Word: courtly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...While a Court of Appeals judge, Lumbard showeda willingness to make bold decisions on issues ascontroversial as abortion...
After working for three years as an assistantU.S. Attorney, Lumbard was named an assistant tofuture Supreme Court Justice John Harlan in anspecial prosecutor's investigation ofsewage-construction kickbacks in Queens, initiatedby Gov. Alfred E. Smith...
After returning to the public sectors as aspecial assistant attorney general in charge of anewly formed election-fraud bureau in 1943,Lumbard accepted a temporary appointment as astate Supreme Court justice in New York...
...appointed to the 2nd Circuit court ofappeals by Eisenhower in 1955, and became thechief judge there in 1959. After 12 years in thiscapacity, Lombard became a senior judge...
...year before Roe vs. Wade, hepresided over a challenge to a woman's right toabortion in Connecticut," his son said. "And afterhearing the case, he actually made a strongerstatement for choice than the Supreme Court did.He said that the choice was completely up to thewoman. Period...