Theodore McKee
| Theodore McKee | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | |
| Title: | Chief Judge |
| Station: | Philadelphia, PA |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Bill Clinton |
| Active: | 6/9/1994 - Present |
| Chief: | 2010 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Leon Higginbotham, Jr. |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1947 |
| Bachelors: | SUNY Cortland '69 |
| Law School: | Syracuse Law '75 |
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Theodore Alexander McKee (b. 1947) is a federal appeals judge with the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit based in Philadelphia. He joined the court in 1994 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. McKee is the current Chief Judge of the court, succeeding Anthony Scirica in 2010. [1]
Early life and education
McKee graduated from New York-Cortland (SUNY-Cortland) with his Bachelor's Degree in 1969 and later graduated from Syracuse Law with his juris doctorate degree in 1975. [2]
Legal career
- Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1975-1977
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1977-1980
- Deputy city solicitor, City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1980-1983
- Lecturer, Rutgers Law School, 1980-1991
- General counsel, Philadelphia Parking Authority, Pennsylvania, 1983
- Judge, Court of Common Pleas, First Judicial District, Pennsylvania, 1984-1994 [2]
Federal judicial career
On the recommendation of Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Harris Wofford, McKee was nominated by President Bill Clinton on March 22, 1994, to a seat vacated by Leon Higginbotham, Jr.. McKee was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 8, 1994 on a majority voice vote and received commission on June 9, 1994. [3]
Notable cases
Delaware sports betting case
| United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit *OFC Commissioner of Baseball, et al, v. Jack Markell, et al, 09-3297 |
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| Judge McKee was part of a three judge panel led by Thomas Hardiman which presided over a case about whether the State of Delaware has legal standing to expand sports betting. The panel ruled on September 1, 2009 that the State of Delaware can offer sports betting on parlays (multiple games), but ruled that betting on individual games including football, basketball, and hockey is illegal under federal law. The ruling from the Third Circuit affirmed Judge Greg Sleet's ruling that Delaware was limited to offering sports betting for multiple games. This is consistent with a 1976 law that outlaws wagering on individual games.[4] Judge Julio Fuentes joined Judges Hardiman and McKee on the three judge panel.[5] |
References
- ↑ The Times-Tribune "Vanaskie takes the oath as federal appeals judge", May 11, 2010
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Judge McKee's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
- ↑ "THOMAS" Nomination of Theodore McKee, March 24, 2009
- ↑ "RecentPoker.com" U.S. Court cuts back on Delaware Sports Betting Plans, September 1, 2009
- ↑ "Third Circuit Court of Appeals" Ruling of In re Commissioner of Baseball, et.al v. Jack Markell, et.al, September 1, 2009
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Aloysius Higginbotham |
Third Circuit Court of Appeals 1994–present |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
