Thomas Griesa
Thomas Poole Griesa was a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He joined the court in 1972 after being nominated by President Richard Nixon. He served as district court's chief judge from 1993 to 2000. He died on December 24, 2017.[1]
Early life and education
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Griesa graduated from Harvard University with his bachelor's degree in 1952 and from Stanford Law School with his LL.B. in 1958.[2]
Professional career
- 2000 - 2017: Senior judge
- 1993-2000: Chief judge
- 1972-2000: Judge
- 1960-1972: Private practice, New York, N.Y.
- 1958-1960: Attorney, admiralty and shipping section, U.S. Department of Justice[2]
Judicial career
Southern District of New York
Griesa was nominated to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York by President Richard M. Nixon on June 15, 1972, to a new seat created by 84 Stat. 294. Griesa was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 28, 1972, and he received his commission on June 30, 1972. Griesa served as the chief judge of the court from 1993 to 2000. He elected to take senior status beginning on March 13, 2000.[2] Griesa was succeeded in this position by Laura Swain.
Noteworthy cases
Argentine debt case (2010-2014)
- See also: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (EM Ltd., and NML Capital, Ltd., v. Republic of Argentina, 1:08-cv-06978)
- See also: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (EM Ltd., and NML Capital, Ltd., v. Republic of Argentina, 1:08-cv-06978)
On April 7, 2010, Judge Greisa ruled that $100 million of deposits in Argentina's central bank could be used for unpaid debts to two investment funds in the United States. The judge found that the bank was not autonomous and ruled that Banco Central de la República Argentina's (BCRA) assets were not the property of Argentina.[3]
Following a Second Circuit ruling in August 2013 which ordered the country to treat all bondholders equally, Argentina appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States in June 2014. The high court refused to hear the country's claims.[4] With default imminent, Judge Griesa intervened and ordered Argentina to negotiate with bondholders over its debt repayments.[5]
Argentina officially defaulted on July 30, 2014, making it the second time the country had done so in thirteen years.[6]
Judge upholds ban on tobacco discounting in NYC (2014)
Judge Thomas Griesa upheld the New York City ban on coupons and other discounts for tobacco products. Lawyers for the tobacco companies claimed that the ban infringed on their clients' First Amendment right to free speech (along with other federal law claims). Judge Griesa, however, stated that the ban is only meant to regulate an economic transaction by keeping the prices of the products in question at retail price, and not regulate the manufacturer's speech.
Articles:
See also
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
- United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The New York Times, "Judge Thomas P. Griesa, Who Ruled Against Westway, Dies at 87," December 26, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Federal Judicial Center, "Biography of Judge Thomas Poole Griesa," accessed July 10, 2017
- ↑ Reuters, "U.S. judge rules against Argentina in debt case," April 7, 2010
- ↑ New York Times, "Argentina’s Debt Appeal Is Rejected by Supreme Court," June 16, 2014
- ↑ New York Times, "Judge Orders Argentina and New York Hedge Funds to Negotiate," July 22, 2014
- ↑ Bloomberg, "Argentina Declared in Default by S&P as Talks Fail," July 30, 2014
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat 84 Stat. 294 |
Southern District of New York 1972–2000 |
Succeeded by: Laura Swain
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Laura Swain • Kenneth Karas • John Koeltl • Cathy Seibel • Andrew L. Carter, Jr. • Nelson S. Roman • Analisa Torres • J. Paul Oetken • Paul A. Engelmayer • Edgardo Ramos • Jesse Furman • Ronnie Abrams • Lorna Schofield • Katherine Failla • Valerie Caproni • Vernon Broderick • Gregory Howard Woods • Mary Kay Vyskocil • Lewis Liman • Philip Halpern • John Cronan (New York) • Jennifer Rearden • Dale Ho • Jessica Clarke • Jennifer Rochon • Arun Subramanian • Margaret Garnett • Jeannette Vargas | ||
| Senior judges |
Victor Marrero • Kimba Wood • Richard Berman • Naomi Buchwald • Kevin Castel • Denise Cote • Paul Crotty • George Daniels • Paul Gardephe • Charles Haight • Alvin Hellerstein • Lewis Kaplan • John Keenan (New York) • Colleen McMahon • Loretta Preska • Jed Rakoff • Louis Stanton • Sidney Stein • Vincent L. Briccetti • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Kevin Fox • Debra Freeman • Gabriel Gorenstein • Paul Davison • James L. Cott • Sarah Netburn • Judith C. McCarthy • Barbara Moses • Katharine Parker • Stewart Aaron • Robert Lehrburger • Ona Wang • Sarah Cave • Andrew Krause • Jennifer Willis • Kim Berg • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Michael Mukasey • Morris Lasker • Harold Baer • Deborah Batts • Robert Carter (New York) • Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum • Denny Chin • William Conner • Thomas Griesa • Richard Holwell • Barbara Jones • Shirley Kram • Peter Leisure • Gerard Lynch • Lawrence McKenna • Richard Owen • Robert Patterson (New York) • William Pauley • Stephen Robinson (New York) • Shira Scheindlin • John Sprizzo • Richard Sullivan (New York) • Robert Sweet • William Peter Van Ness • Samuel Rossiter Betts • Samuel Blatchford • Sonia Sotomayor • William Gardner Choate • Pierre Leval • Wilfred Feinberg • John Walker (New York) • Barrington Parker • Lawrence Pierce • Addison Brown • George Bethune Adams • George Chandler Holt • Charles Merrill Hough • Learned Hand • Julius Marshuetz Mayer • Augustus Noble Hand • John Clark Knox • Martin Thomas Manton • William Bondy • Henry Warren Goddard • Francis Asbury Winslow • Frank Joseph Coleman • Thomas Day Thacher • Alfred Conkling Coxe, Jr. • John Munro Woolsey • George Murray Hulbert • John William Clancy • Vincent Leibell (New York judge) • Samuel Mandelbaum • Edward Conger • Robert Porter Patterson, Sr. • Kevin Duffy • Gerard Goettel • Charles Metzner • Arnold Bauman • Alexander Bicks • Dudley Bonsal • Charles Brieant • John Bright • Vincent Broderick • Frederick Bryan • Francis Caffey • John Cannella • Richard Casey • John Cashin • Kenneth Conboy • Irving Cooper • Thomas Croake • Richard Daronco • Archie Dawson • Edward Dimock • David Edelstein • Marvin Frankel • Louis Freeh • Lee Gagliardi • Murray Gurfein • William Herlands • Irving Kaufman • Samuel Kaufman • Percy Knapp • Richard Levet • Mary Lowe • Lloyd MacMahon • Walter Mansfield • John McGohey • Edward McLean • Harold Medina • Constance Motley • Gregory Noonan • Edmund Palmieri • Milton Pollack • Simon Rifkind • Sylvester Ryan • Allen Schwartz • Abraham Sofaer • Charles Stewart • Sidney Sugarman • Charles Tenney • Harold Tyler • Lawrence Walsh (New York judge) • Robert Ward • Edward Weinfeld • Henry Werker • Inzer Wyatt • John S. Martin (New York) • Thomas Francis Murphy (New York) • Alison J. Nathan • Katherine Forrest • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Kimba Wood • Colleen McMahon • Loretta Preska • Lisa Smith (New York) • John Clark Knox • William Bondy • John William Clancy • Charles Brieant • David Edelstein • Lloyd MacMahon • Constance Motley • Sylvester Ryan • Sidney Sugarman • | ||
Federal courts:
Second Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of New York, Western District of New York, Northern District of New York, Southern District of New York • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of New York, Western District of New York, Northern District of New York, Southern District of New York
State courts:
New York Court of Appeals • New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division • New York Supreme Court • New York County Courts • New York City Courts • New York Town and Village Courts • New York Family Courts • New York Surrogates' Courts • New York City Civil Court • New York City Criminal Courts • New York Court of Claims • New York Problem Solving Courts
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