William Cameron Canby Jr. (born May 22, 1931) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sitting in Phoenix, Arizona.
William Canby | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
| Assumed office May 23, 1996 | |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
| In office May 23, 1980 – May 23, 1996 | |
| Appointed by | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Ozell Miller Trask |
| Succeeded by | Barry G. Silverman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | William Cameron Canby Jr. May 22, 1931 Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| Education | Yale University (BA) University of Minnesota (LLB) |
As both a professor at Arizona State University College of Law and a Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Canby has become known as an authority on American Indian law. He has authored law review articles, a major textbook, and the West Nutshell Series primer on the subject. While still a professor at ASU, Canby successfully argued the case of Bates v. State Bar of Arizona, in which the Supreme Court held that the First Amendment allows lawyers to advertise in a manner that is not misleading to members of the general public.
Education and legal training
editBorn in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Canby earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in 1953 on an ROTC scholarship, graduating summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He then earned a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1956, graduating Order of the Coif, before clerking for Justice Charles Evans Whittaker of the United States Supreme Court.[1]
Professional career
editCanby was a lieutenant in the JAG Corps of the United States Air Force from 1956 to 1958. He was in private practice in Saint Paul from 1959 to 1962 before joining the Peace Corps. He was an Associate Director of the Peace Corps for Ethiopia from 1962 to 1963 and then Deputy Director for Ethiopia from 1963 to 1964. He was then Director for Uganda from 1964 to 1966. He was a special assistant to United States Senator Walter Mondale in 1966 before leaving government service.[1]
He was a special assistant to President Harris Wofford of the State University of New York at Old Westbury in 1967 and then a professor of law at Arizona State University from 1967 to 1980 and during that time was Director of the Office of Indian Law at the Arizona State University College of Law. From 1970 to 1971 he was a visiting Fulbright professor of law at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda.[1]
Federal judicial service
editCanby was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on April 2, 1980, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated by Judge Ozell Miller Trask. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 21, 1980, and received his commission on May 23, 1980. Canby assumed senior status on May 23, 1996.[1]
Notable rulings
editIn 1995, Canby held that the Tenth Amendment was not violated by provisions of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act that required local and state law enforcement officials to conduct background checks of handgun buyers. The Supreme Court reversed in Printz v. United States.
In 2001, Canby wrote a unanimous panel decision holding that the Americans with Disabilities Act required the Professional Golfers Association to allow disabled golfer Casey Martin to use a golf cart when competing. The opinion was affirmed by the Supreme Court in PGA Tour, Inc. v. Martin.
On February 4, 2017, Canby and Judge Michelle T. Friedland rejected[2] the Trump administration's request for an administrative stay[3] pending the Ninth Circuit's review of an emergency motion to stay the district court's temporary restraining order in State of Washington v. Trump, part of the ongoing court cases related to Executive Order 13769. On February 7 Canby, Friedland, and Judge Richard Clifton heard oral arguments on the emergency motion to stay, with an audio feed[4] of the telephonic argument broadcast nationwide.[5][6] On February 9, the three judges denied the request for a stay of the temporary restraining order.[7][8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d William Cameron Canby Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ Canby, William; Friedland, Michelle (February 4, 2017). "Order denying immediate administrative stay pending full consideration of the emergency motion for stay and setting schedule" (PDF). Retrieved February 6, 2017.
- ^ Francisco, Noel (February 4, 2017). "Emergency Motion Under Circuit Rule 27-3 for Administrative Stay and Motion for Stay Pending Appeal" (PDF). Retrieved February 6, 2017.
- ^ United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2017-02-07), 17-35105 State of Washington, et al. v. Donald J. Trump et al., archived from the original on 2021-12-22, retrieved 2017-02-09
- ^ Liptak, Adam (2017-02-06). "Justice Department Urges Appeals Court to Reinstate Trump's Travel Ban". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
- ^ "Motions Panel". www.ca9.uscourts.gov. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
- ^ Liptak, Adam (2017-02-09). "Court Refuses to Reinstate Travel Ban, Dealing Trump Another Legal Loss". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
- ^ "Published Order Denying Stay" (PDF). Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. February 9, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
External links
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- William Cameron Canby Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.