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Curtis Randall Reitz (born November 20, 1929) is the
Algernon Sydney Biddle Algernon Sydney Biddle (October 11, 1847 – April 8, 1891) was an American lawyer and law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. An endowed chair was established at the University of Pennsylvania Law School in his name. Biograph ...
Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.Biddle Law Library: Biddle Law Library: • Penn Law
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Biography

Reitz was born in
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. His father was a jeweler, and his mother was a teacher. He attended Reading High School. He received his A.B. in History from the University of Pennsylvania in 1951 ( Phi Beta Kappa). He then spent two years in the armed forces during the Korean War. Reitz then earned his LL.B. ''summa cum laude'' from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1956.Penn Law Faculty: Curtis R. Reitz L'56, expert on Commercial Law, Contracts, Criminal Sentencing, International Trade, Professional Responsibility
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, and a research assistant for Professor
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. He then worked as a
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to United States Supreme Court Chief Justice
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from 1956 to 1957. He is the
Algernon Sydney Biddle Algernon Sydney Biddle (October 11, 1847 – April 8, 1891) was an American lawyer and law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. An endowed chair was established at the University of Pennsylvania Law School in his name. Biograph ...
Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He has taught at the law school since 1957. The Penn Law Class of 1968 created the Class of 1968 Scholarship Fund Honoring Curtis R. Reitz, which provides financial support to LL.M. students at the school. Reitz has represented Pennsylvania for 25 years in the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, and is chair of the Conference's Committee on International Legal Developments. He also participated in the recent revision of the Uniform Commercial Code. His recent work has focused on international commercial law, including aspects of the World Trade Organization's operations.


Selected publications

*''Cases and Materials on International Regulation of Trade and Investment'' (2006) *''Sales and Transactions: Domestic and International Law'' (3d ed. 2006) *''The Law of Sales and Secured Financing'' (with John Honnold, Steven L. Harris, and Charles W. Mooney Jr.) (7th ed. 2002) *''Cases, Problems and Materials on Sales Transactions: Domestic and International Law'' (with John Honnold) (1992) *''Construction Lenders' Liability to Contractors, Subcontractors, and Materialmen, in Construction Litigation'' (K. Cushman, Ed. 1981) *''Federal Habeas Corpus: Impact of an Abortive State Proceeding'', 74 ''Harv. L. Rev.'' 1315 (1961)


See also

* List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Chief Justice)


References


External links


Curtis R. Reitz - Algernon Sydney Biddle Professor, Emeritus
University of Pennsylvania. Accessed 2011-03-11.
CURTIS R. REITZ
University of Pennsylvania. Accessed 2011-03-11. Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States University of Pennsylvania Law School faculty University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni International law scholars 1929 births Living people American legal scholars Scholars of contract law Scholars of criminal law People from Reading, Pennsylvania American military personnel of the Korean War {{US-legal-academic-bio-stub