Carroll Clark Hincks (November 30, 1889 – September 30, 1964) was a
United States circuit judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
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and previously was a United States District Judge of the
United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
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.
Education and career
Born on November 30, 1889, in
Andover, Massachusetts
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, to Edward Hincks (who was on the faculty of
Andover Theological Seminary
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) and Elizabeth Tyler Clark (the daughter of Charles P. Clark, former president of the
New Haven Railroad
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), Hincks graduated from
Phillips Andover Academy. He received an
Artium Baccalaureus
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degree in 1911 from
Yale University
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and a
Bachelor of Laws
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in 1914 from
Yale Law School
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. He entered private practice in
New Haven
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,
Connecticut
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from 1914 to 1916. He was a captain in the
United States Army
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field artillery during
World War I
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from 1917 to 1919. Hincks also served as an artillery officer in the
Border Campaign of 1916. He returned to private practice in
Waterbury
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, Connecticut with the firm of Meyer, Hincks & Traurig from 1919 to 1931.
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''New York Times'' (October 1, 1964).
Federal judicial service
Hincks was nominated by President
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American politician who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 and a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, holding o ...
on December 15, 1930, to a seat on the
United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
The United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (in case citations, D. Conn.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Connecticut. The court has offices in Bridgeport, Hartford, and New Haven. Appea ...
vacated by Judge
Warren Booth Burrows
Warren Booth Burrows (September 14, 1877 – December 8, 1952) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut and the 8th Attorney General of Connecticut.
Education and career
Born in Poq ...
. He was confirmed by the
United States Senate
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on January 13, 1931, and received his commission on January 24, 1931. He served as Chief Judge from 1948 to 1953. His service terminated on December 7, 1953, due to elevation to the Second Circuit.
Hincks received a
recess appointment
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from President
Dwight D. Eisenhower on October 3, 1953, to a seat on the
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
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vacated by Judge
Thomas Walter Swan. He was nominated to the same position by President Eisenhower on January 11, 1954. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 9, 1954, and received his commission on the same day. He assumed
senior status
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on May 15, 1959. His service terminated on September 30, 1964, due to his death at
Grace-New Haven Community Hospital in New Haven.
Notable case
Among Hincks' most notable cases on the district bench was the reorganization of the New Haven Railroad (1935–1947).
Other service
According to Hincks' obituary in the ''New York Times'', "Judge Hincks was active in Yale University affairs."
He served as secretary of the committee charged with constructing the
Yale Bowl
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and was active in
Mory's.
Personal
Hincks was married to Edith Walker Ney Hincks, who survived him.
References
External links
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1889 births
1964 deaths
United States Army personnel of World War I
Connecticut lawyers
Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
People from Andover, Massachusetts
United States Army officers
United States court of appeals judges appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
20th-century American judges
United States district court judges appointed by Herbert Hoover
Yale Law School alumni
Yale University alumni