Walter R. Mansfield

Walter Mansfield
Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In office
May 20, 1971  July 2, 1981
Appointed by Richard Nixon
Preceded by Leonard Moore
Succeeded by Ralph Winter
Judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
In office
June 29, 1966  May 20, 1971
Appointed by Lyndon Johnson
Preceded by John Cashin
Succeeded by Whitman Knapp
Personal details
Born Walter Roe Mansfield
(1911-07-01)July 1, 1911
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died January 8, 1987(1987-01-08) (aged 75)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Gertrude
Elizabeth
Children Matthew
Trina
Peter (Stepson)
Alma mater Harvard University
Military service
Allegiance  United States
Service/branch  United States Marine Corps
Years of service 1942–1946
Rank Major
Unit Office of Strategic Services
Battles/wars World War II

Walter Roe Mansfield (July 1, 1911 January 8, 1987) was an American federal judge in the United States.

Judge Mansfield was the son of Boston Mayor Frederick W. Mansfield and Helen Elizabeth (Roe) Mansfield.

Mansfield received his A.B. from Harvard College in 1932 and his LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1935 before working as a lawyer in private practice in New York City for three decades, interrupted by two years as an Assistant United States Attorney and service in the United States Marine Corps during World War II from 1942-1946.

In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Mansfield to serve as a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Five years later, President Richard M. Nixon promoted Mansfield to an appellate judgeship on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Mansfield was an active judge of the Second Circuit for ten years, from 1971 to 1981. He took senior status in 1981 but continued to hear cases until his death in 1987.

Mansfield passed after suffering a stroke, at the age of 75, while on vacation in Christchurch, New Zealand.[1]

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Legal offices
Preceded by
John Cashin
Judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
1966–1971
Succeeded by
Whitman Knapp
Preceded by
Leonard Moore
Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
1971–1981
Succeeded by
Ralph Winter
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