Herbert Choy
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| Herbert Choy | |
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최영조
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| Revised Romanization: | Choe Yeong-jo |
| McCune-Reischauer: | Ch'oe Yŏng-cho |
Herbert Young Cho Choy (born January 6, 1916, Makaweli, Hawaii–March 10, 2004) was the first Asian American federal judge in the history of the United States. He received his BA from the University of Hawaii in 1938; and his JD from Harvard in 1941. Prior to his placement as a federal judge, Choy worked as Army Judge Advocate General from 1946 to 1947. After leaving the service he began work with the private law firm of Fong Miho Choy & Robinson from 1947 to 1957, where one of his partners was the future Senator Hiram Fong. In 1957 he served as attorney general for the Territory of Hawaii. In 1971, President Nixon appointed Choy to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, where he actively served until 1984, when he took senior status.
He authored many significant opinions, upholding the constitutionality of a law allowing child sexual abuse victims to testify via closed-circuit television, allowing a Muslim inmate to sue Phoenix-area jail officials for imposing discriminatory security measures at Muslim services, and upholding California’s “green advertising” law regulating advertisers’ claims about “biodegradable” or “recycled” products.
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- Ninth Circuit Mourns Passing of Senior Circuit Judge Herbert Choy. Ninth Circuit Mourns Passing of Senior Circuit Judge Herbert Choy. Retrieved on March 02, 2005.
- Notable Records of Judicial Service. Notable Records of Judicial Service. Retrieved on March 02, 2005.
