Thomas Hardiman
| Thomas Hardiman | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #10 |
| Station: | Philadelphia, PA |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George W. Bush |
| Active: | 4/2/2007 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Richard Nygaard |
| Succeeded by: | Cathy Bissoon |
| Past post: | Western District of Pennsylvania |
| Past term: | 2003 - 2007 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1965 |
| Home State: | Winchester, MA |
| Bachelors: | Notre Dame '87 |
| Law School: | Georgetown Law '90 |
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Early life and education
Born in Winchester, Massachusetts, Hardiman graduated from University of Notre Dame with his Bachelor's degree in 1987 and later received a Juris Doctor degree from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1990. [1]
Professional career
Hardiman was a private practice attorney in Washington, D.C. from 1990 to 1992 and then practiced in the State of Pennsylvania from 1992 to 2003.[1]
Judicial career
Western District of Pennsylvania
On the recommendation of U.S. Senators Rick Santorum and Arlen Specter, Hardiman was nominated to the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania by President George W. Bush on April 9, 2003 to a seat vacated by William Standish as Standish assumed senior status. Hardiman was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 22, 2003 on a Senate voice vote and received commission on October 27, 2003.[2]
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Arlen Specter, Hardiman was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit by President George W. Bush on January 9, 2007 to a seat vacated by Richard Nygaard as Nyggard assumed senior status. Hardiman was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 15, 2007 on a Senate vote and received commission on April 2, 2007. [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 Hardiman wrote the court's opinion in a case about whether the State of Delaware has legal standing to expand sports betting. The three-judge 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] Judges Julio Fuentes and Theodore McKee joined Hardiman on the three judge panel.[5] |
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Judge Thomas Hardiman Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
- ↑ "THOMAS" Thomas Hardiman USDC, WDPA confirmation: PN513-108
- ↑ "THOMAS" Thomas Hardiman USCA, 3d Cir. confirmation: PN8-110
- ↑ "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: William Standish |
Western District of Pennsylvania 2003–2007 Seat #10 |
Succeeded by: ' |
| Preceded by: Richard Nygaard |
Third Circuit Court of Appeals 2007–present |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| Active judges |
• Nora Fischer • Terrence McVerry • Arthur Schwab • David Cercone • Sean McLaughlin • Kim Gibson • Joy Conti • Cathy Bissoon • Mark Raymond Hornak | ||
| Senior judges |
Donetta Ambrose • Alan Bloch • Maurice Cohill • Gustave Diamond • William Standish • Paul Simmons • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Keith Pesto • Robert Mitchell • Lisa Lenihan • Susan Baxter • Maureen Kelly • Cynthia Eddy • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
William Knox • Jonathan Hoge Walker • William Wilkins • Thomas Irwin • Wilson McCandless • Winthrop Welles Ketcham • Marcus Wilson Acheson • Joseph Weis • Brooks Smith • Thomas Hardiman • Joseph Buffington • Timothy Lewis • James Hay Reed • Nathaniel Ewing • James Scott Young • Charles Prentiss Orr • W. H. Seward Thomson • Robert Murray Gibson • Gary Lancaster • Frederic Palen Schoonmaker • Nelson McVicar • Frederick Follmer • Carol Mansmann • Owen Burns • Robert Cindrich • Edward Dumbauld • Wallace Gourley • Rabe Marsh • Barron McCune • John McIlvaine • Glenn Mencer • John Lester Miller • Louis Rosenberg • Ralph Scalera • Daniel Snyder • Herbert Sorg • William Stewart • Hubert Teitelbaum • Gerald Weber • Joseph Willson • Donald Ziegler • Donald Lee • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Robert Murray Gibson • Donetta Ambrose • Maurice Cohill • Gustave Diamond • Gary Lancaster • Nelson McVicar • Wallace Gourley • Rabe Marsh • Herbert Sorg • Hubert Teitelbaum • Gerald Weber • Donald Ziegler • | ||
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| 2001 |
Armijo • Bates • Beistline • Blackburn • Bowdre • Bunning • Bury • Caldwell • Camp • Cassell • Cebull • Clement • Clifton • Crane • Eagan • Engelhardt • Friot • Gibbons • Granade • Gritzner • Haddon • Hartz • Heaton • Hicks • Howard • Johnson • Jorgenson • Krieger • Land • Leon • Mahan • Martinez • Martone • McConnell • Melloy • Mills • O'Brien • Parker • Payne • Prost • Reeves • Riley • Robinson • Rogers • Royal • Shedd • B. Smith • L. Smith • Walton • Wooten • Zainey | ||
| 2002 |
Africk • Anderson • Autrey • Baylson • Cercone • Chesler • Clark • Collyer • Conner • Conti • Corrigan • Davis • Davis • Dorr • England • Ericksen • Fuller • Gardner • Godbey • Griesbach • Hanen • Hovland • Hudson • Jones • Jordan • Kinkeade • Klausner • Kugler • Leighton • Linares • Ludlum • Marra • Martinez • Martini • Mays • McVerry • Phillips • Raggi • Reade • Rose • Rufe • Savage • Schwab • Smith • St. Eve • Walter • White • Wolfson | ||
| 2003 |
Adams • Altonaga • Bea • Benitez • Bennett • Boyle • Brack • Breen • Browning • Burns • Bybee • Callahan • Campbell • Cardone • Carney • Castel • Chertoff • Cohn • Colloton • Conrad • Coogler • Cook • Cooke • Crone • Der-Yeghiayan • Drell • Duffey • Duncan • Erickson • Feuerstein • Figa • Filip • Fischer • Fisher • Flanagan • Floyd • Frost • Gibson • Greer • Gruender • Guirola • Hall • Hardiman • Hayes • Herrera • Hicks • Holmes • Holwell • Hopkins • Houston • Irizarry • Jones • Junell • Karas • Kravitz • Martinez • McKnight • Minaldi • Montalvo • Mosman • Otero • Pickering • Prado • Pratter • Proctor • Quarles • Robart • Roberts • Robinson • Rodgers • Rodriguez • Sabraw • Sanchez • Saylor • Selna • Sharpe • Simon • Springmann • Stanceu • Steele • Stengel • Suko • Sutton • Sykes • Titus • Townes • Tymkovich • Van Antwerpen • Varlan • Wake • Wesley • White • Woodcock • Yeakel | ||
| 2004 |
Alvarez • Benton • Boyko • Covington • Diamond • Harwell • Kelley • Schiavelli • Schneider • Starrett • Watson | ||
| 2005 |
Alito • Barrett • Batten • Bianco • Brown • Burgess • Conrad • Cox • Crotty • Delgado-Colon • Dever • DuBose • Griffin • Griffith • Johnston • Kendall • Larson • Ludington • Mattice • McKeague • Neilson • Owen • Pryor • Roberts • Sandoval • Schiltz • Seabright • Smoak • Van Tatenhove • Vitaliano • Watkins • Zouhary | ||
| 2006 |
Besosa • Bumb • Chagares • Cogan • Gelpi • Golden • Gordon • Gorsuch • Guilford • Hillman • Holmes • Ikuta • D. Jordan • K. Jordan • Kavanaugh • Miller • Moore • Shepherd • Sheridan • Smith • Whitney • Wigenton | ||
| 2007 |
Anderson • Aycock • Bailey • Bryant • Davis • DeGiusti • Dow • Elrod • Fairbank • Fischer • Frizzell • Gutierrez • Hall • Hardiman • Haynes • Howard • Jarvey • Jones • Jonker • Kapala • Kays • Laplante • Limbaugh • Lioi • Livingston • Maloney • Mauskopf • Mendez • Miller • Neff • O'Connor • O'Grady • O'Neill • Osteen • Ozerden • Reidinger • Sammartino • Schroeder • Settle • Smith • Snow • Southwick • Suddaby • Sullivan • Thapar • Tinder • Van Bokkelen • Wood • Wright • Wu | ||
| 2008 |
Agee • Anello • Arguello • Brimmer • Gardephe • Goldberg • Jones • Kethledge • Lawrence • Matsumoto • Melgren • Murphy • Scriven • Seibel • Slomsky • Trenga • Waddoups • White | ||
