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American judge (1935–2020)

Ralph K. Winter Jr.
Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review
In officeNovember 14, 2003 – May 18, 2010
Appointed by William Rehnquist
Preceded by Laurence Silberman
Succeeded by William Curtis Bryson
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In officeSeptember 30, 2000 – December 8, 2020
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In officeJuly 1, 1997 – September 30, 2000
Preceded by Jon O. Newman
Succeeded by John M. Walker Jr.
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In officeDecember 10, 1981 – September 30, 2000
Appointed by Ronald Reagan
Preceded by Walter R. Mansfield
Succeeded by Barrington D. Parker Jr.
Personal details
Born Ralph Karl Winter Jr.(1935-07-30)July 30, 1935Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.
Died December 8, 2020(2020-12-08) (aged 85)North Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Education Yale University (BA, LLB)

Ralph Karl Winter Jr.[1] (July 30, 1935 – December 8, 2020) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Early life and career

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Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, Winter graduated from the Taft School in 1953. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in 1957 and obtained his Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School in 1960. He served as a law clerk for Judge Caleb Merrill Wright of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware from 1960 to 1961 and as a law clerk for Judge Thurgood Marshall of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1961 to 1962. He served as a faculty member at Yale Law School from 1962 to 1982, as a research associate and lecturer from 1962 to 1964, as an assistant and associate professor from 1964 to 1968 and as a professor of law from 1968 to 1982. He was a consultant to the Subcommittee on Separation of Powers of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary from 1968 to 1972. He was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., from 1968 to 1970. He was a Guggenheim Fellow in Washington, D.C., from 1971 to 1972. He was an adjunct scholar at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., from 1972 to 1981. He was a member of the Board of Trustees at Brooklyn Law School.[2][3]

Winter advocated for limited government involvement in business matters.[4] He also supported state control in such matters, as opposed to federal control.[4]

Federal judicial service

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President Ronald Reagan nominated Winter on November 18, 1981, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated by Judge Walter R. Mansfield. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 9, 1981, and received his commission on December 10, 1981.[3] He served as Chief Judge from 1997 to 2000. He assumed senior status on September 30, 2000.[3] He was a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1997 to 2000.[3] From 2003 to 2010, Winter also served as one of the three judges on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review.[3] He died on December 8, 2020, from esophageal cancer.[1][5]

  1. ^ a b Risen, Clay (December 18, 2020). "Ralph K. Winter Jr., a Top Conservative Judicial Mind, Dies at 85". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "About the School". September 2, 2006. Archived from the original on September 2, 2006. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e Ralph K. Winter Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  4. ^ a b Hagerty, James R. (December 16, 2020). "U.S. Appeals Court Judge Made Mark on Business Law". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  5. ^ "Announcement" (PDF). United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. December 8, 2020.
  6. ^ "How Elder Daines' unanswered prayers provided greater blessings than he imagined". Church News. May 6, 2023. Retrieved May 7, 2023.

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Preceded byWalter R. Mansfield Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 1981–2000 Succeeded byBarrington D. Parker Jr.
Preceded byJon O. Newman Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 1997–2000 Succeeded byJohn M. Walker Jr.
Preceded byLaurence Silberman Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review 2003–2010 Succeeded byWilliam Curtis Bryson