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Morton Greenberg
Morton Greenberg was a federal judge with the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit. He first joined the court on March 23, 1987, after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan.[1] Greenberg assumed senior status on June 30, 2000. His service ended on January 28, 2021, when he died.[2][3]
Early life and education
A native of Carnegie, Pennsylvania, Greenberg graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with his bachelor's degree in 1954 and from Yale Law School with his LL.B. in 1957.[1]
Professional career
- 2000-2021: Senior judge
- 1987-2000: Judge
- 1980-1987: Judge, New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division
- 1976-1980: Judge, Chancery Division, New Jersey Superior Court
- 1973-1976: Judge, Law Division, New Jersey Superior Court
- 1971-1973: Assistant state attorney general, New Jersey
- 1971: First assistant prosecuting attorney, Cape May, N.J.
- 1970-1971: County attorney, Cape May, N.J.
- 1960-1971: Private practice, Cape May, N.J.
- 1958-1960: Deputy state attorney general, New Jersey
- 1957-1958: Law clerk, Attorney General of New Jersey[1]
Judicial career
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Morton L. Greenberg |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 37 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: February 11, 1987
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: March 11, 1987
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| Reported: March 19, 1987
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| Confirmed: March 20, 1987
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| Vote: Voice vote
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Greenberg was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on February 11, 1987, to a seat vacated by Judge Leonard Garth, who assumed senior status. Hearings on Greenberg's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on March 11, 1987, and his nomination was reported by then-U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) on March 19, 1987. Greenberg was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on March 20, 1987, and he received his commission on March 23, 1987. He assumed senior status on June 30, 2000.[1][4] He was succeeded in this position by Judge Michael Chertoff.
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed December 10, 2016
- ↑ The Press of Atlantic City, "Longtime New Jersey federal Judge Morton I. Greenberg, 87, dies of pneumonia," February 2, 2021
- ↑ New Jersey Globe, "Morton Greenberg, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, dies at 87," February 1, 2021
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 133 — Morton I. Greenberg — The Judiciary," accessed December 10, 2016
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Leonard Garth |
Third Circuit Court of Appeals 1987–2000 |
Succeeded by: Michael Chertoff
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| 1981 |
Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter | ||
| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||
