Stanley H. Fuld

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Stanley Howells Fuld (August 23, 1903 – July 22, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1967 to 1973.

Life

Born in Manhattan, New York City, Fuld was the son of Emanuel I. Fuld (a proofreader of the New York Times) and Hermine (Frisch) Fuld. He graduated from City College of New York in 1923, and received an LL.B. from Columbia University in 1926.

Fuld engaged in private practice until 1935, when he was hired as an investigator by Thomas E. Dewey, Special Prosecutor of Rackets in Manhattan and a schoolmate of Fuld's at Columbia. Fuld's specialty was developing new theories to prosecute racketeers, including Charles "Lucky" Luciano and James J. Hines, the Tammany Hall district leader.

In November 1937, Dewey was elected District Attorney of New York County, and appointed Fuld Head of the Indictment Bureau. From 1939 to 1943, he was Chief of the Appeals Bureau. Afterwards he resumed his private practice

On April 25, 1946, Fuld was appointed by Dewey, now Governor, a judge of the New York Court of Appeals to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George Z. Medalie. In November 1946, he was elected on the Republican ticket to a 14-year term, and re-elected on the Republican and Democratic tickets in 1960. In 1966, he was elected unopposed Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals. He retired from the bench at the end of 1973 when he reached the constitutional age limit of 70 years, and returned to private practice.

Justice Fuld wrote the lead opinions in two cases (Auten v. Auten and Babcock v. Jackson) which are considered as landmark in American choice of law revolution.

Personal life

On May 29, 1930, Fuld married Florence Geringer (d. 1975). After her death, he married Stella Rapaport. He died at his home in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida.

Sources

Political Graveyard
Obituary in the New York Times (July 25, 2003)
Listing of Court of Appeals judges, with portrait

Legal offices
Preceded by Charles S. Desmond	Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals 1967–1973	Succeeded by Charles D. Breitel

v t e Chief Judges of the New York Court of Appeals

Jewett Bronson Ruggles Gardiner Denio Johnson Comstock Selden Denio Davies Wright Hunt Earl Church Folger Andrews Ruger Earl Andrews Parker Cullen Bartlett Hiscock Cardozo Pound Crane Lehman Loughran Lewis Conway Desmond Fuld Breitel Cooke Wachtler Simons* Kaye Lippman

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 73446088 LCCN: no96025151

Persondata
Name	Fuld, Stanley Howells
Alternative names
Short description	American judge
Date of birth	August 23, 1903
Place of birth
Date of death	July 22, 2003
Place of death

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