Charles Metzner
Charles Miller Metzner (1912-2009) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Metzner was nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on April 15, 1959, to a seat vacated by John William Clancy; he was confirmed by the Senate on September 9, 1959, and received his commission on September 10th. Metzner was succeeded in this position by Leonard Sand. He assumed senior status on September 30, 1977, and served in that position until his death on November 30, 2009.
Of the 165 judges nominated by President Eisenhower to the federal bench, as of July 2009, Metzner was the last remaining judge.
Early life and education
Professional career
- Private practice, New York City, 1933-1934[1]
- Research assistant, Judicial Council of the State of New York, 1934-1941[1]
- Counsel, General Jewish Council, 1941[1]
- Law secretary, Hon. William C. Hecht, Supreme Court of New York, 1942-1953[1]
- Executive assistant to Attorney General of the United States Herbert Brownell, 1953-1954[1]
- Private practice, New York City, 1955-1959[1]
- Member, State Law Revision Commission of New York, 1959[1]
- Member, Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals for the United States, 1979-1993[1]
Professional career
Southern district of New York
Metzner was nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on April 15, 1959, to a seat vacated by John William Clancy; he was confirmed by the Senate on September 9, 1959, and received his commission on September 10th.[1] Metzner was succeeded in this position by Leonard Sand. He assumed senior status on September 30, 1977, and served in that position until his death on November 30, 2009.
External links
- Biography (dead link) from the Federal Judicial Center.
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: John William Clancy |
Southern District of New York 1959–1977 |
Succeeded by: Leonard Sand
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| 1953 |
Boldt • Bruchhausen • Cecil • Dawkins, Jr. • Grooms • Hamlin • Hoffman • Knoch • Schnackenberg • Warren • Willson | ||
| 1954 |
Aldrich • Anderson • Bastian • Bicks • Bootle • Boreman • Breitenstein • Brooks • Cecil • Chambers • Choate • Christensen • Connell • Danaher • Dawson • Day • Fee • Freeman • Halbert • Harlan • Hincks • Hoffman • Holder • Hunter • Ingraham • Laramore • Kent • Lemmon • Lord • McGarraghy • Mickelson • Miller • Palmieri • Parkinson • Rogers • Ross • Stewart • Taylor • Thomsen • Tuttle • Van Oosterhout • Vogel • Walsh • Whittaker • Wilson | ||
| 1955 |
Alger • Brown • Cameron • Clarke • Davies • Devitt • East • Estes • Grubb • Harlan • Jertberg • Jones • Lumbard • McIlvaine • Miller • Register • Sorg • Van Dusen • Waterman • Watkins • Wortendyke • Wright | ||
| 1956 |
Barnes • Bryan • Burger • Cashin • Hamley • Herlands • Johnson • Juergens • Kerr • Kraft • Levet • Lewis • Lieb • Mercer • Morgan • Rich • Rizley • Robinson • Smith • Sobeloff • Weick • Whittaker | ||
| 1957 |
Arraj • Breitenstein • Brennan • Egan • Gignoux • Grant • Hastings • Haynsworth • Hicklin • Jameson • Layton • Moore • O'Sullivan • Parkinson • Richardson • Sirica • Stanley • Thompson • Van Pelt • Weber • Whittaker • Wisdom • Zavatt | ||
| 1958 |
Beck • Burke • Carswell • Clayton • Hamlin • Henley • Jertberg • Knoch • Martin • Matthes • Miner • Morrill • Poos • Robson • Stanley • Steel • Stewart • Wollenberg | ||
| 1959 |
Aldrich • Bartels • Blackmun • Boreman • Butler • Castle • Cecil • Crocker • Dalton • Field • Fisher • Forman • Friendly • Hart • Henderson • Henley • Julian • Kalbfleisch • Kilkenny • Koelsch • Kunzel • MacMahon • Merrill • Metzner • Powell • Smith • Sweigert • Walsh • Weick • Weinman • Wood • Worley • Young | ||
| 1960 |
Caffrey • Chilson • Durfee • Hodge • Kaess • Lane • Lewis • Mishler • O'Sullivan • Paul • Smith • Stephenson • Tavares • Timbers | ||
