles Newcomer. He graduated from Mount Joy High School in 1941.[2]
Newcomer entered the
Newcomer lived in, and was in private practice in,
Federal judicial service
Newcomer was nominated by President Richard Nixon on November 17, 1971, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania vacated by Judge Charles William Kraft Jr. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 23, 1971, and received his commission on November 30, 1971. He assumed senior status on January 19, 1988, but maintained a full case load.[6] Newcomer served in that capacity until his death on August 22, 2005, from melanoma at his home in Stone Harbor, New Jersey.[7]
During his career as a federal judge, Newcomer presided over a number of mob and
In 1980, he ended
In 1985, Newcomer criticized the
In 1994, Newcomer invalidated a Pennsylvania State Senate election of
Newcomer presided over a 2005 trial in which a jury awarded residents displaced by the 1972
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Hon. Clarence C. Newcomer | Obituaries". Lancaster Online. August 24, 2005. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Clarence C. Newcomer". Mount Joy Area Historical Society. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Judicial Conference of the United States. Bicentennial Committee (1983). Judges of the United States (2 ed.). Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ "Outstanding Accomplishments" (PDF). The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 58, no. 4. Winter 1972. p. 41.
- ISBN 9781499008111. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ a b Clarence Charles Newcomer at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ Martin, Douglas. "Clarence C. Newcomer, a Longtime Federal Judge, Dies at 82", The New York Times, August 25, 2005. Accessed July 8, 2015. "Clarence C. Newcomer, who as a federal judge in Philadelphia for more than three decades won a reputation for no-nonsense jurisprudence in hundreds of cases ranging from civil rights to organized crime to baseball cards, died Monday at his home in Stone Harbor, N.J., near Cape May. He was 82."
- ^ "Bala Cynwyd man fined in plot to burn his factory". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 18 May 1979. p. 14. Retrieved 1 Apr 2023.
- ^ a b c Douglas Martin (August 28, 2005). "Clarence Newcomer, 82, Longtime Federal Judge," South Florida Sun Sentinel.
- ^ "'Tainted' Pa. Senate election is voided," The Baltimore Sun, February 20, 1994.
- ^ "Peter Y. Solmssen,", One Young World.
Sources
- Clarence Charles Newcomer at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
External links
- Daniel Rubin (August 25, 2005). "Profile in Quiet Courage", The Philadelphia Inquirer, Henry Goldman