Jon Ormond Newman (born May 2, 1932) is a senior United States circuit judge of the

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Education and legal training

Born in

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, New York, Newman earned his Artium Baccalaureus degree from

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in 1953 and his

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from

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in 1956. After Yale, he clerked for Judge George Thomas Washington of the

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and then clerked for

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Chief Justice Earl Warren from 1957 to 1958. Additionally, he was in the

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from 1954 to 1962. He was in private practice from 1958 to 1960 in

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and served as a graduate instructor at

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. He also served as special counsel to the

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in 1960. He was executive assistant to the

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from 1961 to 1962 and then joined the staff of

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as administrative assistant from 1963 to 1964. He was the

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for the District of Connecticut from 1964 to 1969 when

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took office. He entered private practice in Hartford again until 1971 when he was nominated to a federal district judgeship.

Federal judicial service

Newman was nominated by President

on December 2, 1971, to a seat on the

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vacated by Judge William H. Timbers. He was confirmed by the

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on December 11, 1971, received his commission on December 15, 1971,and began serving as a judge on January 17, 1972. His service as a District Judge terminated on June 25, 1979, due to his elevation to the Second Circuit. Newman was nominated by President

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on April 30, 1979, to the

, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629. He was confirmed by the Senate on June 19, 1979, and received his commission on June 21, 1979. He served as Chief Judge from 1993 to 1997. He assumed

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on July 1, 1997.

Honor

On December 8, 2016, at a special ceremony at the Supreme Court of the United States, Justice Elena Kagan presented to Judge Newman, on behalf of the federal judiciary, the 2016 Edward J. Devitt Distinguished Service to Justice Award. The Devitt Award honors an Article III judge who has achieved a distinguished career and made significant contributions to the administration of justice, the advancement of the rule of law, and the improvement of society as a whole.

Noteworthy decisions

* ''Abele v. Markle'', 351 F. Supp. 224 (D. Conn. 1972) - Connecticut statute prohibiting abortions, except to save life of mother, was unconstitutional. * ''SCM Corp. v. Xerox Corp.'', 463 F. Supp. 983 (D. Conn. 1978) - After 14-month jury trial, probably the longest federal civil jury trial, Xerox Corp. did not violate antitrust laws by maintaining its plain paper copying monopoly
''Bennett v. Mukasey'' Ruled that private schools can force public school students to stay off their property in an effort not to mingle the social status of students. * ''Salinger v. Random House
'' 811 F.2d 90 (2d Cir.1987) - J.D. Salinger's biographer used too many of the author's letters to be exempted from copyright infringement by the doctrine of "fair use" * ''Rivera v. LaPorte'', 896 F.2d 691 (2d Cir. 1990)-Ruled that wealthy people can restrict access to the ocean. * ''Kadic v. Karadzic'', 70 F.3d 232 (2d Cir. 1996) – There was subject matter jurisdiction under the Alien Tort Statute, Alien Tort Claim Act, 28 U.S.C.S. § 1350, to pursue an action for war crimes against a private individual * ''

Leibovitz v. Paramount Pictures Corp. ''Leibovitz v. Paramount Pictures Corp.'', 137 F.3d 109 (2d Cir. 1998), is an influential Second Circuit fair use case. Case background Annie Leibovitz is a professional portrait photographer who had published a photograph of celebrity Demi Moore ...

'', 137 F.3d 109 (2nd Cir. 1998) - poster for movie "Naked Gun 33 1/3" with photo of Demi Moore visibly pregnant and head of Leslie Nielsen replacing Moore's head and caption "Coming in February" was parody of Vanity Fair cover and exempt from copyright infringement as "fair use." *
United States of America v. Cromitie (Williams)
' (2nd Cir. 2013) (see

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) * ''Trump v. Deutsche Bank'' (2019)- Deutsche Bank must hand over financial records of Trump and others to the House of Representatives. This ruling along with 2 others regarding Trump's financial records was heard by the Supreme Court in 2020, and held that the lower court had not adequately addressed separation of powers concerns in the rulings.

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