Theodore McKee
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Theodore Alexander McKee 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.
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.
Legal career
McKee began his legal career as a private practice attorney licensed in the State of Pennsylvania from 1975 to 1977 before joining the U.S. Attorney's Office as an Assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1977 to 1980 before becoming az Deputy city solicitor for the City of Philadelphia from 1980 to 1983. McKee also served as General counsel for the [http:/www.philapark.org Philadelphia Parking Authority in 1983 before becoming a Common Pleas Judge in the Court of Common Pleas for the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania from 1984 to 1994. McKee also taught as a lecturer for Rutgers Law based in Piscataway, NJ from 1980 to 1991.
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. as Higginbotham assumed senior status. McKee was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 8, 1994 on a majority voice vote and received commission on June 9, 1994[1]
Delaware sports betting
In re Commissioner of Baseball, et.al v. Jack Markell, et.al
CLICK HERE for the official opinion issued by the Third Circuit.
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.[2]
Judge Julio Fuentes joined Judges Hardiman and McKee on the three judge panel[3].
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Federal judges who have served the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Scirica • Ambro • Barry • Chagares • Fisher • Fuentes • Greenaway • Hardiman • Jordan • McKee • Rendell • Sloviter • D. B. Smith • Vacancy |
| Senior judges |
Aldisert • Cowen • Garth • Greenberg • Nygaard • Roth • Stapleton • Van Antwerpen • Weis |
| Former judges |
Acheson • Adams • Alito • Archbald • Becker • Biddle • Biggs • Buffington • Chertoff • Clark • Dallas • Davis • Forman • Freedman • Ganey • Gibbons • Goodrich • Gray • Haight • Hastie • Higginbotham • Hunter • Hutchinson • Jones • Kalodner • Lanning • Lewis • Mansmann • Maris • McLaughlin • McPherson • O`Connell • Rosen • Rosenn • Sarokin • Seitz • W. Smith • Stahl • Staley • Thompson • Van Dusen • Woolley |
