John Norton Pomeroy

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John Norton Pomeroy (1828–1885) was an American lawyer and legal writer, born in Rochester, N. Y., where he practiced law for many years following his graduation from Hamilton College (1847) and his admittance to the state bar in 1851. He interrupted his law practice from 1864 to 1868 to serve as professor of law and political science and dean of the law faculty at the University of New York, then returned to practice of law at Rochester until 1878 prior to moving to California where he served as professor of municipal law in the University of California (1878-85). He edited Sedgwick's Statutory and Constitutional Law (1874) and Archbold's Criminal Law (1876). His writings include:

  • An Introduction to Municipal Law (1865)
  • An Introduction to the Constitutional Law of the United States (1868; ninth edition, 1886)
  • Remedies and Remedial Rights According to the Reformed American Procedure (1876)
  • A Treatise on Riparian Rights (1884)
  • A Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence (third edition, four volumes, 1905)

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