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Hand, Learned
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(lûr´n d) (KEY) , 1872–1961, American jurist, b. Albany, N.Y. He received his law degree from Harvard in 1896. He was a judge of the U.S. District Court for New York’s Southern District (1909–24) and of the federal Second Circuit Court of Appeals (1924–51). Often called the “tenth justice of the Supreme Court,” and regarded as one of the finest jurists in American history, Hand delivered more than 2,000 opinions, and was noted especially as a defender of free speech. He is the author of The Spirit of Liberty, a collection of papers and addresses (1952), and of The Bill of Rights, a series of lectures (1958).
See J. T. Noonan, Jr., Learned Hand (1994
See J. T. Noonan, Jr., Learned Hand (1994
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