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| James Ganey | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | |
| Title: | Former Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | John F. Kennedy |
| Active: | 8/15/1961 - 8/15/1966 |
| Senior: | 8/15/1966 - 2/7/1972 |
| Preceded by: | 75 Stat. 80 |
| Past post: | Eastern District of Pennsylvania |
| Past chief: | 1958-1961 |
| Past term: | 1940-1961 |
| Past position: | Seat #9 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | Phillipsburg, NJ |
| Home State: | April 22, 1899 |
| Deceased: | February 7, 1972 |
| Law School: | Lehigh U., LL.B., 1920, Harvard Law, LL.B., 1923 |
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James Cullen Ganey (1899-1972) 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
- Lehigh University, LL.B., 1920
- Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1923
Professional career
- Private practice, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1923-1937
- U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1937-1940
Judicial career
Third Circuit
Ganey was nominated to the Third Circuit by President John F. Kennedy on August 3, 1961, to a new seat created by 75 Stat. 80; he was confirmed by the Senate on August 15, 1961, and received commission that same day. He assumed senior status on August 15, 1966, and served the Third Circuit in that capacity until his death on February 7, 1972.[1] He was succeeded in this position by Francis Van Dusen.
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Ganey was nominated to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on June 11, 1940, to a new seat created by 54 Stat. 219; he was confirmed by the Senate on June 13, 1940, and received commission on June 19. He served as chief judge from 1958 to August 30, 1961, when he advanced to the Third Circuit. Ganey was succeeded in this position by Aloysius Higginbotham.
External links
References
- ↑ Judge Ganey's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1940–1961 Seat #9 |
Succeeded by: Aloysius Higginbotham |
| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
Third Circuit Court of Appeals 1961–1972 |
Succeeded by: Francis Van Dusen |
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| Senior judges |
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| Former Article III judges |
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| 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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| 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 | ||
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| 1933 |
Bell • Bratton • Donohoe • FitzHenry • Garrecht • Keefe • Ragon • Stone • Woodrough | ||
| 1934 |
Allen • Bowen • Holly • Hulbert • Long • Major • Myers • Rippey • Sullivan | ||
| 1935 |
Baldwin • Denman • Faris • Ford • Hamilton • Haney • Holmes • Mahoney • Martin • Mathews • McDuffie • Moore • Roche • A. L. Stephens • H. M. Stephens • Sweeney • Yankwich | ||
| 1936 |
Abruzzo • Clancy • Davidson • Davis • Holland • Lederle • Leibell • Ling • Mandelbaum • Maris • Pollard • Thomas • Underwood | ||
| 1937 |
Adair • Biggs • Black • Burke • Collet • Druffel • Edgerton • Groner • Healy • Jackson • Jenney • Kloeb • Major • McColloch • Miller • Mize • Murrah • Rice • Stephens • Sullivan • Swinford • Treanor • Trimble • Vinson • Watkins • Williams • Wyche | ||
| 1938 |
Clark • Conger • Ford • Hamilton • Laws • Maris • McCord • Murphree • Reed | ||
| 1939 |
Allred • Arant • Beaumont • Biddle • Black • Clark • Darr • Davies • Dobie • Douglas • Duffy • Frankfurter • Goldsborough • Huxman • Igoe • Jones • Kalodner • Kerner, Sr. • Lemley • Lumpkin • Magruder • Miller • Morris • Picard • Porterie • Roberts • Rutledge • Walker • Welsh • Whaley • Whitaker • Wilkin | ||
| 1940 |
Bard • Barker • Barksdale • Boyd • Broaddus • Caillouet • Campbell • Dobie • Ganey • Goodrich • Harrison • Hartigan • Johnsen • Jones • Leamy • Mahoney • Martin • Murphy • Murrah • O'Connor • Oliver • Pine • Russell • Savage • Schwellenbach • Walker • Waller | ||
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| 1941 |
Bright • Byrnes • Eicher • Frank • Freed • Healey • Jackson • Leahy • Leavy • Lovett • Madden • McAllister • McGuire • Miller • Minton • Moore • Riddick • Rifkind • J. Smith • W. Smith • Stone • Timmerman • Vogel • Waring • Woodbury • Wyzanski | ||
| 1942 |
Brennan • Cole • Delehant • Ekwall • Goodman • Hall • Hannay • Keeling • Meaney | ||
| 1943 |
Arnold • Chandler • Clark • Duncan • Helvering • Hulen • Lawrence • Lee • McLaughlin • Mullins • Rutledge • Swygert • Waller | ||
| 1944 |
Bone • Connor • Graven • Hutcheson • Kennedy • LaBuy • O'Connell • Schweinhaut • Shaw | ||
| 1945 | |||
- Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Seat 9
- Former federal judge, Third Circuit
- Former federal judge, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- Former federal judge
- Appointed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Confirmed 1940
- Former chief judge, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- Appointed by John F. Kennedy
- Confirmed 1961
- Lehigh U. Alumni
- Harvard Law Alumni
