Louis Pollak
Louis Heilprin Pollak was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He joined the court in 1978 after being nominated by President Jimmy Carter. He assumed senior status on January 1, 1991 and served until his death on May 7, 2012.
Early life and education
Born in New York City, New York, Pollak graduated with his bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1943 and later from Yale Law School with his Juris Doctor degree in 1948.[1]
Pollak served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1946.[1]
Professional career
Pollak was a Law clerk for Supreme Court Justice of the United States, Wiley B. Rutledge, on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1948-1949. Pollak entered private practice in New York City, New York from 1949 to 1951. From 1951 to 1953, Pollak served as an Attorney, Special Assistant to Ambassador Philip C. Jessup with the U.S. State Department. Pollak returned to the private sector briefly until 1955, working as Assistant Counsel for Amalgamated Clothing Workers in New York City. From 1955 to 1974, Pollak served as a Faculty member of Yale Law School, and as its Dean from 1965 to 1970. From 1974 to 1978, Pollak was a Faculty member of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and its Dean from 1975 to 1978.[1]
Judicial career
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Pollak was nominated to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by President Jimmy Carter on June 7, 1978 to a seat vacated by Leon Higginbotham. Pollak was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 10, 1978 and received commission on July 12, 1978. Pollak assumed senior status on January 1, 1991 and served until his death on May 7, 2012.[1] Pollak was succeeded in this position by Eduardo Robreno.
Noteworthy cases
Tinicum case
Judge Pollak on November 30, 2009, denied Tinicum Township and Delaware County a request to remand a case back to state court on the issue of whether Philadelphia International Airport can make unapproved land purchases. The two entities are suing the airport authority over a 1925 law that allows first-class cities to purchase land with little or no zoning approval in which they claim the authority is abusing the law in pursuing redevelopment. Both the township and the county feel that the redevelopment plans would displace 72 residences and 3,000 jobs.[2]
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Footnotes
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| Preceded by: Aloysius Higginbotham |
Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1978–1990 Seat #9 |
Succeeded by: Eduardo Robreno
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| 1977 |
Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron | ||
| 1978 |
Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler | ||
| 1979 |
Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright • Zobel | ||
| 1980 |
Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams | ||
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