Franklin Cleckley
Franklin Cleckley | |
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Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia | |
In office September 6, 1994 – November 5, 1996 | |
Appointed by | Gaston Caperton |
Preceded by | Thomas B. Miller |
Succeeded by | Robin Davis |
Personal details | |
Born | Franklin Dorrah Cleckley August 1, 1940 Huntington, West Virginia, U.S. |
Died | August 14, 2017 Morgantown, West Virginia, U.S. | (aged 77)
Alma mater | Anderson University Indiana University School of Law Harvard Law School University of Exeter |
Franklin Dorrah Cleckley (August 1, 1940 – August 14, 2017) was an American law professor and judge. He was Arthur B. Hodges Professor of Law at
Cleckley was the first
Personal background
Cleckley was born in
Professional background
Cleckley served three years in the
In 1969, Cleckley became the first African-American to join the faculty at
Honors and awards
Justice Cleckley established the Franklin D. Cleckley Foundation in 1990, for the purpose of providing assistance for the educational and employment needs of people with prior criminal records.[4] He has been honored with many awards that include: the West Virginia Civil Liberties Union "Civil Libertarian of the Year Award";[6] the West Virginia Common Cause Award for Public Service;[6] the "Civil Rights Award" from the West Virginia Human Rights Commission;[6] the West Virginia NAACP's Thurgood Marshall Award;[6] the Neil S. Bucklew Award for Social Justice;[9] and the West Virginia Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers Public Citizen of the Year Award.[9]
The Justice Franklin D. Cleckley Fellowship was named and created in his honor by the West Virginia University College of Law, in conjunction with the University of Chicago Law School.[2] The fellowship provides a two-year position with the West Virginia Innocence Project.[2] In 1992 the "Franklin D. Cleckley Symposium" was created by West Virginia University for the purpose of having leading members of the civil rights community speak at the university.[6]
Writings
Opinions
Cleckley wrote over 100 majority opinions for the Supreme Court, in addition to numerous concurring opinions and dissents.[10] He was also the original drafter of the West Virginia Rules of Criminal Procedure, the West Virginia Rules of Evidence, and the drafter of the 1984 Revisions of the Local Rules of United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.[5]
Other works
Cleckley was the author of the Handbook on Evidence for West Virginia Lawyers[11] and the Handbook on West Virginia Criminal Procedure.[12] He co-authored the Litigation Handbook on West Virginia Rules of Civil Procedure,[13] Health Care and the Law,[14] and Introduction to the West Virginia Criminal Justice System and Its Laws.[15]
Cleckley authored several law review articles for the West Virginia Law Review, including "A Free Market Analysis of the Effects of Medical Malpractice Damage Cap Statutes: Can We Afford to Live with Inefficient Doctors?" (1991–92);[16] "Clearly Erroneous: The Fourth Circuit's Decision to Uphold Removal of a State-Bar Disciplinary Proceeding Under the Federal Officer Removal Statute" (1989–90);[17] "A Modest Proposal: A Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege for West Virginia" (1990–91);[18] and "Tribute to a Champion: Thurgood Marshall" (1991–92).;[19] He wrote a foreword entitled "Never Again" (1996) for an issue of the Race and Ethnic Ancestry Law Digest (later the Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice).[20]
Death
Cleckley died at his home in Morgantown, West Virginia, on August 14, 2017, at the age of 77.[21]
See also
- Biography portal
- List of African-American jurists
- List of first minority male lawyers and judges in West Virginia
References
- ^ a b "Emeriti Faculty". Law.wvu.edu. West Virginia University College of Law. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f "Justice Franklin D. Cleckley Fellowship | WV Innocence Project | West Virginia University". Wvinnocenceproject.wvu.edu. May 19, 2015. Archived from the original on September 16, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
- ^ "West Virginia's first African-American justice honored with WVU's Neil S. Bucklew Award for Social Justice". WVUToday. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
- ^ a b "Franklin D. Cleckley". Wvencyclopedia.org. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
- ^ a b c "Franklin D. Cleckley | College of Law | West Virginia University". Law.wvu.edu. July 28, 2015. Archived from the original on October 22, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Franklin Cleckley receives 2011 Liberty Bell Award" (PDF) (Press release). West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. March 8, 2011.
- ^ "Franklin D. Cleckley". Wvencyclopedia.org. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
- ^ "Professor Franklin Cleckley". staging.innsofcourt.org. Retrieved October 19, 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "West Virginia's first African-American justice honored with WVU's Neil S. Bucklew Award for Social Justice". Wvutoday.wvu.edu. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
- ^ "100 West Virginia Law Review 1997–1998 A Tribute to Franklin D. Cleckley: A Compendium of Essential Legal Principles from His Opinions as a Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals: Constitutional Law". West Virginia Law Review. 100: 132. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
- OCLC 908838909.
- ^ "Handbook on West Virginia Criminal Procedure, Second Edition". Lexisnexis.com. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
- OCLC 787874288.
- OCLC 5619589.
- OCLC 31954836.
- ^ Cleckley, Franklin D.; Hariharan, Govind. "94 West Virginia Law Review 1991–1992 Free Market Analysis of the Effects of Medical Malpractice Damage Cap Statutes: Can We Afford to Live with Inefficient Doctors, A". West Virginia Law Review. 94: 11. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
- ^ Cleckley, Franklin D. "92 West Virginia Law Review 1989–1990 Clearly Erroneous: The Fourth Circuit's Decision to Uphold Removal of a State-Bar Disciplinary Proceeding under the Federal-Officer Removal Statute". West Virginia Law Review. 92: 577. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
- ^ Cleckley, Franklin D. "93 West Virginia Law Review 1990–1991 Modest Proposal: A Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege for West Virginia, A". West Virginia Law Review. 93: 1. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
- ^ Bastress, Robert M.; Cleckley, Franklin D. "94 West Virginia Law Review 1991–1992 Tribute to a Champion: Thurgood Marshall Dedication". West Virginia Law Review. 94: 1. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
- ^ Franklin D. Cleckley (April 1996). "Foreword: Never Again". Race and Ethnic Ancestry Law Digest. 2 (1). Retrieved October 18, 2015.
- ^ "Former Justice Franklin Cleckley dies at 77". Archived from the original on August 16, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
External links
- The West Virginia & Regional History Center at West Virginia University houses the papers of Franklin D. Cleckley within the Distinguished West Virginians Archives
- Tribute to Professor and Justice Franklin D. Cleckley
- American Inns of Court, Professor Franklin Cleckley[permanent dead link]
- Justice Cleckley Fellowship
- Franklin D. Cleckley Presented WV Bar Association Lifetime Achievement Award
- Maurer School of Law Academy of Law Alumni Fellows[permanent dead link]
- Franklin D. Cleckley Law Scholarship
- West Virginia Rules of Criminal Procedure
- West Virginia Rules of Evidence