Abraham Freedman
| Abraham Freedman | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | |
| Title: | Former Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Lyndon Johnson |
| Active: | 7/2/1964 - 3/13/1971 |
| Preceded by: | Herbert Goodrich |
| Succeeded by: | Joseph Weis |
| Past post: | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania |
| Past term: | 9/22/1961 - 7/1/1964 |
| Past position: | Seat #11 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1904 |
| Law School: | Temple University School of Law (1926) |
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Abraham Lincoln Freedman (1904-1971) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Early life and education
- Temple University School of Law, LL.B., 1926
Professional career
- Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1926-1952, 1956-1961
- General counsel, Philadelphia Housing Authority, 1938-1949
- Counsel, Philadelphia Housing Association, 1940-1961
- Special counsel for housing, Pennsylvania Post-War Planning Commission, 1944-1946
- Special counsel, Redevelopment Authority, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1946-1947
- City solicitor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1952-1956
Judicial career
Third Circuit
Freedman was nominated to the Third Circuit by President Lyndon Johnson on April 15, 1964, to a seat vacated by Herbert Goodrich; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 2, 1964, and received commission that same day. He served the Third Circuit until his death on March 13, 1971.[1]
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Freedman was nominated to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by President John F. Kennedy on September 1, 1961, to a new seat created by 75 Stat. 80; he was confirmed by the Senate on September 14, 1961, and received commission on September 22. He served the Eastern District of Pennsylvania until he was elevated to the Third Circuit on July 6, 1964. Freedman was succeeded in this position by John Fullam.
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1961–1964 Seat #11 |
Succeeded by: John Fullam |
| Preceded by: Herbert Goodrich |
Third Circuit Court of Appeals 1964–1971 |
Succeeded by: Joseph Weis |
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| Active judges |
• Stewart Dalzell • Eduardo Robreno • Mary McLaughlin • Petrese Tucker • Legrome Davis • Cynthia Rufe • Tim Savage • James Gardner • Gene Pratter • Lawrence Stengel • Paul Diamond • Juan Sanchez • Darnell Jones • Mitchell Goldberg • Joel Slomsky | ||
| Senior judges |
Harvey Bartle • William Ditter • Norma Shapiro • Lowell Reed • Thomas O'Neill • Edmund Ludwig • Robert Kelly • Jan Dubois • Ronald Buckwalter • William Yohn • John Padova • Curtis Joyner • Anita Brody • Berle Schiller • Richard Surrick • Michael Baylson • Donald Van Artsdalen • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Thomas Reuter • Carol Wells • Jacob Hart • Linda Caracappa • Timothy Rice • David Strawbridge • Felipe Restrepo • Faith Angell • Henry Perkin • Elizabeth Hey • Lynne Sitarski • Arnold Rapoport • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
John Fullam • Louis Pollak • James Giles • Bruce Kauffman • Thomas Golden • William Lewis • Richard Peters • Joseph Hopkinson • Archibald Randall • John Kintzing Kane • John Cadwalader • William Butler • Anthony Scirica • Franklin Van Antwerpen • Marjorie Rendell • John Bayard McPherson • James Buchanan Holland • Joseph Whitaker Thompson • Oliver Booth Dickinson • Charles Louis McKeehan • William Huntington Kirkpatrick • Herbert Hutton • Daniel Huyett • Harry Kalodner • James McGirr Kelly • Marvin Katz • John Whitaker Lord • Joseph Simon Lord • Alfred Luongo • George Austin Welsh • Albert Maris • Guy Bard • Louis Bechtle • Edward Becker • Ralph Body • Raymond Broderick • Edward Cahn • Thomas Clary • John Morgan Davis • Thomas Egan • Herbert Fogel • Frederick Follmer • Abraham Freedman • James Ganey • Francis Van Dusen • Aloysius Higginbotham • Robert Gawthrop • James Gorbey • Clifford Green • Allan Grim • John Hannum • Charles William Kraft • Thomas Masterson • Joseph McGlynn • James McGranery • Clarence Newcomer • Emanuel Mac Troutman • Jay Waldman • Charles Weiner • Harold Wood • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Harvey Bartle • John Fullam • James Giles • Curtis Joyner • William Huntington Kirkpatrick • John Whitaker Lord • Joseph Simon Lord • Alfred Luongo • Louis Bechtle • Edward Cahn • Thomas Clary • James Ganey • | ||
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| 1964 |
Anderson • Bratton • Christie • Collins • Cowen • Davis • Ely • Freedman • Gordon • Higginbotham • McNichols • Muecke • Nichols • Port • Rabinovitz • Robinson • Simons • Suttle • Weber • Whelan • Zampano | ||
| 1965 |
Bryant • Celebrezze • Coffin • Coleman • Collinson • Corcoran • Doyle • Eubanks • Fortas • Frankel • Gasch • Gibson • Gordon • Harris • Hemphill • Hill • Hunter • Landis • Langley • Leventhal • Maxwell • McEntee • Mehrtens • Nichol • Reynolds • Russell • Smith • Tamm • Thornberry • Young | ||
| 1966 |
Ainsworth • Atkins • Boyle • Cabot • Cassibry • Copple • Craven • Cummings • Dyer • Fairchild • Feinberg • Ferguson • Fullam • Garrity • Godbold • Goldberg • Goodwin • Gray • Guinn • Harvey • Hauk • Heaney • Heebe • Hickey • Hogan • Kaufman • Kinneary • Krentzman • Lay • Leddy • Lord • Lynch • MacKenzie • Mansfield • McCree • McRae • Mitchell • Motley • Napoli • Nichols • Noland • Peck II • Peckham • Pettine • Pittman • Porter • Real • Roberts • Robinson • Robinson • Rubin • Russell • Scott • Seals • Seitz • Simpson • Singleton • Skelton • Smith • Smith • Taylor • Thomas • von der Heydt • Watson • Winter • Wise | ||
| 1967 |
Arnow • Beckworth • Belloni • Butzner • Cancio • Carter • Clayton • Combs • Comiskey • Curtin • Eaton • Edenfield • Fernandez-Badillo • Gesell • Gordon • Jones • Keith • Kellam • Lambros • Maletz • Marshall • Masterson • Merhige • Morgan • Murray • Neville • Pollack • Pregerson • Theis • Troutman • Van Dusen • Waddy • Weiner • Weinstein • Whipple • Williams | ||
| 1968 |
Aldisert • Baldwin • Bownes • Bright • Green • Gubow • Henderson • Holloway • Hufstedler • Judd • Justice • Keady • Kerner, Jr. • Lasker • Latchum • Lawrence • McMillan • Morgan • Newman • Nixon • Pratt • Re • Rosenstein • Schwartz • Smith • Stahl • Travia • Woodward | ||
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| 1961 |
Ainsworth • Augelli • Austin • Battisti • Becker • Beeks • Bell • Blumenfeld • Bohanon • Brown • Browning • Bryan Sr. • Clarie • Cox • Craven • Croake • Davis • Dillin • Dooling • Doyle • Dumbauld • Duniway • Dyer • Freedman • Ganey • Garza • Gibson • Gray • Hill • Kaufman • Kiley • Larkins • Larson • Lord • Luongo • MacBride • Machrowicz • Martin • McCree • McRae • Michie • Morgan • Northrop • Parsons • Peck II • Pence • Plummer • Putnam • Ridge • Sheridan • Smith • Stephens, Jr. • Swygert • West • Will • Wilson • Young • Zirpoli | ||
| 1962 |
Allgood • Barrow • Beamer • Bell • Body • Bonsal • Brewster • Brown • Butzner • Carr • Cohen • Coolahan • Cooper • Crary • Curtis • Daugherty • Oscar Davis • Elliott • Ellis • Eschbach • Feinberg • Foley • Fox • Gewin • Goldberg • Gray • Green • Hanson • Hays • Hughes • Jones • McLean • McManus • Meredith • Neese • Noel • Oliver • Preyer • Regan • Rosenberg • Rosling • Roth • Seth • Shaw • Smith • Spears • Templar • Tyler • Weigel • White • Winter • Wright • Wyatt | ||
| 1963 |
Almond • Cannella • Craig • Decker • Edwards • Fulton • Marovitz • McGowan • Mehaffy • Moynahan • Nealon • Payne • Phillips • Tenney • Thompson • Thornberry | ||
