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Learned Hand. Billings Learned Hand ( / ˈlɜːrnɪd / LURN-id; January 27, 1872 – August 18, 1961) was an American jurist, lawyer, and judicial philosopher. He served as a federal trial judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1909 to 1924 and as a federal appellate judge on the U.S. Court of ...
Learned Hand was an American jurist whose tough and sometimes profound mind, philosophical skepticism, and faith in the United States were employed throughout a record tenure as a federal judge (52 years, from April 10, 1909, until his death).
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Mar 17, 2023 · Billings Learned Hand (27 January 1872 – 18 August 1961), usually called simply Learned Hand, was an American judge and judicial philosopher. He served on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and later the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
3 days ago · July 4, 2024. Judge Learned Hand. Photograph from Bettmann / Getty. On a spring Sunday, eighty years ago in Manhattan’s Central Park, a hundred and fifty thousand newly naturalized citizens ...
Judge Learned Hand delivered a famous speech in 1944, calling for a spirit of liberty that seeks to understand and weigh the interests of others. He contrasted this with the dangers of factionalism and tribalism in modern American life.
Aug 9, 2023 · Billings Learned Hand served as a federal district and appellate judge and had enormous influence on the law understanding in the United States, specifically the First Amendment.
See generally LEARNED HAND, THE BILL OF RIGHTS (1958). Hand’s theory of statutory interpretation was first set forth in 1935. He was invited to give a radio address by the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) as part of a series designed to promote the use of radio broadcasting in education.
